4+ hour, 33+ min ago   (332+ words) The Aurora City Council approved moving forward with two new regulations on data centers and directed staff to come back at the next study session with others. At a council meeting in early August, council members directed city management to…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (664+ words) Aurora is grappling with affordable housing needs as demand for project funding increases and the state cuts grant money. Currently, the city needs about 12,000 affordable housing units, Martin Petrov at Aurora Housing Authority told members of the Housing, Neighborhood Services…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (535+ words) Aurora’s largest single water user, Niagara Bottling, met with city officials last week to address water allocations amid drought restrictions. The company has not used more than its allotted amount yet this year but is trending in that direction, according…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (338+ words) Aurora officials are updating the city’s housing strategy and asking for feedback from residents in a series of upcoming sessions. One session will happen in each ward starting on Wednesday. Wednesday’s session for Ward I takes place at the Martin…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago   (592+ words) The Aurora City Council passed two ordinances requiring periodic inspections of and more regulated disease reporting from detention facilities in the city, including the GEO Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility. Both ordinances passed in a final vote Monday night with…...

3+ mon, 4+ day ago   (548+ words) Aurora voters could decide this November whether to raise sales taxes for the first time since 1993 to help pay for infrastructure, transportation and public safety improvements. The city’s Infrastructure Task Force recommended that the City Council approve a bond program…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (396+ words) Aurora Fire Rescue first responders will now leave Narcan with people who witness or experience opioid overdoses. The new, pilot Narcan leave-behind program is a tool to reduce fatal opioid-related overdoses “in a compassionate and non-judgmental way,” according to an…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (664+ words) Aurora City Council members delayed a vote Monday on a memorandum of understanding that outlines guidelines for Aurora police officers responding to the GEO Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility. Since the facility is in Aurora, the Aurora Police Department is…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (582+ words) Aurora City Council members unanimously passed a Stage I Water Shortage declaration in Monday night’s meeting, putting restrictions on outdoor water use starting immediately. With the passage of the shortage declaration Monday night, Aurora Water officials will also start to…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (620+ words) A federal judge ruled last month that prosecutors cannot use firearm evidence against a defendant because Aurora police searched him without having any reasonable basis to believe he was armed or dangerous. In evaluating the constitutionality of the search, U.S. District…...