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Aurora's mayor sleeps Fridays at shelter

Coffman says the overnight stays help pressure test what works.

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Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman has spent every Friday night since late February sleeping on a cot at the city&#x27;s regional homeless shelter.Why it matters: Coffman says the overnight stays test whether <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Aurora&#x27;s new" data-vars-click-url="https://engageaurora.org/navigationcampus" data-vars-content-id="af1fb34a-c287-4ee1-8b5e-5740fd11593c" data-vars-headline="Aurora&#x27;s mayor sleeps Fridays at shelter" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://engageaurora.org/navigationcampus" target="_blank">Aurora&#x27;s new</a> incentive-based model is moving people toward treatment, work and housing.

Pressure builds on Gun Club Road

Officials hope road upgrades keep pace with rapid growth.

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Eastern Aurora is rapidly <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="adding homes" data-vars-click-url="https://sentinelcolorado.com/orecent-headlines/developer-announces-plans-for-1700-new-homes-in-southeast-aurora/?utm_source=chatgpt.com" data-vars-content-id="b9eb9aec-f5b2-451a-8562-9b58ce627ea3" data-vars-headline="Pressure builds on Gun Club Road" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://sentinelcolorado.com/orecent-headlines/developer-announces-plans-for-1700-new-homes-in-southeast-aurora/?utm_source=chatgpt.com" target="_blank">adding homes</a>, but residents still drive miles — and often pay tolls — to reach grocery stores, child care centers, restaurants and other basic services.The latest: Aurora City Council members Amy Wiles and Françoise Bergan are launching a working group next month aimed at advancing long-discussed improvements to Gun Club Road, a corridor they say is increasingly critical as growth spreads around E-470.

"Raw" emotions as Aurora revisits McClain accountability

Officials and residents said the court decision reignited long-running concerns.

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Aurora City Council this week addressed a court order granting new trials for two paramedics convicted in Elijah McClain&#x27;s 2019 death.The big picture: Monday&#x27;s council meeting marked the first chance for Aurora&#x27;s elected leaders to respond collectively after a Colorado appeals court <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="ordered new trials" data-vars-click-url="https://coloradosun.com/2026/06/04/colorado-appeal-court-reverses-convictions-aurora-paramedics-elijah-mcclain/" data-vars-content-id="3442c043-88de-472e-8fd2-1dd2b48e1fdc" data-vars-headline="&quot;Raw&quot; emotions as Aurora revisits McClain accountability" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://coloradosun.com/2026/06/04/colorado-appeal-court-reverses-convictions-aurora-paramedics-elijah-mcclain/" target="_blank">ordered new trials</a> for Jeremy Cooper and Peter Cichuniec.

County Lines: Aurora's fracking fight leader

Environment

Randy Willard dedicated three years to fighting a battle he suspected he would lose.Why it matters: The 63-year-old retired IT specialist became the unlikely leader of <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Save the Aurora Reservoir (STAR)" data-vars-click-url="https://savetheaurorareservoir.org/" data-vars-content-id="3e35ef64-fbff-4ba7-b867-ca6986947503" data-vars-headline="County Lines: Aurora&#x27;s fracking fight leader" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://savetheaurorareservoir.org/" target="_blank">Save the Aurora Reservoir (STAR)</a>, a grassroots group that fought a residential fracking operation near a major drinking water source in southeast Aurora.

Tom Sullivan's never-ending gun fight

In the Aurora theater aftermath, the state senator keeps fighting.

Culture

Colorado lawmakers are ending the 2026 legislative session Wednesday with a slate of new gun restrictions — returning <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="state Sen. Tom Sullivan" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/denver/2022/07/20/tom-sullivan-10-years-aurora-shooting" data-vars-content-id="0e370272-2e66-4cf8-b514-6b220c551bbe" data-vars-headline="Tom Sullivan&#x27;s never-ending gun fight" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/denver/2022/07/20/tom-sullivan-10-years-aurora-shooting" target="_self">state Sen. Tom Sullivan</a> to a fight that began nearly 14 years ago.The big picture: Sullivan, the Centennial Democrat whose son, Alex, was murdered in the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="2012 Aurora theater shooting" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/denver/2022/07/20/colorado-guns-10-years-aurora-theater-shooting" data-vars-content-id="0e370272-2e66-4cf8-b514-6b220c551bbe" data-vars-headline="Tom Sullivan&#x27;s never-ending gun fight" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/denver/2022/07/20/colorado-guns-10-years-aurora-theater-shooting" target="_self">2012 Aurora theater shooting</a>, has become Colorado&#x27;s most relentless advocate for gun violence prevention — even as he tells Axios the political attacks and personal abuse &quot;never end.&quot;

Struggling East Colfax shops say help is urgently needed

Business owners say safety concerns are driving customers away and threatening their survival.

Aurora is setting up a new development authority to tackle safety and disinvestment concerns along East Colfax, and immigrant shop owners say help can&#x27;t come soon enough.Why it matters: East Colfax Avenue has long offered an affordable foothold for small businesses. But crime is eroding that access — and empty storefronts show the costs.

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