Aurora News

Solemi Pedraza and her children, Nemiah, 10, and St. Marks, 13, work in their family plot during the North Middle School Garden Festival in Aurora, CO May 18, 2013.

Magpul Industries joined 54 Colorado county sheriffs Friday in filing a federal lawsuit against the state's recently signed gun-control bills.

Source: Talking Points Memo Alex Sullivan, 27, was one of the young men killed last year in the Aurora, Colo.

The 146,949 background checks processed for would-be gun buyers increased by 69,628 from January to March this year compared to that same time span last year, according to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation's latest data.

Vintage Theatre presents "And Then There Was Nun" by Richard T. Witter and Bruce W. Gilray, directed by Peter Hughes, running tonight, May 17 - June 16, 2013.

Days after a gunman entered a suburban Denver movie theater, killing 12 moviegoers and injuring 70 others, Gov.

AURORA, Colo., July 30, 2008 -- Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain brought his trademark humor and down-home charm to Colorado for the second time in a week today, seeking to shore up support in this "battleground state." The Arizona Senator continued to gain ground on his Democratic rival, Illinois Senator Barack Obama, but ... (more)

Last week Colorado became the first U.S. state to adopt a set of rules that allows marijuana to be regulated like alcohol for adults.

The oil and gas industry said land closures and increased regulations being considered for White River National Forest would make drilling uncompetitive by limiting the ability of companies to expand use of existing wells and shutting off other opportunities.

A lightning bolt hit a tree and shattered some windows in an Aurora neighborhood Wednesday afternoon.

WEDNESDAY UPDATE: Interestingly, the first national pickup for this story is from the conservative Daily Caller , which makes little attempt to defend Senate Minority Leader Bill Cadman -and includes a conciliatory quote from House Minority Leader Mark Waller , the other Republican legislator present at yesterday's forum.

The robbery happened about noon at the Bellco Credit Union, 14302 E. Cedar Ave., according to Aurora Police Department Tweets.

In this photo provided by the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office, James Holmes poses for a booking photo September 20, 2012 in Centennial, Colorado.

Clean Energy Collective has broken ground on Aurora, Colorado's first community-owned solar project.

TV reports the woman, whose name has not been released, fell about 40 feet on Mount Zion on Sunday afternoon.

Aurora police say an employee at Rangeview High School accidentally shot a student in the leg in a campus parking lot after school hours.

Aurora PD: Student suffers 'significant injury' in accidental shooting at Rangeview High parking lot - Gun fired as man tried to put it in glove box - AURORA, Colo.

An Iron Man 3 stunt went wrong in Missouri this week, though it wasn't the fault of Robert Downey Jr, Shane Black and co.

At least one mental-health professional who recently examined James Holmes has made a diagnosis that supports an insanity plea for the Aurora movie theater shooting suspect, a lawyer for Holmes said in court Monday.

A plea was originally entered on his behalf in March by the judge because his lawyers weren't prepared to plead for him at that time.