Author: Kyla Pearce
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Faced with recall threat, DA Amy Padden hopes for statewide judicial system changes
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Faced with a public spotlight and a threat for recall, 18th Judicial District Attorney Amy Padden pointed to “misinformation” about a recent kidnapping case and called for changes in legislation for dealing with incompetent offenders. Several major recent cases — notably the death of 24-year-old Kaitlyn…
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Aurora council to vote on new laws about drug paraphernalia, car registration requirements
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Aurora’s lawmakers will vote Monday night on a rule change allowing local police to enforce state car registration, two new ordinances regarding marijuana licensing and drug paraphernalia, both of which would align the city with state laws, and finalize an ordinance to ask voters about…
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Aurora dentist asked cellmate for help hiring person to kill homicide detective, create fake evidence
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save James Craig asked his jail cellmate, Nate Harris, to help him find someone to create false information about his case and someone to kill the lead detective on the case, Harris testified in the seventh day of Craig’s murder trial Wednesday. Also on Wednesday, the jury heard…
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Aurora dentist accused of killing wife with poison had drugged her years prior, ‘best friend’ testifies
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Nicole “Nikki” Harmon choked back tears Monday morning telling a jury she was “best friends” with Angela Craig, who was allegedly poisoned twice by her husband, James Craig. Craig told Harmon about the first time he drugged Angela in 2019 — an attempt to commit…
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Couple’s texts paint picture of failing 23-year marriage in James Craig murder trial
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In the weeks before Angela Craig died in March of 2023, her husband James Craig, who is accused of poisoning her protein shakes, searched the internet for ways to make a murder look like a heart attack. Craig also searched “is there such thing as…
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Rep. Crow hosting job fair in Aurora with more than 30 employers
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save U.S. Rep. Jason Crow, D-Aurora, will host a job fair Friday in Aurora for Coloradans looking for work, with more than 30 employers from across the metro area tabling to meet with job seekers. The fair, which takes place from noon to 5 p.m. at…
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Aurora, Denver mayors agree to meet during State of Cities event
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Northglenn Mayor Meredith Leighty sipped her drink as Denver Mayor Mike Johnston and Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman, seated on either side of her during a State of the Cities panel Wednesday, argued over the relationship between the two cities. On stage in front of a crowd…
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Alleged Boulder firebomb attacker waives preliminary hearing; could enter pleas to charges in September
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The man accused of throwing Molotov cocktails at peaceful demonstrators on Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall in early June waived his right to a preliminary hearing Tuesday. Mohamed Soliman, 45, the suspect in the firebomb attack that killed one person and injured 29 others and a…
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Aurora moves forward with Colfax revitalization project
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Aurora lawmakers voted to move forward with an effort to create a Downtown Development Authority to revitalize the Colfax Avenue corridor, a decision that will now need to go to voters in November. Councilmembers unanimously approved taking the question to voters, who would need to…
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Mourning the loss of the Grand Canyon Lodge
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Standing on the edge of Grand Canyon National Park’s South Rim at night when I was a child, I could see a twinkle in the distance. Ten miles away, across the canyon’s abyss, the warm lights of the Grand Canyon Lodge on the North Rim…