Suburban Reporter
John Aguilar
John Aguilar joined The Denver Post in 2014 to cover the action in the Denver suburbs. He is also part of The Post's politics team, through which he has covered numerous congressional and local elections. Before The Post, Aguilar worked at The Daily Camera in Boulder, where he won awards for his 15-part series on an FBI informant and serial killer.
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How a tattooed punk music-loving electrician disrupted the race for Colorado’s new congressional district
Richard Ward, the Libertarian candidate for the 8th Congressional District — one of the most competitive and closely watched U.S. House races in the country — may have singlehandedly tipped...

The crude marriage of oil drilling and bitcoin mining gets a wary eye from Adams County
To the untrained eye, the nondescript boxes and containers scattered around some oil and gas wells in Colorado look a lot like the equipment typically found at a well pad...
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El Paso, Weld counties — along with Aurora — are removed from DHS’s list of immigration ‘sanctuary jurisdictions’
U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert said she was still trying to get a better understanding of how the list was compiled.

Protesters heckle and chant as Reps. Gabe Evans, Lauren Boebert tout Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ bill
There was little sympathy for the congressman’s words among the 100 or so protesters who turned out for the news conference held at the bottom of the building’s west steps.

Aurora again tightens public comment rules at City Council meetings as protests of police conduct continue
Aurora recently tightened its rules for public participation at City Council meetings as it has struggled to manage a highly combustible atmosphere spurred by the police killing of Kilyn Lewis.

New apartments at edge of Lakewood’s Belmar Park win planning OK after long-running controversy
The Lakewood Planning Commission has approved a proposed apartment building at the edge of Belmar Park that spurred a yearslong debate, a lawsuit and changes to the city's land-use code.

Aurora approves deal to prevent drone incursions over Buckley Space Force Base
Aurora's elected officials on Monday night agreed to have the city's police force coordinate with the U.S. military and the FBI to prevent drone operators from flying unmanned aircraft systems...

Colorado Rep. Brittany Pettersen asks RFK Jr. to maintain funding for naloxone, invokes mom’s opioid battle
U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen implored U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. not to slash funding for naloxone in a letter the Colorado congresswoman sent Monday.

Aurora eyes partnership with military, FBI to bust illegal drone operations over Buckley Space Force Base
The Aurora City Council this week will consider inking an agreement with the FBI and the military "to assist, respond, detect, detain and investigate" anyone flying an unmanned aircraft system...

Fights persist over oil and gas drilling near Front Range homes six years after reform law “changed permitting”
Residents in southeast Aurora have renewed their opposition to a proposed oil and gas drilling project that could put as many as 166 wells on nearby Lowry Ranch, in the...

Centennial-based Boom Technology chooses Adams County as test site for its supersonic jet engines
Boom Technology, the Colorado company working on building the next generation of supersonic jets, has chosen to develop and test its engines of the future just 30 miles north of...

Judge rules former Douglas County commissioner won’t get legal fees reimbursed in dispute with colleagues
A judge ruled Wednesday that former Douglas County Commissioner Lora Thomas was not due reimbursement of $5,715 in legal fees she spent defending herself against county-launched investigations that date back...