Sentinel Colorado
The "Sentinel" is a print weekly and digital daily newspaper serving the city of Aurora, Colorado and the surrounding region. It is publishes each Thursday and as "Sentinel Colorado" and is online seven days a week. The "Sentinel" focuses on the issues, events and people in Greater Aurora and the surrounding region. The Sentinel covers local, regional and national politics, arts, entertainment, prep sports, government, police and topical stories. It is published by Aurora Media Group LLC. History. In 1971, the Minneapolis Star and Tribune Company acquired a group of suburban publications in the Denver area, including the  Aurora Star-Sentinel, the successor to an earlier newspaper serving the Aurora community, "The Aurora Democrats and News". Published on Wednesdays and delivered by paper delivery, "The Sentinel" also had a Friday companion newspaper for some time called the "Aurora Sentinel Weekender". In 1991, the Cowles Media Company (formerly Minneapolis Star and Tribune Company) broke up and sold off the Denver suburban chain. Local ownership and control of the "Sentinel" was established via a partnership including publisher Karen Sowell Johnson and president H. Harrison Cochran. In 1997, a free, rack-distributed publication – "The Aurora Sun-Sentinel" – was introduced to supplement  the paid-subscription "Sentinel". In April 2004, Aurora Publishing Co. introduced "The Aurora Daily Sun", a five-day-a-week, tabloid-size publication freely distributed in the city. In June 2007, the "Daily Sun" adopted the Sentinel brand. In February 2011, Aurora Media Group bought the papers. In February 2011, the "Aurora Sentinel" and the "Buckley Guardian" were purchased by the Aurora Media Group from the Aurora Publishing Company. In May 2011, the "Aurora Sentinel" changed from a daily to a weekly publication. From 2013 to 2017 Aurora Media Group published "Aurora" a monthly city magazine showcasing the community. In  2016 the "Buckley Guardian" ceased publication. In February 2018 the "Aurora Sentinel" rebranded as "Sentinel Colorado", evolving much like the region it serves. Readers continue to count on award-winning local, political, regional and sports coverage throughout greater Aurora and every expanding through the region and state. Memberships now include the Association of Alternative Newspapers in addition to Colorado Press Association and the Associated Press.