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, published each Thursday by Aurora Media Group LLC.

History

In 1971, the

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and

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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 to local homes, ''The Sentinel'' for some time also had a Friday companion newspaper called the ''Aurora Sentinel Weekender''. In 1991, the

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(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 of 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. In 2016, the ''Buckley Guardian'' ceased publication. In February 2018, the ''Aurora Sentinel'' rebranded as ''Sentinel Colorado.''.

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External links

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