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The Paradise Hills Homeowners Association has filed for an injunction in district court asking one of its members to remove a structure that the association says violates the HOA covenants against unapproved fences.

But the homeowner, Christine Arnold, says the enclosure is needed to protect her children and pets from the neighbor’s dog and is refusing to take it down. She has filed a counterclaim, attacking the HOA for a breach of fiduciary duty and asking for unspecified damages.

Sixteen elk were killed in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 at Highway 65 about 1 a.m. Jan. 23, when a semi truck collided with the herd as it was trying to cross the freeway.

The semi jackknifed as it hit the animals, and two cars were involved, one of which rolled over. Luckily, none of the vehicle occupants was hurt seriously enough to be taken to the hospital, said Garry DeJong, chief of Evergreen Fire/Rescue. The names of the individuals involved were not available.

Mountain residents know that long winters often leave residents with driveways in need of repair. Scam artists know the same thing.

On Oct. 14, a member of the Cornell family of Conifer was tending to the front yard and was approached by a representative for an asphalt company named “Blacktop Service.”

“The man was clean-cut and professional,” a family member said.

She said the representative asked if she wanted the family’s driveway repaved with extra asphalt his company had left over from a previous job.

State Sen. Mike Kopp, R-Littleton, and state Rep. Cheri Gerou, R-Genesee, hope to pick up where Kopp and former state Rep. Rob Witwer left off in their 2008 work on wildfire legislation.

The duo are teaming up to push a series of bills aimed at reducing the threat of catastrophic wildfire in areas where urbanization and wild lands meet.