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Its steel structure is standing tall, and exterior walls are being placed on the fire training facility in progress at Fire Station 2 in Bergen Park.

For the past few weeks, a J. Reed Construction crew has been working on the building, a three-story, pre-fabricated structure that will be 1,056 square feet in size. 

“They’re putting walls up and using metal studs to start adding sheet metal,” said Evergreen Fire Chief Mike Weege.

Four experienced backcountry snowboarders and a skier who died in an avalanche north of Loveland Pass on April 20 were buried four hours before a rescue was attempted, according to an investigation by the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.

Officials originally estimated that the avalanche happened at 1 p.m., and rescuers arrived at 2 p.m. However, the avalanche actually occurred about 10:30 a.m.

Editor’s note: The Courier is publishing a series of columns provided by the organizers of this year’s local Earth Month events.

By Betsy Kelson

If you’ve been promising yourself a night out to take part in the Earth Day celebration, some educational and interesting events are still coming up.

Trees and bushes along the road to Upper Maxwell Falls are coming alive with the golden and rosy hues of spring. However, the trail and falls are still cloaked in winter attire.

A few slippery places and slush didn’t keep Stephanie Dziedziak and Eric Kelley from taking the hike with their dog Griff on Sunday. Dziedziak and Kelley said it was their second venture to the falls in the Arapaho National Forest, and they were hoping to see running water rather than white frozen ice.