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Today's News

  • Governor’s budget a bitter pill for Jeffco schools

    Jeffco Public Schools is considering making more staff cuts, charging for student transportation, and increasing fees for extracurricular activities in the wake of a proposed state budget that could reduce district revenue by $37 million.

    Following the unveiling of Gov. John Hickenlooper’s proposed budget on Feb. 15, which cuts $332 million statewide in K-12 funding, Jeffco began preparing budget recommendations to deal with the cuts. Among the effects, student-teacher ratios are expected to increase throughout the district.

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  • Open Space committee makes grant recommendations

     

    Several mountain and foothills communities stand to benefit in 2011 from grant recommendations made by the Open Space Advisory Committee, pending approval of the Jeffco Board of Commissioners.

    The grant recommendations were signed Jan. 13 after board members examined applications totaling nearly $3 million in requests from various cities and special districts in Jefferson County.

     

    Summary of grant recommendations

    (not complete list)

     

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  • EHS principal meets the flockers

    Evergreen High School principal Matt Walsh has a new claim to fame, something that has never happened before in Evergreen.

    Walsh has been flocked.

    Yes, flocked … with four dozen plastic pink flamingos.

    On Feb. 15, Walsh allowed a half-dozen EHS students from the nondenominational ministry Intermountain Young Life to practice their flocking skills in his front yard. By the time they were done, the flamingo flock was sticking out of the snow, a bright contrast to the blue sky and pine trees.

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  • Open Space seeks bids for survey of Jeffco residents

     

    Jefferson County Open Space is in the process of hiring a company to generate and conduct a statistically valid opinion survey of a random sample of county residents.

    The invitation to bid on the job went out in mid-February, and responses are due March 1. Vendors' questions are due by Feb. 23. The projected cost is $25,000 to $30,000.

    Data collection probably will be done in the spring, with the results available in the fall or before the end of the year.

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  • Gorrell, foul trouble irk EHS

    CONIFER — Ali Meyers wasn’t sure about playing Emily Elmgreen in such a situation. But the freshman guard rose to the occasion. So did starter Taylor Rauch and the rest of Evergreen’s defense.

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  • Unfortunate head injury ends Kay’s run

    DENVER — Jake Kay knows all too well what injuries can do to you. It was a shoulder injury that cut short his freshman season, keeping him from reaching the 4A state tournament. But the Evergreen 103-pound sophomore wasn’t about to let that happen again.

    And he didn’t.

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  • Illness, psyche can’t keep Cougars’ Karnath down

    DENVER — His voice is barely vocal. He could barely stand up much less wrestle more than a week ago. And the lingering effects of a week-long flu could still be felt when Josh Karnath talked. But it didn’t stop the Evergreen wrestler from competing at the 4A state wrestling tournament last week.

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  • Park district to hold focus groups March 2, 3

    The company hired to compile a new park district master plan will be holding four focus groups with community members on the following days in the first week of March:

    • Wednesday, March 2, at the Buchanan Park Rec Center from noon to 2 p.m. and 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

    • Thursday, March 3, at the Wulf Recreation Center from 8 to 10 a.m. and 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

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  • Hiker rescued in snowstorm on Rosalie Peak

    After a 28-year-old hiker broke her leg at 13,000 feet on the flank of Rosalie Peak on Saturday, it took the combined forces of five mountain rescue teams to bring her down in a furious snowstorm, according to a statement provided by Park County Search and Rescue.

    A Flight for Life chopper attempted rescue at 3:40 p.m. but was forced to turn back because of the rapidly deteriorating weather.

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  • Man found guilty in gun incident

    On June 30, 2010, rancher Cliff Farrell saw the big EDS trash truck coming down the road near his ranch off Blue Creek Road, at what he perceived was enough speed to threaten his horses, dogs and sheep. He decided to take the law into his own hands.

    Farrell, 76, and weighing135 pounds, put a gun on the seat of his pickup, parked the truck like a barricade at a gate and confronted the three-man crew.

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