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Today's News

  • Jeffco school board majority files for re-election

    Three members of the Jeffco school board are running for re-election.

    Board President Ron Mitchell, along with vice president Susan Harmon and treasurer Brad Rupert filed their intent to seek re-election with the Colorado Secretary of State earlier this week.

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  • Something camp-y on the way at Staunton

    Visitors to Conifer’s Staunton State Park will soon be able to walk in, pitch a tent and yes, camp overnight.

    According to Zach Taylor, Staunton’s park manager, more than two dozen campsites are expected to open at the park as early as this fall or next spring and with some basic amenities, such as picnic tables.

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  • A life of loyalty

    George Lockwood has lived a life of loyalty — to his country, the Air Force and his family.

    Lockwood, 94, is a World War II veteran who frequents the Seniors’ Resource Center in Evergreen twice a week, and he recently talked about his time in the Air Force as an airplane mechanic on Guam, his life since the war and his family.

    “If there was another world war, I’d do the same thing: Go back in the Air Force,” he said while sitting in a meeting room at the SRC.

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  • Annual Citizens’ Academy ‘connects’ the community with Sheriff’s Office

    After 10 weeks of learning about SWAT, K-9, forensics and patrol units, among others, the Jeffco Sheriff’s Office graduated 25 Jeffco residents from its 24th annual Citizens’ Academy on May 17.

    The academy, which kicked off in March, allowed participants to learn about the various departments within the Sheriff’s Office, including their duties, training, resources and protocols.

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  • Conifer graduates, parents celebrate new beginnings

    Conifer High School graduation’s keynote speaker Joshua Nielson asked the class of 2017 who helped them dig through the proverbial garbage — who had stayed up late and helped them with homework assignments, given them money when they’d gotten a speeding ticket and had been there to support them through all the challenges of high school.

    Their parents.

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  • Conifer-area vets reflect on military service

    Veteran Allisha Cody was grateful that the 500 men and women in her Navy Reserve unit came back safely after they’d been deployed to Iraq in 2008.

    “I had a lot of friends that would be outside the wire for a week or two weeks, and you always hope and pray that everybody would come back safe,” Cody said. “There were no fatalities in my unit, which was a blessing.”

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  • SHARE with your wild neighbors

    By Christie Greene

    She was lying in a shallow ditch, very still, when our dogs spotted her. They sniffed her curiously, and before we could react, one dog gave her a quick lick on the nose before we shooed them away.

    I very slowly approached the tiny elk calf, at first concerned about her condition. Was she hurt? Should I call Parks and Wildlife for help? I agonized that she may even be dead. She was so utterly still. Her body lay in a shallow ditch, her head resting quietly on the path.

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  • Up, up and away

    Fifth-graders at Bergen Valley Elementary School sent up trial balloons of sorts on May 17.

    The 100 students in groups of two and three tested tissue-paper hot air balloons by sending them floating into the air. Some balloons flew high over the ball field on the east side of the school, while others, well, not so much.

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  • Jackknifed semi causes traffic detour on U.S. 285

    A jackknifed semi-truck caused traffic to be rerouted on southbound U.S. 285 for about two hours Thursday afternoon, and the highway has since reopened.

    Around 1:40 p.m., the Colorado State Patrol received a call about a jackknifed truck near Brookmont Road in Morrison, according to Trooper Josh Lewis.

    CSP troopers and the Jeffco Sheriff’s Office responded to the call.

    “We had to get the heavy wrecker to basically straighten it out and get it moved,” Lewis said.

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  • Inter-Canyon considering cancer award program

    Inter-Canyon Fire Protection District is considering participation in a newly established program that provides financial awards to firefighters diagnosed with one of five types of cancer — brain, skin, digestive, hematological or genitourinary.

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