Today's News

The finishing touches are being put on Staunton State Park before its long-awaited debut on May 18.

“There’s still so much to do,” park manager Jennifer Anderson said of the five weeks leading up to the opening. “Planting trees, hanging signs, (painting) the roads and parking lots — but all the hard work is worth it.”

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Evergreen High School’s senior farewell assembly was canceled Monday after vandals did damage at the east and west entryways of the school.
Someone used what appeared to be paintball guns to paint the windows, wrote inappropriate words on windows and sidewalks, and put horse manure in the parking spot reserved for the school resource officer.
“It’s unfortunate that the acts of a few will define … the students’ last few days here,” said principal Matt Walsh. Monday was the seniors’ last day at the school, and graduation is at 2 p.m. Friday at Red Rocks Amphitheatre.

It is so nice to have some warm spring days, and now we are promised summer temperatures this week. Just to go out in my yard and see green fields and robins looking for worms, and hear green-tailed towhees and house wrens singing is a tonic for my winter-shriveled soul.