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Today's News

  • Art of the Egg a fun endeavor

    Jim Sherwood can’t wait for April 20.

    That’s the day Sherwood, owner of the Evergreen Outlet Store, hopes to add two more to his decorated-egg collection from the Art of the Egg.

    Sherwood is partial to the eggs by local artist Steve Harrison, who

    depicts rock ‘n’ roll artists. Sherwood’s collection includes the Eagles, Rush, the Beatles, Eric Clapton, Pink Floyd, the Grateful Dead, and this year, one of the eggs will depict Prince.

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  • Evergreen tops Eagle Valley in shut out

    LAKEWOOD — For the fourth consecutive game, the Evergreen baseball team eclipsed the 10-run mark, and for the fourth consecutive game, the Cougars were victorious.

    Powered by 14 hits, Evergreen defeated Eagle Valley 15-0 Saturday afternoon at All-Star Park.

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  • Lobos drop third straight

    GOLDEN — After winning its season opener, the Conifer baseball team dropped its third-straight game in a 10-0 loss to Golden on Thursday night.

    Trailing 1-0 entering the bottom half of the third inning, Golden delivered the dagger as Noah Mitchell hit a grand slam to give Golden a 6-0 lead.

    Six Lobos were able to record a hit, but that would be all the momentum Conifer could muster.

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  • Aqua Cougars win big in Arvada

    Two meets against three Jeffco opponents to start the 2017 boys swimming season, and Evergreen coach Damon Garrison has no idea where his team stands in league competition.

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  • Evergreen shut out by Chatfield 1-0

    LITTLETON — If you can find a way to win the game, then the statistics usually aren’t as important. As was the case for the Lady Chargers as they defeated Evergreen 1-0 despite taking just two shots on goal in the win.

    The lone goal came off the foot of Chatfield senior Perry Hayman in the opening half of play.

    Evergreen had several chances but couldn’t find the back of the net in any of their seven shots on goal.

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  • Pastor, congregation mark a time of 'reflection' and honesty

    There are no flowers in Evergreen Lutheran Church’s sanctuary and there won’t be for three-and-a-half weeks.

    Instead, the area around the altar has a few pieces of plain purple cloth adorning it and a selection of brambles surrounding the fountain on the steps.

    The Rev. Vera Guebert-Steward, the church’s pastor, explains that this is in keeping with the season of Lent, the 40 days preceding Easter.

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  • CAE preparing to show off new home in Bergen Park

    The Center for the Arts Evergreen is making final renovations at its new home — the former Bergen Park Church building. The grand opening is projected to be Saturday, Aug. 19.

    Over the past few years, the center’s Capital Campaign searched for a new home — and eventually acquired the property, gaining it a Jefferson County Historic Designation. The construction crews are finishing up the interior renovations, and the Center hopes to start moving into the new building in July.

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  • Fortune favors the bald

    All kinds of hair was on the floor, shaved from the heads of brunette, blonde, black-, gray- and white-haired men and women.

    Whether the people had long or short, coarse or fine, curly or straight hair -- those differences were no longer noticeable, as everyone who stood up from the barbers’ chairs was now bald.

    While they had lost a bit of personality and a layer of cranial insulation, they stood in solidarity with the boys and girls who have been diagnosed with cancer.

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  • I-70 at Genesee reopens after accident snarls traffic

    Eastbound and westbound Interstate 70 was closed for a few hours Monday afternoon at mile marker 253 at Genesee because of a major crash just west of the interchange, Colorado Department of Transportation reports.

    CDOT's Twitter account first reported the accident around 3 p.m.

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  • Firefighters put out roof fire on Bluebell Lane

    A roof fire at a home in the 5900 block of Bluebell Lane was quickly extinguished Sunday evening.

    Firefighters are still on scene to make sure nothing reignites, to look for the source of the fire and to ensure that no embers spread to nearby trees.

    Evergreen Fire/Rescue firefighters reached the fire quickly thanks to the watchful eyes of some bicyclists on the road. They noticed smoke coming from the roof and called 911, according to EFR spokeswoman Stacee Martin.

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