Today's News

The Tiny Town train is expected to be running again this week after a derailment Aug. 11 left 20 adults and children injured. Operator error is being blamed for the accident.

Before the ride is reopened, all of the park’s trains will be checked for mechanical defects, even though mechanical issues are not suspected.

It’s business as usual at Evergreen’s public schools, despite budgets that are 25 percent smaller than last year.

Principals, who are able to allocate funds any way they wish, want the community to know three things: The budget cuts were made this year in a way that won’t affect classrooms; the schools wouldn’t survive the cuts without their PTAs and community involvement; and even though more budget cuts are forecast for next year, the schools will weather those changes, too.

Jefferson County voters responded in record numbers to the first all-mail-in primary election, with the 2010 voter turnout vastly surpassing that of previous years.

An all-time high of 97,447 ballots — 47.41 percent of the 205,539 eligible voters — had been counted by early Wednesday morning, when all precincts had finished tallying votes.

By contrast, the closely watched primary elections of 2004 and 2008 turned out only 32.14 percent and 36.74 percent of qualified voters, respectively.

After jumping into the governor’s race with no political experience and no establishment credentials or support, Evergreen businessman Dan Maes defeated Scott McInnis on Tuesday in the Republican primary.

Maes won by 50.6 percent to 49.3 percent, with a record number of Coloradans casting primary votes.

After peaking in the final weeks, the Maes campaign was tantalizingly close to victory, but the race was still too close to call. Maes now faces Democrat John Hickenlooper and Constitution Party latecomer Tom Tancredo in November.