Today's News

A former Evergreen resident and her aunt who were touched by the massive slaying at a Connecticut school last week are working together to send silver angel pendants to 20 families who lost children in the tragedy.

Bonnie Rose, who now lives in Walsenburg, has been buying the angel pendants from Evergreen Fine Art for her aunt and daughter-in-law for years, she said. Gallery owners Phil Shanley and Barbara Hadley contribute a portion of the funds from the sale of the specially designed sterling sliver angels to Mount Evans Home Health & Hospice.

From political transitions to upheaval over proposed projects, Evergreen experienced a dynamic and controversial year in 2012.

Redistricting changed the political landscape of the community, resulting in representation in Congressional District 2 by a liberal Democrat from Boulder. The November elections that resulted in a Democratic majority in the state legislature created a challenge for Republican House District 25 Rep. Cheri Gerou.

A 67-year-old man died in a house fire in Golden on Thursday night.

According to the Jeffco Sheriff’s Office, firefighters from Golden and Pleasant View responded about 10:48 p.m. to a fire at 1415 Isabell St.

Neighbors had reported they could smell smoke and saw flames on the roof. Firefighters found the man’s body inside; he reportedly was the only occupant of the home at the time of the blaze.

The fire is under investigation; the Sheriff’s Office said foul play is not suspected. 

End-of-the-year lists are filling my in box. Here are a few examples: 10 Things Republicans Don’t Want You to Know About the “Fiscal Cliff”; the 10 Worst Ways your Children are Being Poisoned Right Now: vaccines, food, video games and more; and 12 Things You Should Always Haggle Over. There are several best album evaluators. Best films. Best tweets. Well, to me, the best tweet is no tweet at all.