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Today's News

  • Helicopter crash-lands on Mount Morrison

    A helicopter crash-landed on Mount Morrison above Red Rocks early Sunday morning just after the Easter sunrise service at the amphitheater.

    Two people aboard the chopper, a flight instructor and a student, suffered minor injuries when the copter went down around 7:30 a.m., said Cindy Matthews, spokeswoman for West Metro Fire. A May Day call had gone out from the copter saying it was heading for a concrete pad on Mount Morrison, Matthews said.

    The craft ended up putting down on the side of the mountain, then tipped over, its blades cutting into the slope.

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  • Former county administrator sues Jeffco

    Former county administrator Jim Moore filed a lawsuit April 5 against Jefferson County and its three commissioners, alleging the county violated provisions of his employment contract, denied him benefits and wrongfully fired him.

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  • Young archer wins national tournament

    CONIFER — Tanner Clem isn’t Robin Hood.

    The 11-year-old, however, might just be better when it comes to stringing up a bow and hitting a target. And he doesn’t have to wear those green tights.

    Tanner, a fifth-grader at Marshdale Elementary, has been into archery since he was 4. About three years ago, he entered his first formal competition. Last month, he took first place in his age group at the National Indoor Championships in Louisville, Ky.

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  • SPORTS BRIEFS

    Spinzig leads Cougars

    Evergreen’s Christina Spinzig fired an 85 on April 5 and placed in a tie for 12th at the Heritage Invite at Columbine Country Club. Facing a bevy of Class 5A talent, Spinzig was nine strokes behind the leader. The Cougars placed 14th overall wtih Aslinn Scott (shot 104), Jennifer Butler (115) and Rachel Bechtholdt (123).

    Cougar Camp

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  • Home and Design Center makes room for consignment

    The Rocky Mountain Home and Design Center across from Ski Country Antiques has opened a consignment department, Consign of the Times, on the second floor in 8,000 square feet of light-filled warehouse space at the Floyd Hill exit off I-70.

    Consign of the Times is the second consignment furniture store to open in the Evergreen/Idaho Springs area in the last six months, along with It’s New To Me, which opened last October in the former Blue Spruce Market on Bergen Parkway.

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  • EDS opens recycling center at Highway 73 transfer station

    EDS Waste Solutions Inc. is offering free recycling to the public at the Evergreen transfer station, 5801 Highway 73, about 3 miles south of Evergreen. The location is open Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. An attendant is on duty during open hours.

    “We are attracting a lot of people from Conifer and Evergreen who do not want to go all the way to King Soopers in Bergen Park, which has limited hours as well,” said Dianne Bennett, business and marketing administrator for EDS, based in Golden.

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  • Earth Day 2010 at Evergreen Lake

    During this year’s Earth Day Fair, the Evergreen Alliance for Sustainability, or E.A.S.+Y, will help our mountain community understand sustainability in its full definition of the “triple bottom line,” which includes the environment, social networking, and economic stability.

    The annual Earth Day Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 24, at Evergreen Lake. Shuttle parking will be available at Wulf Recreation Center. Admission is free and open to all ages.

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  • Local Realtors to join in Nationwide Open House Weekend

    Evergreen Realtors are joining forces to give prospective buyers a weekend of concentrated house-hunting just before the expanded $8,000 homebuyer tax-credit benefit expires on April 30.

    During Nationwide Open House Weekend, April 10 and 11, sellers across the country will open homes to prospective buyers in hopes of giving sales a big boost while interest rates are still low and the tax credit is still in effect.

    Participating open houses can be identified by blue Realtor balloons and signs.

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  • Bergen students keep history under their hats

    Sometimes history can be tedious to elementary school students as they wade through facts and figures, names and dates to get to the heart of the issues involved.

    Fifth-grade teachers at Bergen Valley Elementary School have tried something new to spur their students’ interest in the colonial period in American history — a hat fashion show.

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  • Off to see the wizard

    The Parmalee Elementary School gymnasium was bustling with activity recently as about 30 students and a cadre of parents worked to perfect the school musical, “Oz.”

    Students are the main characters in a musical that is based on “The Wizard of Oz” but has a few twists on the beloved tale and new music, according to Christine Gaudreau, the school’s music teacher and director of the play.

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