Today's News

Jefferson County Sheriff Ted Mink spoke out on recently enacted gun-control legislation at a town hall meeting sponsored by the Evergreen Pathfinders on May 15.

“There were two controversial gun laws passed,” Mink said. “The first limits magazines to 15 rounds. That is the one causing law enforcement the most angst because of the ambiguity of the law.

The Jeffco Sheriff’s Office is investigating two burglaries and a theft that occurred at Evergreen salons and a yoga studio last week, said sheriff's spokeswoman Jacki Kelley.
On May 14 a wallet was stolen from Chrome Salon on Castle Court, according to Kelley.
Two burglaries took place the following day at Studio B and the Alpine Ridge Salon on Meadow Drive, she reported. Someone took a bank bag containing cash and checks from the salon and several items from the yoga studio.
“We think that these incidents are related,” said Kelley.

It’s pretty obvious that an organization called Girls on the Run teaches girls how to run.

But that’s only a small part of what girls in Girls on the Run does.

The girls in third through fifth grade do community service projects, support each other and learn valuable lessons about navigating the challenges of their teen years.

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.