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Today's News

  • Sayler outruns field at Pasadena

    Evergreen junior Jackson Sayler ran a personal-best time of 4 minutes, 23.55 seconds to capture first place at the South Pasadena Tiger Invitational in Pasadena, Calif., on April 6.
    Sayler broke free from the pack on the final lap en route to shattering his previous one-mile mark by 12 seconds. His previous personal best of 4:33 was set earlier this year in Pocatello, Idaho.

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  • When all winds become ill winds

    Kristen Moeller used to love the sound of the wind.

    But since she and her husband, David Cottrell, lost their home in the Lower North Fork Fire two weeks ago, the wind doesn’t sound the same.

    “It used to sound so musical,” she said. “Now it sounds harsh.”

    Moeller and Cottrell’s home off Kuehster Road and Rocky Top Trail was one of 27 houses turned to ash by the fast-moving fire that burned about 4,100 acres south of Conifer.

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  • Red-hot Cougars thump Chargers

    LAKEWOOD — One look at the Evergreen boys’ lacrosse team’s 8-0 record and it’s easy to see that they are having a red-hot season. So when they defeated the Chatfield Chargers 12-5 on April 4 at Trailblazer Stadium, the only thing that was shocking was that it was the first time the Cougars had beat the Chargers.

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  • EHS finds rhythm to blank Conifer

    On the back of Katherine Hardy’s racket the word rythm is written. It is her motto to keep every tennis match going. And even though Evergreen’s No. 2 girls singles player lost some of that rhythm in her match with Conifer’s Kirsten Hafemen momentarily on April 5 she found enough of it when it mattered most.

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  • Home Depot pitches in

    Never underestimate the power of the community to come to your aid.

    The Evergreen Home Depot heard about Kristen Moeller and David Cottrell’s plight and offered to donate the supplies necessary to sift through the rubble of their home that was burned in the Lower North Fork Fire.

    The $800 worth of supplies was a small token of what Home Depot could do, said store manager Steve Powers. In addition, five store employees spent last Saturday helping the couple and their friends do the work.

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  • North Fork, Elk Creek responding to Deckers wildfire

    Firefighters are responding to a four-acre wildfire that broke out just after 1 p.m. on Friday in the 6800 block of Highway 67 on U.S. Forest Service Land.  Smoke is visible from the lookout and overlook on Highway 126, according to Channel 9. Winds are from 20 to 40 mph.  There are structures in the area but no mandatory evacuations. North Fork and Elk Creek fire departments are involved. 

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  • Kids can come out of their shells at MOPS Hop

    MOPS is planning a Hop, and the group is hoping area kids jump at the chance to find some Easter eggs filled with nontraditional surprises.

    The Mothers of Preschoolers group that meets at Conference Baptist Church in Evergreen will host a community Easter egg hunt on Saturday and is hoping to welcome lots of kids and parents. 

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  • Opening Day: When all things are possible

    Opening Day, 2012!
    Friday marks the 20th opening day for our Colorado Rockies. As has been the case every year since 1993, we start the season tied for first place and as close to a world championship as every other team in the major leagues.

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  • Western red squirrels begin roaming forests in April

    March has been an interesting month with weather zig-zagging between record highs, record lows, exceptional spring-like weather along with exceptional drought with which came a serious forest fire near Conifer. All of this brought a great deal of uncertainty.
    April has already greeted us with a rain and a snowstorm, and we can’t help but wonder what else it will bring before the month is up. April has a reputation of being unable to make up its mind as to whether she will spring or put on her parka and dive back into winter.

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  • Play within a play proves a playful romp

    “Curtains,” the newest production at StageDoor Theatre, is a comedy whodunit that pays homage to the brassy musical comedies of the 1950s. “Curtains” was created by the powerhouse musical-theater team of Fred Ebb and John Kander, who were responsible for such great musicals as “Chicago” and “Cabaret.”

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