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Today's News

  • Kisiel, Cougars sweep Littleton

    LITTLETON — History repeated itself for the Evergreen Lady Cougars’ basketball team as they bested the Littleton Lions, 52-43, on Jan. 31 at the Lions Den, giving them their second win against the Lady Lions this season.

    “Every time we come (to Littleton) we expect to play a scrappy game,” said Evergreen girls basketball head coach Amy Bahl. “But we always manage to pull out the win.”

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  • Cougars push forward despite challenges

    By Craig Harper
    For the Courier

    Injuries and illness have made for a trying season for Evergreen’s boys basketball team, especially in 4A Jeffco League play. But somehow the Cougars head into the next-to-last week of the regular season on a two-game-winning streak, though, par for the course, it wasn’t easy.

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  • Nations is lone bright spot for EHS

    AURORA — It was supposed to be a simple escape with his opponent — Hinkley’s Xavier Abeyta — bending his arm at the elbow and not straightening it out, but it turned into an early turning point of the match for Evergreen’s Thomas Nations.

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  • Neville revolutionized prep sports coverage

    You know you’ve reached a certain point in life when a longtime friend is recognized as a legend. And so it was for Laurie and me last week when we attended the Colorado High School Activities Association Hall of Fame induction dinner to see South Jeffco resident Marcia Neville be inducted.

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  • Dog shot with pellet gun near Wilmot Elementary

    Jefferson County Animal Control officers are investigating reports that a chocolate-colored Labrador retriever was shot with a pellet gun in the 6400 block of Joan Lane in Evergreen.

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  • 10th Mountain Division could be subject of movie

    A retired U.S. Marine colonel wants to make a Hollywood movie about 10th Mountain Division greats Earl Clark and Dick Over. 

    Clark, 95, passed away just after Christmas at his Littleton home. He and Over, 91, of Lookout Mountain, traveled around Colorado for the last several years to discuss their experiences in World War II and during mountain training at Camp Hale near Leadville.

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  • Chamber co-chairs plan to focus on promoting member services

    The new board co-chairs for the Evergreen Area Chamber of Commerce are calling 2015 the year of the member as they make it the organization’s mission to communicate its value.

    The co-chairs, Lisa Austin and Kevin Ruble, agree the services are in place; now it’s time to make sure members and potential members know how to take advantage of those services.

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  • Club brings new members into the fold

    The Mountain Fold club in Evergreen wants you to know that origami isn’t just folded paper cranes.

    The cranes are the most popular origami sculpture, but at Mountain Fold meetings, the group makes paper sculptures that are functional and creative.

    At a meeting Sunday afternoon at the Evergreen Library, the group made picture frames, including the stand and small gift boxes. One youth created a small doll, and another made ninja stars.

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  • EFR responds to two house fires in Evergreen

    Evergreen Fire/Rescue responded to two structure fires in Evergreen on Sunday.

    At the first, a Super Bowl party was evacuated on Swede Gulch Road on Sunday evening after the family called 911 to report their smoke detectors were sounding. One member of the family was able to put out the fire with an extinguisher, said Doug Saba, an Evergreen Fire/Rescue spokesman. The blaze was found in a wall near the chimney, Saba said. Foothills Fire & Rescue also responded to the blaze, which was called in about 7 p.m.

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  • Public meetings planned on lion encounters

    Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials will hold public information sessions in the coming days to "calm some fears" related to recent mountain lion encounters. 

    Ty Petersburg, Clear Creek wildlife officer at the state agency, will hold public meetings at 6 p.m. Sunday and at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12, at Evergreen Fire/Rescue's auditorium at Station 2, 1802 Bergen Parkway at the request of residents. 

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