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Today's News

  • National group targets House District 25 race

    The Colorado chapter of Unite America, a grassroots political group that works to get independent candidates elected to state offices, is targeting the 2018 House District 25 race in an effort “bridge the growing partisan divide” both locally and statewide.

    Announced just days before the statewide caucuses March 6, Unite Colorado’s executive director Nick Troiano says the effort stems from what he sees as an opportunity for an independent candidate to take the district.

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  • More security, mental health a priority in the foothills

    Conifer and Evergreen residents at a Jeffco Public Schools-sponsored school safety meeting agreed with officials and others there that the district needed to find funding both for more security measures at area schools and more mental health resources for students and staff.

    In anonymous breakout sessions following the main presentation on March 20, several people voiced concern that more wasn’t being done to protect schools in Conifer and Evergreen.

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  • RMAE teacher chosen for Space Foundation program

    Ian Dunbar, the technology teacher at Rocky Mountain Academy of Evergreen, has been selected for the Space Foundation’s 2018 Teacher Liaison program — beating out more than two dozen other applicants for a spot on this year’s roster.

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  • Candidates from Town of Morrison gear up for April 3 municipal election

    Five of the seven candidates in the Town of Morrison’s municipal election agree that the property for the pending Red Rocks Ranch residential development should be annexed into Jefferson County.

    Another candidate says Morrison should keep control of the property and therefore the development, while the last candidate said she didn’t have enough information to have an opinion.

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  • Old Town Historic Overlay District hopes to maintain Morrison’s pizzazz

    It has been more than four decades since Jamee Chambers first began pushing for a way to protect Morrison’s historic buildings and quirky charm.

    She finally has a means of doing so with the unanimous passing of the Old Town Historic Overlay District at Morrison’s March 20 board meeting.

    The plan aims to protect the town’s historic resources by creating rules and regulations for future businesses in downtown Morrison. While current businesses are grandfathered in, the rules apply should they wish to make changes in the future.

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  • Second suspect charged in last year’s North Turkey Creek Fire

    The second suspect in starting last year’s North Turkey Creek Fire has been charged and will return for a May 7 arraignment in Jefferson County court.

    Riley Costello, 19, is accused of lighting Roman candles while Jeffco was in a stage-2 fire ban and is charged with a class-4 felony of second-degree arson. He appeared in court on Friday for a disposition hearing.

    A class-4 felony carries the potential of two to six years in prison, though prison is not mandatory.

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  • King-Murphy Elementary School’s drama club tackles Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’

    Dreams, magic and the difficulties of love are central to the story in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” and King-Murphy Elementary School’s drama club was glad to tell its audiences all about it.

    The club recently performed a shortened version of the classic Shakespeare comedy for parents and students, under the direction of Stephanie Hobbs, a long-term substitute third-grade teacher who has taken on the club.

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  • Bahl earns All-Colorado coach of the year

    Following another stellar season in which the Evergreen girls basketball team won consecutive state championships, head coach Amy Bahl earned recognition from the Denver Post as their All-Colorado girls basketball coach of the year — something the paper has been recognizing since 1993.

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  • Evergreen girls tennis shuts down Conifer

    CONIFER — In its first match of the season on March 20 against its rivals, the Evergreen girls tennis team showed up in full force to earn a 7-0 victory over host Conifer.

    Led by junior No. 1 singles player Zoe Love, the Cougars secured a big victory for their first win of the season. In her match, Love took on Conifer (1-3) senior Hailey Janson and, after going down 6-1 in the first set, battled back to win the second and the subsequent tie-breaker.

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  • EPRD looks for long-term solution for outdoor pickleball

    While it has scheduled the west court at Marshdale Park to be repainted for four dedicated pickleball courts, the Evergreen Park & Recreation District is trying to determine how to make the change profitable.

    At the March 20 meeting at Buchanan Recreation Center, EPRD Executive Director Ellen O’Connor said the district had scheduled a repainting for late July or early August. Estimated costs for the entire project, including the repainting and new pickleball nets, would be about $14,000 to $15,000, she added.

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