Today's News

The Evergreen Park & Recreation District has yet to receive the results of the preliminary engineering study on the north trail around Evergreen Lake.

At the EPRD Board of Directors’ regular meeting May 23 at Buchanan Recreation Center, Executive Director Ellen O’Connor announced that Muller Engineering will present the study’s findings in early June.

A pro cyclist who lives in Englewood has been accused of recklessly firing a gun earlier this year near homes in the Deer Creek Canyon area, about five miles east of Conifer.

Daniel H. Summerhill, 28, appeared in Jefferson County court Tuesday morning and was advised of charges against him, which include one misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct involving discharge of a firearm and one misdemeanor count of reckless endangerment. He pleaded not guilty.

A pre-trial conference has been scheduled for July 12.

She was lying in a shallow ditch, very still, when our dogs spotted her. They sniffed her curiously, and before we could react, one dog gave her a quick lick on the nose before we shooed them away.
I very slowly approached the tiny elk calf, at first concerned about her condition. Was she hurt? Should I call Parks and Wildlife for help? I agonized that she may even be dead. She was so utterly still. Her body lay in a shallow ditch, her head resting quietly on the path.

The September 2013 flood awakened the need for an emergency fund in Evergreen to aid victims of natural disaster.
Bear Creek, which runs through Evergreen and eventually through Morrison, rose to more than 9 feet, threatening residents and businesses in its path. In light of this catastrophe, Beth Andersen, a local attorney and Evergreen Chamber of Commerce board member, jumped at the opportunity to begin a disaster fund and to implement several fund-raisers to initiate the process.