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Registration is still open for Wild Ideas, this year’s theme in the Jeffco Library Summer Challenge. Book lovers of all ages can participate. Simply log onto to www.jeffcolibrary.org and click on …
Irreza draws 20-year sentence for attempted murder of AdCo deputy
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Cesar Irreza, who pled guilty in April to attempted first-degree murder with extreme indifference charges in …
As the 2020-21 school year drew to a close, a number of community organizations were concerned that summer supports for students would need to be more robust than ever to give students who struggled …
The Evergreen Fire/Rescue board gave Fire Chief Mike Weege the go-ahead to negotiate a contract with F+D International based in Boulder to design and build a new Station 1. The fire board has not …
About 20 Evergreen residents have asked the Evergreen Fire/Rescue board of directors to back off on saving money to build a new Station 1 and divert it instead to evacuation-route mitigation work. …
The developer trying to build a controversial housing development behind Conifer Safeway is asking a judge to compel the Elk Creek Fire Protection District to sign a Fire Service Expansion Agreement …
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Education
The signs speak for themselves — pay increases, more racial diversity among teaching staff and equity for students of color, and respect — all spelled out in multi-colored magic marker on poster …
When one of their teachers and her neighbors needed help preparing their new yards, students Evergreen Country Day School were more than willing to help. The school’s 16 seventh-graders took a …
In the 1980s, Marshdale Elementary School had the distinction of being known for — among other things — conducting bison drills. Alum Liam Vickers remembers when students would practice steering …
The foothills’ public schools are saying goodbye to nine staff members this year, two of whom have been staples in the Evergreen High School science department. Dave Moutoux and Cheryl Manning will …
The Outdoor Lab Foundation announced a donation of $235,000 to Jefferson County public schools for Outdoor Lab. The money will help sustain the popular program that’s been part of the district for …
There's nothing like celebrating a major life milestone after a school year that was in the midst of a pandemic — and cheering like you would at a pep assembly.
That was the tone of the …
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Business
What does a family do when a global pandemic hits, leaving countless hours to fill and three children to keep entertained? If the family in question is the Goekes of Lakewood, they invent their own …
Evergreen businesses are on a fishing expedition — trying to find the right bait to lure in a great catch of new employees. Some are offering wages in the range of $15 to $20 an hour, hoping that …
The Highlands Ranch Herald took two top honors in its weekly newspaper division with General Excellence in Editorial and Advertising in the 2021 Colorado Press Association’s Better Newspaper …
Old Dominion Freight is holding an in-person job fair at 5601 Holly St. in Commerce City Saturday, May 15. Dominion is hiring 10 truck drivers and numerous dock workers. Individuals with Class A CDL …
The owners of the Wild Game and the Evergreen Mercantile properties in Bergen Park have submitted their formal rezoning request to add residential units on the seven acres. The owners, Dave Wilson …
Given that the last 14 months have been dominated by a major pandemic that resulted in Colorado reaching the highest unemployment rate (14.4%) ever recorded in April 2020, one might naturally assume …
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