Today's News

Jefferson County is joining other Colorado jurisdictions in moving forward with litigation against manufacturers and distributors of prescription opioids.

According to the National Institute of Drug Abuse, opioids are a class of drugs that include heroin, synthetic opioids such as fentanyl and pain relievers available legally by prescription, such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, morphine and others. Much like other counties in Colorado and other states and communities nationwide, Jeffco is concerned about the impact of opioid addiction.

A love for running brought Deb Spence and Ken Pliska together.

Though the pair lived just a few miles apart in Colorado, they met while competing in the Boston Marathon. Not long after, they were married at the finish line of the race.

There is no museum or center in the United States that stores and preserves documents from mountain rescue teams. But, give it a few years, and there will be.

Earlier this month, Alpine Rescue Team and other stakeholders broke ground on the Colorado Mountain Rescue History Center, which will be housed at Alpine Rescue’s headquarters in the El Rancho area.

While Alpine Rescue is the driving force behind the center — a project that has been five years in the making — team members emphasized that it’ll be a Colorado museum.

Nearly 200 children ages 5 to 13 descended on the Buchanan Park Rec Center on Sunday morning to swim, run and bike their way to fitness while having some fun.

The kids, supported by their parents, siblings, grandparents and pets, participated in the ninth annual Kids Triathlon. They swam laps in the pool, ran around one of the Bergen ponds and biked through Bergen Park.

Family members cheered, waved flags and signs, rang cowbells and took pictures. Many agreed it was a perfect family event.