Eight members of the Alpine Rescue Team visited the Cirque du Soleil’s traveling “Kooza” show at Ball Arena for a tour with the technical director
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Beloved Evergreen ice skating tradition changing as popularity grows, climate changes
By Seth Boster, The Gazette EVERGREEN — Anyone who’s lived here long enough has sweet memories of the lake. Sweet, like the drink John Ellis remembers. It was concocted in the old warming hut, that log cabin still standing along the shores that freeze for an ice skating tradition dating back to 1928, when the […]
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4,000 cars, one exit: Residents in growing neighborhoods worry their new neighbors could crowd wildfire escape routes
CONIFER — A fire chief warning county officials in all-caps that he would be “UNABLE TO PROTECT” a proposed housing complex might have sounded like its death knell. But in this mountain community west of Denver, the developer decided instead to file a lawsuit seeking a court-ordered takeover of the Elk Creek Fire Protection District. […]
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Evergreen attorney sentenced to 10 years in prison for soliciting someone to kill her estranged husband’s girlfriend
The Evergreen attorney who pleaded guilty to six felonies including soliciting someone to kill her estranged husband’s girlfriend will spend 10 years in prison. After three and a half hours of testimony during Jennifer Emmi’s sentencing hearing on Monday, District Judge Randall Arp said he saw two sides of Emmi: the successful attorney and loving mother, and […]
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Could a new insurance-premium fee prevent Colorado’s next big natural disaster? Some lawmakers say yes.
When the Camp fire ripped through Paradise, California, in 2018, killing dozens of people and destroying hundreds of structures, Lisa Cutter knew her Colorado community could be next. The Democratic state representative’s district includes Evergreen and Conifer, two towns at risk of experiencing a devastating wildfire. “People in the wildlife urban interface are scared,” Cutter […]
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Authorities lift evacuations prompted by wildfire near Evergreen after rainstorm douses burn area
Residents of about 1,000 houses in Evergeen were allowed to return home on Tuesday night after authorities announced they had turned the corner on a wildfire that was raging a day before. Rain soaked the Elephant Butte Fire burn area for a second straight evening, prompting the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office to lift its evacuation […]
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About 1,000 homes evacuated as wildfire ignites in Evergreen
Roughly 1,000 homes were evacuated Monday evening after a wildfire ignited across a steep mountain in Evergreen sending a column of smoke into the air that was visible from Denver. The Elephant Butte Fire was burning on about 50 acres as of 7 p.m. and firefighters, helicopters and firefighting airplanes are scrambling to the area […]