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  • Rosier working with Indian Hills resident on slash collection initiative

    Jefferson County Commissioner Don Rosier and Indian Hills resident Brett Roller are collaborating on a plan to establish slash collection sites throughout the county.

    “We are in the planning stages of this proposal,” Rosier said. “It’s in response to wildfires.”

    Roller recently approached Rosier with the idea for finding 20 sites where residents could drop off tree limbs and debris for a nominal fee. The service would be revenue neutral to taxpayers, rather than costing them extra dollars, Rosier said.

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  • Lab School students hike 2 miles to safety amid flooding

    About 130 students at the Mount Evans Outdoor Lab School took an unplanned 2-mile hike north to Old Squaw Pass Road on Friday to escape the flooding waters of Bear Creek.

    The school is at 201 Evans Ranch Road, which is north of Upper Bear Creek Road and west of Witter Gulch Road. Because of flooding on Upper Bear Creek Road, students couldn’t be bused out the usual way after their one-week stay at the Lab School.

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  • Cable-TV bills in unincorporated Jeffco could increase

    Bills for cable TV in unincorporated Jeffco could increase, depending on how the county commissioners decide to charge cable companies for their licensing agreements. 

    Currently all four cable providers in the county have been operating on month-to-month licensing agreements since their agreements with Jeffco to use public rights-of-way for cable lines expired. 

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  • Denver Water opens High Line Canal

          

      

    After it was predicted that drought conditions would keep the High Line Canal dry, Denver Water has decided to send water through the 66-mile dirt canal that is the only water source for Littleton’s Ketring Lake.  

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  • Record rains wreak havoc in Jeffco

    The day dawned cloudy on Sept. 16 but water no longer fell from the sky, and a battered but still standing downtown Evergreen appeared mostly ready for commerce after a week of record rains and flooding slammed Jefferson County.

    Damage in South Jeffco appeared limited to some flooded yards and basements. The Summerset Festival at Clement Park was canceled for the first time in its 29-year history, and some high school sports games were postponed.

    But in the Jeffco foothills, ramifications from last week’s relentless rains were more severe.

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  • Commissioners skeptical of need for West Bowles bike lanes

    Jeffco’s county commissioners will have to see a large public demand for bike lanes to be installed along West Bowles Avenue for them to take away any motor-vehicle traffic capacity in South Jeffco.

    The commissioners heard a feasibility study last week on installing bike lanes along West Bowles from C-470 to Grant Ranch Boulevard, which is the last intersection before the eastern border of the county. 

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  • Sheriff's Calls

     

    Rapunzel lets her hair down

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  • Summerset Festival canceled

    The massive rainfall last week forced the first ever cancellation of the Summerset Festival. 

    Laura Knowlton, executive director of the Foothills Foundation, said the decision to cancel the festival was made due to the condition of Clement Park after the week's incessant rains and the forecast for more.

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  • Foothills exterminates prairie dogs at Clement Park

    The Foothills Park & Recreation District exterminated prairie dogs Sept. 4 in the southern part of Clement Park. 

    The rodents were killed on 3 acres of the park as a result of complaints from a homeowner association in the Windermere Square Subdivision, said Foothills Executive Director Ron Hopp. 

    “The issue is, they are getting to the backyards of the individuals on the south border of the park,” Hopp said. 

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  • End of the road for Broadstone apartments

    The long journey of the Broadstone at Littleton Station project, a proposed 225-unit apartment complex at the corner of Bemis Avenue and Littleton Boulevard, has come to an end. The City Council voted 6-1 to reject the latest version of the development.

    After an extensive presentation by the developer, Alliance Residential Co., on its vision for the project and hours of public comment, most of which was opposed, the council voted after 2 a.m. Sept. 4 to reject the rezoning request. 

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