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Today's News

  • Inter-Canyon Fire plans special meeting on finances

    Members of the Inter-Canyon Fire District board have scheduled a special meeting to discuss the district’s financial forecast and the current status of the department.

    “We feel we need to get back to strategic planning and take a look at our financial plan moving forward,” board President Michael Reddy said at the Inter-Canyon board meeting last Wednesday.

    The special meeting comes in the wake of accusations that former chief Dave MacBean embezzled approximately $643,000 from Inter-Canyon’s reserve fund from 2010 to 2012.

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  • After 35 years, Light of the World Church about to see worship space take shape

    Light of the World Roman Catholic Church hopes it is less than a year away from completing a plan started almost 35 years ago. 

    The church, on West Bowles Avenue at South Oak Street, is set to break ground on an expansion that will provide a permanent worship space for parishioners. The current worship space, which seats about 700, is in a room originally designed to be a multipurpose area with no permanent seating or altar space. 

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  • Open Space sets goals for repairs to flood-damaged parks

    With help from volunteers, Apex Park may be partially open to hikers and bikers by this spring, according to a timeline established by the staff at Jeffco Open Space.

    The park in Golden has been closed since September, when flooding caused extensive trail damage. Other parks in the Jeffco Open Space system, which also were severely impacted, are slated for repairs in the coming months.

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  • Open Space acquires Deer Creek Canyon property

    The 160-acre Deer Creek property south of Deer Creek Canyon Road is among land acquisitions finalized by Jeffco Open Space.

    Meanwhile, recommended grant recipients include the cities of Golden, Lakewood and Wheat Ridge, which collectively could receive the lion’s share of more than $800,000 from the Jeffco Open Space sales tax fund.

    Golden sought a $234,000 grant to construct the West 44th Avenue trail, which Jeffco Open Space Director Tom Hoby said needs to be done all at once, rather than in sections.

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  • Littleton council denies request to waive tax

    The Littleton City Council rejected a request to waive a special tax on the recent sale of the Alta Aspen Grove apartment complex, meaning the development’s new owners must pay $96,475 to the city.

    The property, next to the Aspen Grove shopping center on South Santa Fe Drive, was sold last year to the APTCO Aspen Grove Limited Partnership group for $56.7 million. APTCO asked the council to waive a special tax that was placed on the apartments when the property was first rezoned from commercial to residential in 2007. 

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  • Sheriff's Calls

    Arrested adolescents

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  • Sports briefs

    BOYS BASKETBALL
    Chargers extend winning streak to seven, rout Bear Creek
    LAKEWOOD     — Darius Reiter led five players in double figures with a game-high 24 points as Chatfield stretched its winning streak to seven games with a 91-69 road victory at Bear Creek on Jan. 8.
    Alec Wray and Andrew St. Germain added 12 points each, Riley Welch scored 11 and Sean Laczkowski poured in 10 for the Chargers (9-2).

    HOCKEY
    Late power-play goal lifts Columbine past Resurrection

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  • ‘Starters,’ defense help Eagles to pull away from Rebels

    By Craig Harper
    For the Courier
    When Dakota Ridge head coach Doug Maier opted to begin the Jan. 10 home game against Columbine with three regular underclass starters on the bench for the annual “Think Pink’’ night, he knew his team might be in for a rough start.
    “I wanted to give some seniors a chance to start tonight,” Maier said. “Of course, that means you might have to dig out of a hole. But it’s the right thing to do. Tonight was a special night for the seniors so we needed to do that.”

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  • Tough slate sets tone for Rebels’ win over Eagles

    By Craig Harper
    For the Courier
    Even for a veteran team, the Columbine boys’ non-league schedule would have been daunting. Throw in the fact the Rebels were rebuilding after losing their top five scorers, and “killer’’ became an appropriate adjective.
    It played out that way for Clay Thielking’s squad, which went 2-5 with losses to four ranked 5A and 4A teams before opening Jeffco play with a three-point loss to Ralston Valley.

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  • Eagles, Chargers up to the challenge

    ARVADA — Ali Borelli and her Dakota Ridge teammates knew that if they were going to win the meet-opening 200-yard medley relay on Jan. 8 as part of the 5A Jeffco Relays that they would have to pull off one of their fastest times of the season. They also would have to keep up with Lakewood and not let the Lady Tigers get too far out in front.
    Mission accomplished.

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