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Today's News

  • Columbine edges Dakota Ridge

    Ben Ripperton probably won’t ever be the biggest guy on the ice.

    And while a nickname such as ‘Big Ben’ would only be in jest for the Columbine forward, he certainly stood tallest Feb. 6 as the Rebels rallied to defeat rival Dakota Ridge 4-2 at The Edge Ice Arena.

    "We came in with pride and fought hard at the end and got a win," Ripperton said.

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  • Double duty

    Missed layups? Check.

    Star player in early foul trouble? Check.

    Opponent making big shots in crucial situations? Check.

    All of the markings of an upset were there Feb. 3 as Front Range Christian’s girls basketball team tangled with Longmont Christian. Yet, that upset never occurred.

    The Falcons, ranked sixth in the state in Class 2A by the Rocky Mountain News, battled through all of the adversity thrown their way, and, after a pair of overtimes, walked off their home floor with a 48-42 victory.

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  • RTD: Voters support tax hike for FasTracks

    The Regional Transportation District says more than 60 percent of residents in the eight-county Denver metro area would support a tax increase to finish the FasTracks expansion by 2017, but some in South Jeffco aren't so sure.

    "I don't think that would happen," said Justin Everett, a South Jeffco Republican who is president of CoHOPE, a coalition of area homeowner associations. Everett said CoHOPE hasn't taken an official position, but his personal opinion is that a tax increase wouldn't fly.

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  • Perkins dominates Jeffco League meet

    ARVADA — Shelley Perkins likes to break things.

    “You just have to know how to go crazy,” the Chatfield senior said with a smile Feb. 7. “I’m a little out of control.”

    And when Perkins gets like that – watch out. No tradition is safe.

    Perkins broke three Class 5A Jefferson County League records at the annual regular-season finale – one of which was her own. The Chargers’ speedster set a new mark in the 50-yard freestyle only to break it in the finals, not long before she set a new record in the 100 freestyle.

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  • Chatfield signees ready for next step

    Anyone who willingly dives into a pool of water off a 10-meter platform clearly isn’t afraid of heights.

    John Fox has parlayed his fearlessness into a college scholarship.

    Fox was one of 16 student-athletes signing a National Letter of Intent at Chatfield Senior High School on National Signing Day. The senior will be attending the University of Kentucky where he will compete for the Wildcats in platform diving.

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  • A public servant for three decades

    Faye Griffin wants Jefferson County residents to know that she’s just a regular person. She might be a politician, but the newly elected District 1 county commissioner said she sure doesn’t feel like one.

    “I don’t really feel like a politician. I don’t. I’m just a person,” Griffin said. “It’s just different.”

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  • Local kids suit up for Colorado Science Bowl

    What is the name of the enzyme that synthesizes DNA? What do you call the range through which temperature changes more rapidly with depth?

    If you said “DNA polymerase” and “thermocline,” you might have been able to keep pace with the scores of Colorado high school students that squared off Jan. 31 in the 19th Colorado Science Bowl, hosted by Dakota Ridge High School.

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  • Bailey woman is channeling busy moms

    In an earlier life, Jenny Schmidt of Bailey was a high-profile television reporter who covered the O.J. Simpson trial and the Rodney King verdict. But when she traded that life for motherhood, things changed.

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  • A public servant for three decades

    Faye Griffin wants Jefferson County residents to know that she’s just a regular person. She might be a politician, but the newly elected District 1 county commissioner said she sure doesn’t feel like one.

    “I don’t really feel like a politician. I don’t. I’m just a person,” Griffin said. “It’s just different.”

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  • Proposal dampens spirits at liquor stores

    After losing last year’s bid to sell beer and wine, supermarkets and convenience stores are putting their efforts behind legislation to let them sell full-strength beer.

    The movement has caused alarm among liquor store owners like Scott Risley of Super Liquor Mart at West Coal Mine Avenue and South Pierce Street.

    “It’ll put a lot of stores out of business,” Risley said. “How could it not?”

    He said there would be no way for the smaller stores to compete with the bulk buying power of large, interstate grocery chains.

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