Today's News

Six months after initiating the pilot program, Jeffco Public Schools appears to be having success in its new initiative that aims to implement school-specific hiring criteria to attract, hire and retain new teachers.

A Jefferson County judge found probable cause to move forward with cases against all three suspects in the April murder of a 27-year-old D’Evelyn Jr./Sr. High School graduate.

Splish, splash, they were takin’ a bath ....

Students at Primrose School of Bear Creek joined forces with seniors at Willowbrook Place last Thursday for an early Halloween celebration. Together, they fashioned bubble bath costumes out of trash bags, balloons and shower caps decorated with rubber ducks and other bath toys.

“So cute,” Jackie Liles, a resident at Willowbrook Place, said with a smile as she helped tape blue and white balloons onto some of the youngsters.

Eight candidates at a forum on Oct. 24 primarily discussed taxes, financial issues and growth in the county and state, but the questions that got the audience most riled dealt with gun and immigration issues.
Some of the approximately 100 audience members at the Venue Theatre in Conifer needed to be quieted as candidates discussed whether gun-control measures and sanctuary cities were good for Colorado.
The forum was sponsored by the Canyon Courier, and the Evergreen and Conifer chambers of commerce.