Today's News

The next step after high school is on the minds of students at Clear Creek High School and Middle School.

The schools are taking a multi-pronged approach to help students find their way to institutions of higher learning and careers.

It began last week with a college fair at the high school with representatives from 35 schools in Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Kansas and Arizona speaking with students about career options and what the schools have to offer.

Three men shooting at targets near Empire were arrested on Sept. 12 after a stray bullet landed near a group of people who were picnicking.

According to Clear Creek Sheriff Don Krueger, while one of the men was being arrested, the other two, still armed, fled into the trees.

As a result, the local law enforcement tactical team was called in to assist in their capture.

As most of my friends know, I took a tumble in early August and broke my right wrist, so I have been confined to a nursing home ever since I got out of the hospital. That’s only because I can’t manage very well by myself with only one arm. However, it’s doing well and I’ll soon be out of a cast and then I can do a great deal more, I hope, even though it will still be stiff and sore.

When we moved here in 1965, crows were officially named the “common crow.” But, they were definitely not common in Evergreen, except in winter. Summer crows in the mountains were few and far between.