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New businesses bring positive...

“The only thing that is constant … is change”!

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Change doesn’t have to mean something new, especially to the two new businesses in Empire that both specialize in preserving the old.

Enrollment decline persists at...

Editor’s note: This is the first of a three-part series examining the cause and result of the declining population of Clear Creek County.

The Clear Creek School District lost more students between October and February than it had anticipated, one of the largest declines the district has seen in several years.

CDOT finds high-speed transit...

Even though CDOT has determined that high-speed transit along the I-70 corridor is not financially feasible, local proponents and officials insist that funding can be found in the future.

The cost estimate to build an Interstate 70 rail line is $16.5 billion from DIA to Eagle, or $105 million per mile.  

CDOT released a draft report Feb. 19 analyzing the proposed transit systems for the I-70 and I-25 corridors, and found both too costly. High-speed transit along I-25 would have cost $13.6 billion.

Temporary home for rec center...

Efforts to secure the Idaho Springs rec center a temporary home at the former middle school while the current building is renovated might have hit yet another snag last week because of a dispute regarding earmarked funds.

Rec center scales down temporary...

The rec center in Idaho Springs will streamline its operation into a smaller space at the former middle school building during the center’s renovation later this year.

The Clear Creek school board and the rec district board settled on a plan for the rec center’s temporary home. The rec district will pay 50 cents per square foot for 5,692 square feet on the first floor, essentially where the Idaho Springs Library was temporarily located last year.

Evergreen Newspapers win 33...

Evergreen Newspapers had a record-breaking weekend at the Feb. 21 Colorado Press Association awards dinner.

The staff surpassed last year’s record total by one, taking home 33 awards at this year’s annual convention.

The High Timber Times received a coveted Sweepstakes award for its website. In other categories, photo editor Gabriel Christus led the way, winning 19 awards. Sports editor Michael Hicks won 10, and Clear Creek Courant editor Ian Neligh won five. Many of the awards had multiple winners for design and story/photo combinations.

Rec district to create parking...

 The school board has approved an intergovernmental agreement with the rec district finalizing plans to convert a portion of the Idaho Springs football field into a parking lot.

Rec district director Dane Matthew said the district plans to build a 42- to 44-space parking lot in the area known as the “old practice field” just east of the Idaho Springs football field.

The parking lot will service the new rec center plus provide free parking to the public.

Some teachers, district...

Teachers and community members who have attended meetings with the school superintendent favor merging the Clear Creek high school/middle school principal positions into one, according to Superintendent Todd Lancaster.

However, the two groups differ on whether a curriculum director should remain in place or a teacher-leader should take up that responsibility at a later date.

During the Feb. 18 meeting, Lancaster updated the Board of Education on his efforts to collect feedback on how the district should allocate resources in coming years. 

String theory: Yo-yo maestro...

Silence descended on the Clear Creek Rock House youth center as eighth-grader Josh Reagon took the stage, yo-yo in hand.

He whipped the toy around in a dazzling variety of spins and flips, doing the “Eiffel Tower” and other mind-boggling tricks, which elicited appreciation from the talent show’s audience.

While only a handful of performers competed, they demonstrated big talent and innovation during the youth center’s 10-year-old show.

State rep wary of CDOT’s public...

The state legislature plans to make the Colorado Department of Transportation’s public-private partnerships for toll lanes more transparent, according to state Rep. KC Becker.

The portion of I-70 in Clear Creek is among the stretches the legislature wants to monitor for potential public-private partnerships since CDOT is planning to build a toll lane, or peak-period shoulder lane, along I-70 from Empire Junction eastbound to the Twin Tunnels by 2015.