Today's News

Two thousand years ago, when the republic was collapsing, the Romans concocted a new leadership model: Triumvirate, a three-man team that split areas of governance. Slow to learn, they tried it twice before concluding that a leader cannot be divided. The emerging empire was thence controlled by a singular man, albeit an emperor with unlimited power.

Hans Berg, the Empire man who died in Thursday’s avalanche on Jones Pass, was more than a skier and photographer. He was an engaging and exuberant Clear Creek resident who had a great vision and love for the outdoors.

“He had a huge passion for life,” friend and fellow Empire resident Margi Kaspari said. “He grabbed it with both hands and went for it. It’s a huge loss for Empire.”

Area residents on both sides of the debate on whether to keep or sell Golddigger Field expressed their views at a community meeting Thursday.

Comments ranged from former football coach Lyn Darrell, who stressed that the school board was forgetting about tradition, the area’s history and what’s important by considering selling the property, to longtime resident Mary Jane Loevlie, who said it was time to sell the properties, and in doing so, thinking about the greater good for the community in the next 50 years.

• Monday, Feb. 25 — Idaho Springs officers were notified of suspicious activity on the east side of town. Officers found a man who reportedly had an outstanding misdemeanor warrant for his arrest. The suspect was taken into custody and transported to the county jail.
• Tuesday, Feb. 26 — The Sheriff’s Office took a report of suspicious activity along Lamartine Road after a couple reported that they gave a man bread and cookies, and then gave him a ride. They called to report that he seemed strange.