The Little Bear, located in historic, downtown Evergreen, Colorado, fits everyone's image of an Old West saloon. Formerly a church and a drugstore, the Little Bear now enjoys the reputation of being Colorado's rowdiest mountain bar! Skiers and tourists mingle with colorful locals in what the Denver Post has described as "popular pandemonium".
Intermountain Humane Society's Second Chance Thrift Store has become a welcome source of funding for the small mountain animal shelter in Pine Junction. Manager Wendy Neuman said the nonprofit shelter works to get animals placed in homes after being abandoned, surrendered or transferred. Last ...
Brandon Edelman is the Public Relations & Marketing Coordinator for the non-profit Seniors' ResourceCenter in Denver. In this capacity, Brandon manages content on the agency's website and social media outlets, coordinates marketing efforts, writes press releases, and assists in the develop...
HISTORICAL COMMISSION SEEKS NOMINATIONS FOR 2010 JEFFERSON COUNTY HALL OF FAME The Jefferson County Historical Commission is now accepting nominations for the Jefferson County Hall of Fame. Nominations may be made for either living or deceased people that have helped mold and shape the history...
By Joyce Deming, Information Services Librarian, Golden Library March didn't bode so well for Julius Caesar, but there are lots of other reasons to celebrate this month. If nothing else, March tends to be our snowiest month and what better excuse to hunker down with a...
Evergreen Area Chamber of Commerce www.evergreenchamber.org The dedication and service of the 150 Non-Profit organizations and volunteers is unmatched and imagining our community without them is difficult. congratulations to the winners: 2009 Volunteer of the Year Tom Hushen is an exce...
As the economy continues to struggle and the unemployment rate remains high, Colorado families and households are feeling the squeeze more than ever on their wallets and are struggling to pay bills, including heating bills. Colorado's Low-Income Energy Assistance Program (LEAP), which has alread...
A rock slide closed I-70 at Glenwood Canyon this week. It caused significant delay and damage...but might have been much worse. Whatever would cause a huge rock like that to become dislodged? I'm told it has to do with small bits of moisture that seep into tiny cracks in the...
On March 2nd, CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) of Jefferson and Gilpin Counties swore-in the twenty-first volunteer class since the program began in 2001! A CASA volunteer is a trained community member appointed by a Judge or Magistrate to speak in the best interest of abused and neglec...
Colorado has become a hot bed for online education with more students than ever, both in K-12 and higher education, jumping onto a virtual campus for their learning. Fortunately, today's online high schools are delivering a learning experience equal to- if not better than- what students fin...
Last night, a Mr. Noah Wainwright gathered together friends and other true believers for an evening with Madam Mariska, a psychic medium. It is reported that Madam Mariska does it all: tells your fortune, reads your palm, contacts the dead, takes your money, etc. Madam Mariska made her...