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Tuesday, June 04, 2013  UPDATED: The incident commander for a fire that prompted evacuations in the foothills near Evergreen says the blaze isn't controlled yet but is fully contained.

Monday, June 03, 2013  Sheriff's officials are evacuating some homes in the foothills of Evergreen, about 30 miles west of Denver, due to a wildfire that is threatening about 100 homes.

Wednesday, May 29, 2013  Water restrictions effect on Evergreen Cemetery

Monday, December 27, 2010  A truck driver from St. Louis is accused of driving the wrong way and killing a man in a head-on crash on Interstate 70 in Colorado.

Thursday, December 02, 2010  An animal forced a power outage east of downtown Colorado Springs Thursday morning when it got into equipment near the Evergreen substation.

Tuesday, May 04, 2010  Officials suspect downed electrical fires may have caused the fire. Elk Creek firefighters and other departments are at the scene.

Monday, April 12, 2010  An arrest affidavit says a woman whose 18-year-old brother is suspected of killing her was found at the bottom of a spiral staircase in their home in Evergreen, with what a deputy thought was a ligature mark on her neck.

Monday, April 12, 2010  Eighteen-year-old Zachariah Thomas Santaguida was due in court on Monday. He's being held in the death last week of his 24-year-old sister.

Monday, February 22, 2010  The March clean-up is the time when Christmas wreaths and other holiday items are removed from the cemetery, along with tarnished, unsightly, sun-bleached or damaged containers or flowers.

Wednesday, January 06, 2010  A Jefferson County high school is mourning the deaths of two teenagers in a three-car crash on U.S. 285.

Monday, January 04, 2010  A bomb squad is on the scene in the Clove Lane neighborhood after the bombs were found Monday. No one was hurt.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009  Colorado Division of Wildlife spokeswoman Jennifer Churchill says the 47-year-old woman was leaving her home in Evergreen Tuesday morning and was attacked when she got out of her car to go back inside.

Monday, August 17, 2009  Witnesses say the driver stopped, looped back toward the victim, but then drove off. Some witnesses stopped and tried to block the fleeing driver, but he fled.

Friday, August 07, 2009  The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Friday the settlement stems from the case of an employee in Evergreen who was fired after filing a sex discrimination complaint in 2004.

Thursday, July 16, 2009  Council member Tom Gallagher is asking the city to examine why a large field containing gravestones in Evergreen Cemetery was covered with dirt.