Conifer News

To the trailhead: From Broomfield, access Interstate 70 west to exit 260 and go south on U.S. 285 toward Fairplay, about 6 miles west of Conifer.

A helicopter drops water on a fire burning in the hills west of Evergreen. A fire started early in the afternoon and by 3:30 p.m., residence of the surrounding area were told to evacuate.

Mark Techmeyer with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said deputies responded to call about a 55 year-old man who was under the influence of drugs and making suicidal statements on Sunset Trail in Conifer just before 7 a.m. "The reporting party was the man's brother, who stated the man was wandering around the property and carrying a gun.

Jefferson County authorities are investigating after a 55-year-old man who was making suicidal threats and appeared to be on drugs died while being transported in a sheriff's patrol car.

CONIFER, Colo. - West Jefferson Middle School in Conifer was evacuated Tuesday afternoon over an unidentified compound found in the chemistry lab.