Invites community to help celebrate
PRESS RELEASE – The Pinecliffe Post Office will be celebrating its 100th birthday on March 8th. In honor of this historic occasion, the Post Office will be holding a week-long celebration with special activities …read the rest of this story »
Mountain Life
When mountain people gather these days, we seem to be talking about how little snow we’ve gotten and how relatively warm this winter has been. The most recent forecasts from the National Weather Service suggest that our usual spring snows may not come through for us, due to a La Nina oceanic cycle setting up. Couple that with the high winds (also thanks to La Nina) and the beetle-killed trees, and we may be …read the rest of this story »
Located near baseball fields
Spring cleaning (summer, fall and winter, too) took on literal meaning at Gilpin County Commissioners’ weekly meeting on Tuesday morning, February 24th. Commissioners Forrest Whitman, Jeanne Nicholson and Buddy Schmalz began by approving …read the rest of this story »
Ethics Watch on the City of Black Hawk
PRESS RELEASE – In response to Channel 7’s investigation last year into the out-of-control spending of historic preservation funds in Black Hawk, Ethics Watch called on the state legislature to consider ways to install …read the rest of this story »
Council Business overview
February 17, 2009– The City of Central held its regular City Council meeting Tuesday. Mayor Ron Slinger presided over the meeting attended by council members …read the rest of this story »
Preservation and Restoration Funding
What follows is a synopsis of a presentation distributed to state legislators prior to the Senate Committee Hearing on SB101 on February 10, 2009…this portion addresses the concerns …read the rest of this story »
City Aldermen will reconsider
Black Hawk City Council had a light agenda at their regular meeting of February 11, 2009. Aldermen Linda Armbright, Paul Bennett, Diane Cales, Kathy Doles, Tom Kerr and Greg Moates were present when Mayor David Spellman called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m. The Council had spent the previous hour in a work session presentation by Holly Huyek of the …read the rest of this story »
County-wide strategy
Gilpin County is not in a critical state for wildfire. Chris White, of Anchor Point Fire Management, made that announcement last Thursday at the first of several planned community meetings about the county-wide Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) project. Gilpin’s altitude and low population density help lower that risk, as does the …read the rest of this story »
George Randolph became a mining expert
The history of the 1859 Gold Rush was altered in 1863 by one man, an Irishman in a snit. The eccentric Irishman was Patrick Casey and when he became aware the residents of Gilpin County were making fun of his pompous airs, he headed east to ‘the States.’ In New York City he sold all his interests in and around Central City. These holdings had made him rich, but in his pique he sold all four of his shafts on …read the rest of this story »
Commissioners deny funding request
Gilpin County Commissioners Forrest Whitman, Jeanne Nicholson and Buddy Schmalz entertained a funding request from Sandi Dillon, Pastor of Saint James Methodist Church, at the beginning …read the rest of this story »