Weekly Register-Call/ Gilpin County News

Native American gathering to honor their heritage

From thirty eight states and three provinces Native American peoples meet for a powwow each spring at the Denver Collesium. A social gathering honoring their heritage, 1,600 dancers from 80 different tribes attended this year’s event last weekend. Storytelling, singing, and especially dancing were involved with 30 different drum teams providing background music. Dance categories are broken-down …read the rest of this story »

Are we less informed today?

After 150 years of publication the Rocky Mountain News has gone out of business. What an interesting history our “first newspaper” had! There are a number of tales concerning the “first newspaper” in Colorado. Some suggest that the first papers were printed in Clear Creek County or in Gilpin County, but the history is clear. Leaving aside the papers printed in Spanish and circulated in …read the rest of this story »

HCFPD and CSFPD Boards agree to proceed

The merger between High Country and Colorado Sierra Fire Protection Districts is still on. Members of the Board of Directors from each district affirmed their support to form one district, although they had to work through …read the rest of this story »

Comments accepted through April 14^th

Gilpin county Commissioners Forrest Whitman, Jeanne Nicholson and Buddy Schmalz began their weekly Tuesday morning meeting with a proclamation supporting youth, then worked through routine business, including a …read the rest of this story »

Black Hawk preservation funding

Senate Bill 101 took another step forward after being heard March 10, 2009, by representatives of the House Committee on Local Government. SB101 is the legislation introduced by Senator Al White (District 8), and sponsored by Gilpin’s House Representative Claire Levy, requiring Black Hawk to create an independent historic preservation commission. If passed, the bill will require …read the rest of this story »

African Photo Safari Part 1

Located in the Linyanti Concession bordering Chobe National Park in northeastern Botswana, Savuti Camp provides travelers seven permanent luxury tents and great game viewing. Known for its elephants during the dry part of the year, other animals such as zebra, giraffe, hyenas, wildebeest, jackals, baboons, mongoose, kudu, and lion can be seen here as well. Birdlife is more abundant during the …read the rest of this story »

Methane gas production

Gilpin County Commissioners Forrest Whitman, Jeanne Nicholson and Buddy Schmalz resumed their Tuesday morning meetings following a break last week while Nicholson …read the rest of this story »

Council business

Mayor Ron Slinger called the semi-monthly City Council meeting for the City of Central to order with council members Ron Engels, Tom Reilly, and Bob Spain in attendance. The first order of business was …read the rest of this story »

City Council business

Black Hawk City Council began their March 11 meeting with public hearings on six different items. There was public comment on only one …read the rest of this story »

Can the South Platte River feed Colorado?

Few of us in our mountains think much about the South Platte River. Even if we cross it we seldom notice it. It’s just not a very impressive stream. When Mark Twain came through Colorado he remarked, “It’s such a small thing. If it were my river, I wouldn’t leave it out at night. Why, some dog would come along and lap it all up.” Despite what Twain said in his memoir Roughing It, this is our river here …read the rest of this story »