Extreme bed racing on Main Street
Around the turn of the nineteenth century when gold ran fast and heavy through our mountain community, Pine Street was home to Central City’s red light district. A madam named Lou Bunch ran the most successful …read the rest of this story »
End of Spring Celebration
The Hidee Gold Mine held its 5th Annual End-Of-Spring Celebration on Saturday, June 19th, with mine tours, gold-panning, refreshments, surrey rides—featuring Clydesdales Heather and Presley—and musical …read the rest of this story »
Partnering with JeffCo
Gilpin County Commissioners Forrest Whitman, Jeanne Nicholson and Buddy Schmalz began their Tuesday morning meeting of June 25, 2009, formalizing arrangements to provide public health services to …read the rest of this story »
Meeting the locals
Michael (Mike) Copp, Black Hawk’s new City Manager, has spent his first week on the job, “soaking it all in.” He’s met with City Council members and employees and has met with, or will soon meet with, officials from …read the rest of this story »
Legal dispute heats up
In August 2008, the Dory Lakes Property Owners Association (DLPOA) filed a lawsuit against Gilpin County over use of water in the Dory Lakes Subdivision lakes. That case was set to be tried in District Court …read the rest of this story »
City business
Black Hawk City Council met the afternoon of June 10, 2009. Mayor David Spellman and Aldermen Linda Armbright, Paul Bennett, Diane Cales, …read the rest of this story »
Gilpin Commissioner’s business
Gilpin County Commissioners Forrest Whitman, Jeanne Nicholson and Buddy Schmalz resumed their Tuesday morning meetings on June 16th, after skipping last week to attend the annual …read the rest of this story »
Obituary 1937-2009
Paul Howard Armbright, longtime Gilpin County resident, passed away June 11, 2009, at Collier Hospice in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. He was 72. He was born February 6, 1937, to Howard and Dolores Armbright and …read the rest of this story »
Ips Beetle trapping set up at Gilpin’s sort yards
Front Range wood collection sites are looking a little high-tech in an experimental and operational effort to limit tree mortality from a lesser-known bark beetle, the Ips beetle (Ips pini). …read the rest of this story »
State versus Federal authority controversy over expanding the Pinon Canyon Army Training Range
Recently Governor Bill Ritter signed a bill aimed at keeping the U.S. Army from taking over some very special lands on the Colorado plains. This expansion of the Pinon Canyon army training range started out at five million acres and gradually expanded to seven million acres. Local ranchers would lose their home places, and ancient archaeological sites would be ground up by tank training …read the rest of this story »