First State Trophy in Gilpin Basketball History
It was their first time at the Colorado Basketball Tournament, but the Gilpin women’s basketball team overcame the tournament jitters and pulled together to win …read the rest of this story »
North Clear Creek water issues
Gilpin County Commissioners Connie McLain, Buddy Schmalz and Forrest Whitman took steps to maintain children’s services in cases of child support and foster …read the rest of this story »
Honoring Linda Jones, Roy & Barb Stewart
Peak to Peak Rotary Club, “Serving the Mountain Communities along the Peak to Peak Highway,” celebrated another year of that service at their 12th Anniversary …read the rest of this story »
Chili Dinner and Silent Auction
High Country Auxiliary members are masters at dishing it up and dealing it out. On Saturday, March 3, 2012, a group of about twenty Auxiliary members dished up …read the rest of this story »
Ed & Shirley Do It Their Way
For years now Ed and Shirley Smith have been known in these parts as the last family who own and operate three casinos in Black Hawk. Seems all the rest went …read the rest of this story »
In a manner of speaking
When the icy finger of death reached down and snatched Bredo Morstoel from this world, he succumbed to a power and plan greater than himself. He had lived a …read the rest of this story »
Fond remembrances of a great man
“Morgan, I have some bad news.” It was former District Judge Susie Barnes on the phone. I knew immediately what she was going to say. Her husband, Medill …read the rest of this story »
A colorful life and burial controversy
Passing through newly formed Denver, Colorado, in the spring of 1859 as part of the Pike’s Peak Gold Rush, barely a teenager, William Frederick Cody decided to try …read the rest of this story »
Black Hawk Council
Black Hawk Mayor David Spellman and Aldermen Linda Armbright, Paul Bennett, Diane Cales, Jim Johnson, Tom Kerr, and Greg Moates met for their regularly …read the rest of this story »
Central City Council Meeting
At the meeting of the Central City Council on February 21, 2012, the council approved liquor license renewals for two casinos, denied a request for a pay increase …read the rest of this story »