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Black Hawk’s bike-less quarter mile example for other cities

Published: July 8th, 2010

Cyclists fear precedent

In January of this year, Black Hawk’s City Council passed an ordinance banning bicycles from the three streets of its business district (neither children nor other cyclists are banned from residential areas) and posted signs …read the rest of this story »

Central City invites cyclists, but not protestors

Published: July 8th, 2010

No offense meant to Black Hawk

Central City, riding the tail of publicity Black Hawk’s bicycle ban has drawn to the area, hurriedly put together a bicycle rally for July 3rd, inviting members of at least six Colorado bicycling groups to visit their city.  Officials …read the rest of this story »

Trophy bighorn ram poachers caught and convicted

By: PRESS RELEASE
Published: July 8th, 2010

Arvada residents convicted of Wildlife Crimes

Two Arvada men have been fined more than $35,000 after their conviction on multiple charges for the poaching of a trophy bighorn ram above Georgetown in 2008. …read the rest of this story »

Rock haulers to use back roads for mine reclamation work

Published: July 2nd, 2010

No route through Central City or Black Hawk

Gilpin County Commissioners Buddy Schmalz, Jeanne Nicholson and Forrest Whitman renewed the contract with Jefferson County Public Health, revisited the County’s zoning regulations, reviewed Colorado Department of …read the rest of this story »

Commissioners to control licensing for local medical marijuana businesses

Published: June 24th, 2010

Public hearings planned

Gilpin County Commissioners Buddy Schmalz, Jeanne Nicholson and Forrest Whitman dealt with the regular business of the County at their meeting of June 22nd, and then moved into a work session to explore how (or if) the …read the rest of this story »

Medical Marijuana Dispensary local compliance and licensing

Published: June 24th, 2010

Nederland Board of Trustees Meeting

The Town of Nederland held its regular Board of Trustees (BOT) Meeting on Tuesday, June 15, at 7:00 p.m. in the multi-purpose room of the Nederland Community Center. …read the rest of this story »

Black Hawk nets $1,782,690 from strategic sale of water shares

Published: June 17th, 2010

Plans to improve City water system

Black Hawk City Council met for their regular business meeting on June 9, 2010. Mayor David Spellman and Aldermen Linda Armbright, Paul Bennett, Diane Cales, Tom Kerr, Jim Johnson and Greg Moates were …read the rest of this story »

Making it as easy as possible to vote

Published: June 17th, 2010

Gilpin County Management

There were a couple of election-related issues discussed at Tuesday’s meeting of the Gilpin County Commissioners, which in and of themselves weren’t terribly momentous, but served as a reminder that …read the rest of this story »

Passport service comes to Gilpin County

Published: May 13th, 2010

County Clerks get folks on their way It’s getting a whole lot easier to leave the country. Gilpinites no longer need to travel to the flatlands to obtain a passport; the Gilpin County Clerk and Recorder’s office began offering passport service on May 5th and will …read the rest of this story »

Stopping “Gringo” illegal immigrants

Published: May 13th, 2010

Western History Should Give Arizona Pause For Thought

Arizona is trying hard to keep immigrants from Mexico out. They’ve passed laws, one sheriff has set up camps, and so on. It’s all getting a lot of national attention. The history of the west (west of the 100th meridian that is) …read the rest of this story »

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