At the Gilpin Community Center
By Imy Rich
The Clear Creek-Gilpin Academy of Martial Arts hosted the spring tournament at the Gilpin County Community Center on Saturday, April 14th. Students began to arrive at 11 am, coming from Green Mountain Academy or Martial Arts, Lakewood Mountain Academy of Martial Arts, Gilpin and Clear Creek. (more…)
City to auction off surplus equipment
By Jaclyn Schrock
The regular Black Hawk City Council meeting scheduled for March 28 was canceled. Aldermen met Wednesday, April 11, 2018 at 1:30 pm, officially calling the meeting to order for a Comprehensive Plan Workshop before the next regularly scheduled City Council meeting. (more…)
Council Meeting Business
By David Josselyn
If you have been living under a rock, the Central City Council met with the Business Improvement District (BID) Board on March 15, 2018. One of the topics of discussion was the performances with gunfights of the Wild Bunch Gang during BID events that include alcohol. (more…)
A spring thing
by Dave Gibson
With only eight more days left of the ski season, Eldora Mountain Resort turned the fun up a notch hosting their 2nd Annual Pond Skim. Eighty entrants would try to make it all the way across one of two ponds or suffer the consequences. Chunks of ice were raked from the water before the proceedings began and everyone who had signed up was required to wear a helmet. (more…)
Board raises cafeteria and athletic fees
by Patty Unruh
The Gilpin County Board of Education met on Tuesday, April 17, at 7:00 p.m. All members were present, along with Superintendent David MacKenzie, Secondary Principal Alexis Donaldson, Elementary Principal Heather Huntoon, and Secretary to the Board Joni Schmidt. (more…)
Double-lung transplant needed
By Jaclyn Schrock
Kim McMahon’s major lung concerns come from COPD and respiratory-bronchiolitis ILD, the worst kind. The air does not easily transfer through her lung cells as they become coated and are no longer flexible as normal when breathing. Her lungs ache from becoming hard, preventing oxygen from getting picked up by her red-blood cells. Her red blood cells are enlarged, a common response to actually attack her damaged lungs. (more…)
Vote for Candidates on May 8th Election
By Randy Beaudette
Timberline Fire Protection District board hopefuls gathered Timberline Station No. 5 Tuesday evening for a public meet and great. The meeting consisted of a brief bio of each candidate and a public question and answer session. The forum was hosted by the Timberline FPD and moderated by Lieutenant Caleb Kropf. (more…)
Ball earns second place berth in 200M at Thunderhawk Twilight Invitational
by Patty Unruh
Thunderhawk Twilight Invitational
Gilpin High School’s varsity track and field squads traveled to Henderson on April 3 for the Thunderhawk Twilight Invitational meet. The boys’ team placed 12th out of 23 teams; Poudre was first overall. Senior runner Jack Ball placed second in the 400-meter dash, barely more than a second away from first place with a time of 52.78 seconds. Ball also placed fourth in the 800-meter. (more…)
April 10th Meeting
By Jaclyn Schrock
The Gilpin County Commissioners meeting on Tuesday, April 10 began at 9 am in the borrowed court room for Central City while the Courthouse at 203 Eureka Street nears remodeling completion. (more…)
New cars from major automakers dazzle
By Randy Beaudette
The Denver Auto Show! Just the name excites car fanatics and sends hard core gear heads into a cold sweat, eyes glaze over, and the conquest for tickets begin. They stare off in the distance dreaming of high gloss paint, polished chrome, swoopy curves, and LED lights. The 2018 Denver Auto Show is a showcase of new vehicles with gadgets and technology that seems to come straight out of the future. (more…)
A Colorado Pioneer
By Maggie Magoffin
Henry James Hawley, President of the Hawley Merchandise Company of Central City, was born May 13, 1839 in (more…)
Itchy Trigger Fingers at Council Work Session
By David Josselyn
The Central City Council met with Staff on April 3, 2018, for a work session prior to the regular council meeting. Topics of discussion were the Wild Bunch Gang and some other miscellaneous items. The “miscellaneous items” were never addressed due to public comment on the future of the Wild Bunch Gang. (more…)
March 26, 2018
Mrs. Debra “Debbie” Renee Barngrover, a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and friend passed away unexpectedly in her home at the age of 48 on March 26th, 2018 of congestive heart failure.
Her beautiful life will forever be cherished in the lives of her husband Terry Barngrover; children Michael, Amanda, and Danny Barngrover; and grandchildren Cash Barngrover, Jackson Vlasich, Ayva, Rebaca, and Daniel Barngrover. (more…)
In Clear Creek Canyon
PRESS RELEASE – On Tuesday afternoon of March 20th, a contract employee working on a rockfall mitigation project in Clear Creek Canyon was killed after falling nearly 70 feet. Both directions of the highway were closed after the accident which occurred early afternoon on Highway 6 south and east of Black Hawk. (more…)
People want to experience what they see in the movies
By Jaclyn Schrock
Myths and legends of the Wild West are what people want to find these days when they visit older, historic communities. (more…)
Final Auditions
by Dave Gibson
It is the last game of the season and there is one second left on the clock. The ball is on your opponent’s three-yard line and if you (more…)