Gilpin County Seniors – Oldies but Goodies
By Sharon Perea
Many of us already experience the challenge of blowing out 65-plus candles on our birthday cake. Now every day 10,000 baby boomers turning 65 (born from 1946-1964) are puffing to accomplish the same feat. (more…)
Gilpin County
By Roger Baker
It’s August, which means it’s time for the Gilpin County Commissioners to put on yet another of their hats and get to work as the County Board of Equalization. (more…)
Pastor’s Pulpit
By Pastor Tom Davidson
We’ve all experienced public worship when it was less than invigorating. Unfortunately, there are many people who have come to expect worship to be dull, trivial, and boring. The (more…)
Local woman to star in Show Boat
By Patty Unruh
Soprano Ellen Kaye will make her Central City Opera debut August 6 in Show Boat, the 1927 musical by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II. The Opera Company has been (more…)
Italian car club pays a visit to the Gilpin History Museum
By Patty Unruh
Several members of The Maserati Club and The Alfa Club of the Rockies buzzed up from the metro area on July 27 to investigate the Gilpin History Museum. Ro and Andy Katz, (more…)
With Grand Opening Special Events on August 3rd
PRESS RELEASE – Affinity Gaming today announces the Saturday, August 3rd grand opening of 8,000-square-foot casino expansion at Golden Mardi Gras Casino. Guests of (more…)
This week at the Gilpin Library
by Larry Grieco, Librarian
There seems to be no end to the books that are published in various genre fiction. One of the best romance writers, Danielle Steel, continues to crank out winners. (Her list of titles (more…)
Of the Public Trustee Association of Colorado
PRESS RELEASE – Gilpin County Treasurer and Public Trustee, Alynn K. Huffman, was installed as the President of the Public Trustee Association of Colorado during their June (more…)
August is a great month to go
By Forrest Whitman
August is a popular month to take a trip up above Rollinsville and wander through Tolland and on up the Giant’s Ladder to Rollins Pass. The best way to do it is on a bike or (more…)
Chase Street rehabilitation project, BID appointment
By Lynn Volkens
Black Hawk Mayor David Spellman and City Council members Linda Armbright, Paul Bennett, Diane Cales, Jim Johnson, Greg Moates and Benito Torres met for their regularly (more…)
30 Years Ago – July 29, 1983
A high country fisherman was injured when he slipped on a snow bank on Rollins Pass last Friday. The Flight-for-Life helicopter from St. Anthony’s Hospital was called to (more…)
Gilpin County
By Roger Baker
A couple of meetings are taking place next week with significant implications for who will use our high country forests – and how. (more…)
Pottery throwing class covers all the vases
By Patty Unruh
Throwing pottery calls for creativity and skill, as well as good aim. Actually, the folks who take classes at the Gilpin County Community Center don’t really hurl vases across the (more…)
Please welcome Morley and Myerson to our community
PRESS RELEASE – After a successful year with Lynn Harnack as our first Naropa Counseling intern, Peak to Peak Counseling has accepted two new interns to provide (more…)
Pastor’s Pulpit
By Pastor Tom Davidson
The world is made up of two kinds of people; the dreamers and the detractors. Dreamers look at the world as it is, and see new possibilities. Detractors look at the world and see (more…)
Life Coaching
By Dr. Mike Brooks
If you feel you have lost hope and can’t continue waiting, what should you do? The tough part about waiting is when you don’t have a realistic game plan then it will become (more…)