A Little Central City Opera History
By Tyler Hypnarowski
With opening night of Central City Opera’s 2013 festival now just a few days away, let’s look back on July 16th, 1932, the opening night that started it all…
Although the Opera House was built in 1878, the Central City Opera House Association (more…)
30 Years Ago – June 24, 1983
Several hundred people attended the grand re-opening last Sunday of the completely restored, historic Golden Rose Hotel in Central City. The building was originally constructed in 1874. John Feinberg and Harold Pyle, the Cornerstone Partners who (more…)
2012-2013 supplemental and June 2013-2014 budgets approved
By Patty Unruh
The Board of Education of Gilpin County School conducted its final meeting for the 2012-2013 school year on June 17. Board members present were Brook Ramsey, vice president, who conducted the meeting, Charlotte Taylor, Kersten Armstrong, and Rusty Hardy. (more…)
County Management
By Roger Baker
One of the changes to the Gilpin County zoning regulations that was approved at the last Commissioners’ meeting was to create a separate class of short-term temporary use permits that can be issued administratively, without having to come before the Commissioners. (more…)
Northern Colorado Front Range Management Partnership Forms
PRESS RELEASE – Recently Boulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin and Larimer counties formalized a partnership with the Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the U.S. Forest Service to develop a landscape-level, multi-jurisdictional strategy for Recreational Sport Shooting (RSS) across northern Colorado’s Front Range. (more…)
39th annual bed races, beauties, and bunches of fun!
By Patty Unruh
Comedian George Burns once quipped, “Don’t stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed.”
Sorry, George, Central City “housekeepers” in the 19th Century came up with that notion before you did, and on June 15 that historic town tipped its hat to one of its more enterprising historical figures, Madam Lou Bunch. (more…)
200 years of Colorado history behind one water decision
By Forrest Whitman
A couple of years ago Gilpin County and the Dory Lakes Homeowners Association were busily sparring over who did what with the water in Dory Lake. That dispute was covered in this paper. This was no idle discussion. Both sides spent a lot of money on lawyers and (more…)
Community Fun Event
By Cary Ihme
It was 19 years ago that Ed Saxton helped start the “fishing clinic” in Central City at the William C. Russell Park, where he would teach kids how to fish. The fishing clinic has since evolved into the Father’s Day Fishing Derby sponsored by the Gilpin County Rec Center, (more…)
Timberline reports one wild land fire, quickly contained
By Lynn Volkens
Gilpin County Sheriff Bruce Hartman issued directions to put the entire county on Stage 1 fire restrictions as of 1 p.m. June 12, 2013. This is not a complete fire “ban,” but does prohibit some activities and sets specific requirements for others. Sheriff Hartman and (more…)
Dory Hill water plant, casino celebrations, Bobtail liquor store
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 the afternoon of June 12, 2013 for their regularly scheduled City Council meeting. They amended the 2013 (more…)
30 Years Ago – June 17, 1983
The courthouse is overcrowded; the school has unused property in Central City, and grant money may be available. These three factors have encouraged the Gilpin County commissioners to offer to purchase Clark School, the gym, and the lot east of the school for (more…)
County Management
By Roger Baker
One of the main topics at Tuesday’s meeting of the Gilpin County Commissioners – and certainly the most expensive – was the preliminary approval of the County’s health insurance package. (more…)
At the Nederland Community Center
By Serene Karplus
As any cowboy poet, rap singer, or casual writer can assure us, the world of poetry ranges from simple nursery rhymes to long complex odes, from highly structured to free flowing. Most of us connect with poetry somewhere in between these extremes. With such (more…)
Colorado Parks and Wildlife
PRESS RELEASE – Colorado Parks and Wildlife is reminding the public about the dangers of approaching moose after recent activity in Grand Lake has heightened concerns with moose/human conflicts. (more…)
This year’s most unusual item…
By Lynn Volkens
It was definitely the armadillo. That’s what the volunteers of High Country Auxiliary said was the most unusual item donated for their annual Flea Market, held last weekend; one of them dubbed it “Julio.” The armored mammal might have had competition from the (more…)
2nd Annual Gymkhana Buckle Series event
By Allan C. Tucker
The sun was reaching for the horizon as I sat there on my black horse. It was hot and dusty, but it could have been worse this time of year this high up in the mountains. Seems like winter just couldn’t let go, but here it was on into June. That horse of mine had carried (more…)