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  • Gilpin County to auction off 17 properties

    Gilpin County to auction off 17 properties

    County Health still requires masks to be worn indoors and outdoors regardless of vaccination

    By Randy Beaudette

    Gilpin County Board of County Commissioners faced a long agenda for the Regular Meeting on May 18, 2021. A sample of those action items include a Volunteers of America (VOA) contract renewal for senior meals on wheels and Transportation Program, a County land sale auction contract, and a request for proposals for the Community Center grant funded building improvements. Gilpin County Board of Health revised two Public Health Orders to align with the State Mask Orders. (more…)

  • Black Hawk $2.4 million sewer project on Miners Mesa

    Black Hawk $2.4 million sewer project on Miners Mesa

    Three year $13.75 million Gregory Street Project nearing completion

    By Randy Beaudette

    The Black Hawk City Council held their first in person meeting in over a year on May 12, 2021 to discuss officially adopting the State’s 2020 Model Traffic Code, to consider a motion for cost sharing of the Miner’s Mesa sewer line, and to finalize a contract for the Green Lake intake project. (more…)

  • Sheriff’s Office honored in Central City

    Sheriff’s Office honored in Central City

    Council approves Opera’s Yellow Rose Ball, and Madam Lou Bunch Day events

    By David Josselyn

    Regular Council Meeting – Mayor Fey convened the regular meeting at 7:07 pm on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, in City Hall Council Chambers. Council members Jeff Aiken, Jackie Johnson, Judy Laratta, Kara Tinucci, and Mayor Jeremy Fey were present. (more…)

  • Renaming streets in Black Hawk

    Renaming streets in Black Hawk

    Health Insurance and Identity Theft Insurance Upgrades for City Staff

    By Randy Beaudette

    The Lake Gulch Road improvement and maintenance IGA, a Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) Grant agreement, a street renaming Resolution, and several Resolutions concerning various (more…)

  • We’re watching – don’t speed in Gilpin County!

    We’re watching – don’t speed in Gilpin County!

    Commissioners deal with sport shooting, mental health, and gaming impact prioritization

    By Randy Beaudette

    Speeding traffic on Highway 119, a Mental Health Proclamation for the month of May, and a discussion concerning dispersed shooting within the County were just examples of the many agenda items that the Gilpin (more…)

  • Central City leases Scarlets to SPRT Entertainment

    Central City leases Scarlets to SPRT Entertainment

    Council approves paint cost-sharing program for historic residences

    By David Josselyn

    Work Session

    Council and Staff met with the Business Improvement District for a work session prior to the regular meeting on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. (more…)

  • Unlikely companions: Gambling and water benefit from each other

    Unlikely companions: Gambling and water benefit from each other

    Water and you: Final of a five-part series

    By Don Ireland

      “If your water system fails, life in paradise is over.” – Gilpin County Guide (2016)

    At face value, water and gambling might not appear to have much in common – except in Colorado, where there is a growing connection between the two. (more…)

  • Leavitt Street Market is a go in Central City

    Leavitt Street Market is a go in Central City

    City Council approves lease of Scarletts property to Sprt Entertainment

    By David Josselyn

    Executive Session

    Mayor Fey convened the regular meeting of the Central City Council at 6:00 pm on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in City Hall Council Chambers. Council immediately moved to go into Executive Session to discuss the potential lease of City owned property and determine positions for negotiating terms of said lease. (more…)

  • Proximo Spirits and Rick Thomas Distillery development

    Proximo Spirits and Rick Thomas Distillery development

    Black Hawk working to bring more business, visitors, and jobs to community

    By Randy Beaudette

    Black Hawk City Council held an online Regular Meeting on March 24, 2021. Highlights of that meeting included an (more…)

  • Gilpin to start enforcing county road parking violations

    Gilpin to start enforcing county road parking violations

    Prisoners to get new shower facilities

    By Randy Beaudette

    An ordinance on parking regulations, radon mitigation in the exhibit building, and a request to repair the jail showers were agenda items that the Gilpin County Board (more…)

  • Gilpin County continues COVID restrictions

    Gilpin County continues COVID restrictions

    While Colorado’s COVID-19 dial was retired on April 16th

    By Randy Beaudette

    The Gilpin Board of County Commissioners held a Special meeting on April 15, 2021 to discuss Gilpin County Public Health response to the new Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment COVID-19 Dial 3.0. (more…)

  • Fewer tests in Gilpin Schools this year

    Fewer tests in Gilpin Schools this year

    Gilpin School Board extends mask mandate for final 30 days

    By Curt Halsted

    Superintendent Dr. David MacKenzie opened the April 6th Gilpin County School Board meeting by sharing that school has been in session 96 days. With 82% of students back for in-person learning, Gilpin Schools will continue to require masks for the last 30 days of school. This decision followed the executive order from the state extending the mask mandate, as well as a continuation order from the Gilpin County Commissioners. (more…)

  • Gilpin’s Moffat Tunnel crucial in Front Range expansion

    Gilpin’s Moffat Tunnel crucial in Front Range expansion

    Water and you: Part 3

    By Don Ireland

    “Here is a land where life is written in water.” – inscribed in the Colorado state capital

    It’d be a safe bet to presume thousands of Denver and the Front Range residents don’t realize that a Gilpin County engineering marvel is the reason they have water for their homes, schools and businesses. (more…)

  • Gilpin County to enforce county road parking regulations

    Gilpin County to enforce county road parking regulations

    Short-term rental and home-based business fees implemented

    By Randy Beaudette

    After a brief Work Session featuring First Judicial District Attorney Alexis King and Assistant DA Amanda Gall, the Gilpin Board of County Commissioners (BoCC) held a regular meeting on April 6, 2021 that featured topics such as Community Development fee schedule amendment, the first reading amending the County Road parking regulations, (more…)

  • Moving forward on Central City’s Memorial Trail

    Moving forward on Central City’s Memorial Trail

    Council considers Stairway to Heaven and Trout Unlimited projects

    By David Josselyn

    Work Session

    Council met with Staff for a work session at 6:02 pm prior to the regular meeting on Tuesday, April 6, 2021, for a discussion with Trout Unlimited, for an abandoned mine lands prioritization plan. The Project provides a systematic and holistic approach to (more…)

  • People have fought over Colorado water for centuries

    People have fought over Colorado water for centuries

    Water and you: Part 2 of 5

    By Don Ireland

      The old adage, “whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting over,” is frequently attributed to Mark Twain. If the American author and humorist actually uttered those (more…)