Chili beans and bidding for benefit of Timberline Fire and GCART
by Patty Unruh
The High Country Auxiliary (HCA) stepped up to the plate – or bowl – once again for its annual chili dinner and silent auction to raise funds for Timberline Fire Protection District (TFPD) and Gilpin County Animal Response Team (GCART). The event is the HCA’s largest fundraising event each year. (more…)
School-associated store affords employment opportunities
by Patty Unruh
Gilpin County High School students are getting out of the classroom and into the c-store as they work at EaglesMart, the enterprise begun in 2016 that provides real business experience for school credit. Since the convenience store opened, students have had the opportunity to receive a vocational experience alternating with class instruction. (more…)
Commissioners approve hiring of County Emergency Manager
By Randy Beaudette
The Gilpin County Board of County Commissioners opened up their Regular meeting at 9:02 a.m. on Wednesday March 5, 2019 at the historic Gilpin County Courthouse in Central City. (more…)
Bobtail Street to get sculpted facelift
By Randy Beaudette
Long-time Gilpin Resident Corey Marshall rang the bell promptly at 3:00 p.m. to signify the start of the Black Hawk City Council meeting, February 27, 2019. (more…)
Come join in for some fun!
By Jaclyn Schrock
Are you thinking of a neighbor’s home or barn being raised, a wedding, graduation or birthday to celebrate with local folks for a barn dance? That is the way Jefferson and Gilpin Counties often held festivities since the late 1800s, usually in a one room schoolhouse, or later in the school gym. Are you craving the sharing of good food and swapping funny, local stories between sets of live music danced in traditional (more…)
Regular Council Meeting
By David Josselyn
Work Session
Central City Council met with Staff for a Work Session at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Sophie Oppenheimer and Emma Kett from the LiveWell Colorado program gave a presentation based on a food study conducted in Central City and Gilpin County. Kett highlighted some of the critical findings from the survey. In choosing where to shop (more…)
Superintendent updates on site improvement plans
by Patty Unruh
The Gilpin County Board of Education held its regular public meeting on Tuesday, March 5, at 7:00 p.m. (more…)
New art exhibit excites patrons
By David Josselyn
Gilpin County Arts Association (GCAA) is making valuable use of the newly heated Washington Hall Gallery in Central City with the extraordinary exhibit, “Just Between Us” featuring sculptor/painter Walter Barton and oil painter W. Max (Bill) Thomason. The 158-year-old building had no consistent heat source until the GCAA, in conjunction with the City of Central and several benefactors, had a forced air system installed in (more…)
Gilpin girls defeat Nederland in final regular season game
by Patty Unruh
The Gilpin Eagles boys’ varsity basketball team took a loss in their home playoff game to the Lyons Lions 63-57 on Wednesday, February 20. That game was part of the first round of the 2019 2A District 7 tournaments, and the Eagles went into the match seeded fourth. If Gilpin had won, they would have taken third place at regionals. (more…)
Eighth grader Peter Kniffen wins with “sepia”
by Patty Unruh
I know how to start spelling “banana.” I just don’t know how to stop. Maybe I should study for the spelling bee. That’s what students in grades four through eight at Gilpin County School did for the past several (more…)
Free books promote love of reading in early childhood
by Patty Unruh
“There’s no app to replace your lap.” Read to your child every day. (more…)
Gilpin Elementary students learn about the Guatemalan Seed Project
by Patty Unruh
Part one of a two-part series.
Guatemala is a long ways from Gilpin County – in both distance and lifestyle. Youngsters at Gilpin Elementary School learned a bit about life in that Third World country on Wednesday, February 13, as Gilpin resident Josh Bloom visited the children in Elizabeth Hamilton’s second grade class and Susan Sepanik’s fourth grade class. (more…)
Students present cross-curricular learning; germinating peas science lab
by Patty Unruh
The Gilpin County Board of Education held its regular public meeting on Tuesday, February 19, at 7:00 p.m. (more…)
Gilpin County Commissioners deal with unauthorized septic system installation
By Randy Beaudette
The Gilpin County Board of County Commissioners meeting was called to order on Wednesday February 19, 2019 at 9:02 a.m. at the Historic Gilpin County Courthouse. (more…)
Central City Council Meeting
By David Josselyn
Executive Session
Mayor Fey called the regular council meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. on February 19, and the Council immediately went into executive session for legal advice regarding proposed amendments to 1999 Growth IGA and questions related to collecting delinquent sales and use taxes. (more…)
Limit of beer alcoholic content raised to match State standards
By Randy Beaudette
Following a 1:30 p.m. work session regarding congregational access to the Rocky Mountain Evangelical Free Church on Gregory Street, bell ringer City Attorney Hilary Graham rang the bell that signaled the start of another Black Hawk City Council regular meeting on Wednesday, February 13, 2019. (more…)