Gilpin trounces Twin Peaks Charter and South Park
by Patty Unruh
Gilpin’s varsity volleyball athletes celebrated two wins last week as they squared off against the Twin Peaks Charter Academy Timberwolves and the South Park Burros. Twin Peaks (Longmont) visited the Gilpin Lady Eagles on Friday night, September 28 in a conference contest. The Eagles won 3-0, with set scores of 25/12, 25/14, and 25/21. The triumph improves their season record to 5-8, 3-4 in league (more…)
At Washington Hall Gallery in Central City
by Virginia Unseld
Plein air painting is hot again in the art world. Painting en plein air was introduced and practiced by the French Impressionists in the 1800s, spurred by the availability for the first time of tins of readymade oil paints (more…)
Girls’ varsity volleyball celebrates two wins
by Patty Unruh
Gridiron Performance
The Gilpin High School football squad confronted the Soroco Rams of Oak Creek at (more…)
Varsity football team scores 2 TD’s in game against Hayden
by Patty Unruh
Action at the Net
Gilpin High School’s varsity volleyball squad outmatched the Front Range Christian Falcons (FRC) of Littleton 3-0 in an away conference game on Thursday, (more…)
Farewell to Mary Bell
By David Josselyn
Work Session
The Central City Council met with Staff for a work session regarding street closures during special events. The City Code is broad in its definition of acceptable (more…)
Making Gains on the SAT
by Patty Unruh
The Gilpin County Board of Education held its regular meeting on Tuesday, September 18, at 7:00 p.m. (more…)
And a little history about the Town of Apex
By Friends of Gilpin County
Recently, one of our local residents was asking about the large holes she found all over her property, and how they came to be.
Stephen Buck, previous resident, historian and founder/ moderator of the “You know you’re from Gilpin County” group on Facebook, replied that these were often called “Henry Holes” after Henry Niccum, an old prospector from Gilpin County who used to wander around the county tossing sticks of dynamite here and there to blow test holes! (more…)
Storytellers sharing the history of those who lived in Gilpin County
By Jaclyn Schrock
On Saturday, September 8th at 2:00 p.m., the Stroehle House was open for the semi-annual High Tea. This historic home at 231 Chase Street in Black Hawk has been recently renovated to the Victorian times when the home was occupied by the Stroehle family. (more…)
At Gilpin County Arts Association’s Washington Hall
By Virginia Unseld
Approximately 100 people filled Washington Hall on Saturday night for the Gilpin County Arts Association’s annual fundraiser. It was a raucous, sold out event (more…)
Twenty years and counting
by Dave Gibson
Last weekend, NedFest in Nederland, CO, put on another spectacular three-day festival for the twentieth year in a row. If he were still with us, music promoter and founder Mike Torpie would have been proud of the mainstay that it has become. (more…)
At the Gilpin County Fair
By Jaclyn Schrock
Mardi Gras Bulls & Beads began what is becoming a tradition, professional rodeo at Gilpin County Fair. This rodeo has continued to be made possible with sponsorship from Black Hawk’s Mardi Gras Casino, part of Affinity Gaming. Locals and cowboys alike are so thankful for their sponsorship! (more…)
New staff members welcomed
by Patty Unruh
The Gilpin County Board of Education conducted its first meeting of the 2018-19 school year on Tuesday, August 21, at 7:00 (more…)
Nationally acclaimed Denver-based watercolor artist films international TV show at Central City Art Galley where his career started
By Sue Griggs
When Denver-based artist, Steve Griggs first visited Washington Hall Gallery in Central City, Colorado in 1989, he said out loud that he wanted to be in a gallery like it one day. At that time Griggs painted as a hobby and didn’t show his work to the public. Little did he know that Washington Hall Gallery would play a dominant role in his future art career, and even include the filming of a TV show about him. (more…)
Peak to Peak Rotary
By David MacKenzie
“Do you have what it takes to become a dynamic leader and change not only yourself, but the world?”
This is the question that appears on the Rotary International website. Four Gilpin School students answered, “Yes!” by attending the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) program this summer. (more…)
Colorado Parks and Wildlife
By Jason Clay
Boulder Police Department and Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) officers were dispatched late Thursday evening, August 9, to the 400 block of Marine Street for a report of a mountain lion inside a home.
Boulder PD arrived on scene at 10:40 p.m. to the unoccupied residence and found the mountain lion had entered in through a screen door to get a cat (more…)
Come alive at night
By Randy Beaudette
During the day a person can look up into the sky and see an airplane or two, a hawk or eagle soaring high overhead looking for a meal, and a few clouds traveling whichever way the winds aloft push them – but at night (more…)