GILPIN COUNTY — Since Gilpin’s only childcare facility, Eagles’ Nest, closed due to financial difficulties in November of 2023, parents and guardians looking for childcare in Gilpin have been stretched thin. Resource providers, families, county...
Coal Creek Canyon residents and families celebrated Mother’s Day
On May 16, the Central City Opera blared its news with the excited headline “We have exciting news to share!” They were announcing their receipt of the prestigious 2025-2026 Equity in Arts Learning for Colorado...
DENVER - The Colorado Department of Education recognized and celebrated schools and districts that won performance awards in the 2023 and 2024 school years at its School and District Awards ceremony On May 16, 2025. The...
Colorado's rich history includes Indigenous cultures and their connection to wolves. These fascinating creatures are often portrayed as strong and loyal, respected among indigenous tribes across our state. Wolves are said to carry the spirits of...
Ryan Marr: The fastest sprinter in Gilpin’s history DAVE GIBSON LAKEWOOD – Every spring the top high school track and field athletes in Colorado gather at the CHSAA Championships at Jeffco Stadium in Lakewood to determine who is the best of the...
NEDERLAND - The Nederland Downtown Development Authority met on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, to consider multiple requests from local businesses and event organizers for up to $19,600 in marketing and traffic and safety funding for several special...
BLACK HAWK – The Black Hawk City Council approved several ordinances and resolutions at its regular meeting on May 15, 2025, including updates to the employee handbook and changes to the municipal code that now allow chickens in residential...
A place like Nederland doesn’t become as special as it is without a storied and amazing history, and doesn’t continue to be as revered unless someone preserves that history. Luckily, this Town’s own rough, gritty, and often quirky past is...
Through her decades of public service, a Nederland resident earns the 2025 Honorary Order of the Coif from CU Boulder's School of Law.
Gilpin County – The Gilpin County government opened their public slash site on April 23, 2025, and plan on closing it on November 9, 2025. Richard Conklin returns to be the 2025 Slash Site Attendant and will be directing public traffic in the slash yard. This year the county will use an air curtain burner for about a month to evaluate and observe the operation to determine the effectiveness of using an air curtain burner versus chipping and hauling the chips to a landfill.
Golden Gate unofficial election results announced The Golden Gate Canyon Fire Protection District conducted an election on May 6, 2025, between the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. At that time, three directors were elected to serve four-year...
On May 6, 2025, the Nederland Board of Trustees (BOT) voted unanimously to approve Resolution 2025-09, officially adopting the Downtown Subarea Plan, a final component to the year-long process of updating the Town’s Comprehensive Plan. The...
Coal Creek Canyon - On May 12, 2025, at approximately 4:20 p.m., first responders from multiple agencies headed to the 500 block of Crescent Lake Rd. in unincorporated Boulder County on the report of a structure fire. The homeowners were...
GILPIN COUNTY - The local chapter of activists, Mountain Women Moving Mountains (MWMM), gathered at Highways 46 and 119 in Gilpin County on Mother's Day morning to demonstrate their support of voting freedoms. Energizing MWMM, many passersby...
The Carousel of Happiness first opened on May 29, 2010 in Nederland, 43 years after it was conceived in the mind of a young combat Marine in Vietnam, and 100 years after it first...
BOULDER COUNTY - The Boulder Watershed Collective and project partners will be hosting a site visit on Saturday, May 17, from 10:30 a.m. to noon, to walk through the Middle Boulder Creek Fuels Reduction Partnership Project area near Nederland....
NEDERLAND - When you go to a Nederland High School soccer game you will hear the head coach for the Panthers encouraging his players with, “You can do it!” “Good job!” “Pressure guys, pressure.” Luis Gonzalez is in his element on the soccer...
NEDERLAND – The Nederland Middle-Senior High School hosted an End-of-Year Choir Concert on May 7, 2025, honoring Ms. Elizabeth Evans and her 40 years of service as the Performing Arts teacher. It was a bittersweet occasion, to say the...
