GILPIN COUNTY - The Gilpin County Board of Education (BOE) met at 7 p.m. on August 5, 2025, in the Board Meeting Room in the Gilpin County School, ushering in the 2025 - 2026 school year. Along with the new year, a new board member was...

BLACK HAWK - The Timberline Fire Protection District board moved forward Tuesday with a contract amendment for the Station 3 apparatus bay expansion, a project now carrying a guaranteed maximum price of $2,446,900.  The decision comes less...

Gilpin County – Parking spots were hard to find, and the excitement was palpable as students, parents, and teachers returned for the Gilpin County RE-1 School District Back to School Night on August 11, 2025. With the RE-1 school year formally starting on August 13, 2025, the back-to-school night was a chance for informal introductions between parents and teachers and reunions between students and friends.

DAVE GIBSON GILPIN COUNTY - With the Colorado Rockies sitting in the cellar of Major League Baseball seemingly bent on setting an all-time record for futility, the best action this year may have been found at the nearest ballfield. While in the pros it takes...

Gilpin County – Caesars Foundation is a private foundation that is funded by resorts that are owned or operated by Caesars Entertainment. In Gilpin County, those resorts are Lady Luck and Horseshoe in Black Hawk. On June 25, 2025, Director of Gaming Ops & Philanthropy Chair Matthew Lindberg presented a donation of $5,000 to the Gilpin County Senior Services Program for the third consecutive year.

CENTRAL CITY - Gilpin County’s Board of County Commissioners moved through a packed agenda to a packed room on July 22, mixing big-picture funding decisions with grassroots updates from local nonprofits.  Nonprofits share progress and...

GILPIN COUNTY – The Timberline Fire Protection District Board met July 15, 2025, with President Rick Wenzel calling the meeting to order. Member-At-Large Kristin Turner was excused, and Mary Kate McKenna was absent, but a quorum was attained with...

GILPIN COUNTY - Throughout the last 65 years, Golden Gate Canyon State Park has offered thousands of Gilpin County residents and visitors the opportunity to recreate, relax, and explore the beauty and rich history of over 12,000 acres of natural...

CENTRAL CITY – The Gilpin County Board of County Commissioners spent their July 15 work session diving deep into plans for Rollinsville and other long‑running housing issues, with a packed agenda that kept the conversation going all morning and...

GILPIN COUNTY – Friday at the Gilpin County Fair felt like one of those small‑town summer days where there’s always something to watch, cheer for, or wander toward with a lemonade in hand.  The fair, running from July 11 to 13, opened on...

The old and new at Gilpin County Fair DAVE GIBSON GILPIN COUNTY – Held between July 11 and 13 this year, the eagerly-anticipated Gilpin County Fair is a chance to get outdoors, socialize, have fun, and be entertained in our own...

NEVADAVILLE - If you wandered up Nevadaville Road on Sunday morning, you might have wondered if you had stumbled into another time.  The sleepy ghost town of Nevadaville was buzzing with life as the Mountain Miner’s Breakfast kicked off at 7...

GILPIN COUNTY – A quiet Monday morning in Gilpin County turned into hours of disruption and teamwork after an Amtrak train struck a semi tractor-trailer on South Beaver Creek Road on July 14, 2025. The crash happened late in the morning at a...

CENTRAL CITY – The Gilpin County Board of Commissioners met July 8 to address a packed agenda, approving a major gaming grant request, restructuring key staff positions, and laying out the groundwork for long-term planning. County seeks funding...

GILPIN COUNTY – A large group gathered Wednesday evening at Very Nice Brewing Company to learn how to identify and manage noxious weeds in Gilpin County. The parking lot was completely full, and not a single seat was available in the large...

BLACK HAWK – A Gilpin County District Court hearing on Thursday, July 3, brought a brief update in the homicide case of Jaymz Bitner, the 19-year-old accused of killing his adoptive father, James Bitner, and disposing of his body across state...

DAVE GIBSON GILPIN COUNTY – Established in 2019, the 4th of July Barn Dance at the Gilpin Fairgrounds Barn is now firmly entrenched as a local holiday tradition. New Family Dog with special guest Bridget Law on fiddle...

Gilpin County – The Clear Creek Public Works Division issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) on June 19, 2025, for bids to provide design and construction services for outdoor shooting bays for the Clear Creek County Sport Shooting Park. It is one of the final construction tasks to be completed before the shooting park can open.

GILPIN COUNTY – A grey tabby named Brad has stitched together a tale that’s almost too good to be true. Last week, guests at the Pineberry Lodge Retreat in Chalet Park were settling in for a peaceful quilting weekend when an unexpected visitor...