BLACK HAWK - The Black Hawk City Council met Aug. 27, 2025, for a longer-than-usual session that mixed routine business with a conversation about SOBs and a farewell to Fire Engineer David Wellington. Mayor and Council Comments Mayor David...
CENTRAL CITY – The Gilpin County Board of County Commissioners met for a work session on August 19, 2025, to review ballot language, state policy, housing needs, and employee benefits. No official action was taken, as work sessions are designed...
CENTRAL CITY – The Gilpin County Board of County Commissioners met Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, at 1 p.m. following an executive session on water rights. Commissioners Sandy Hollingsworth and Jeff Aiken were present; Commissioner Susan Berumen was...
BLACK HAWK - The Black Hawk City Council made its position clear last Wednesday, Aug. 13, during the City Manager's report: fireworks will not be returning to the city anytime soon. Mayor David D. Spellman and aldermen Jim Johnson, Paul Bennett,...
Central City – In a 3-2 vote the Central City Council rejected updates to the City of Central Municipal Code concerning business licenses for sexually oriented businesses (SOB) at their regularly scheduled meeting on August 19, 2025. Zane Plsek and Marcia Enloe voted in favor of the updates while Jeremy Fey, Chuck Spencer, and Todd Williams voted against the ordinance (25-04).
The Nederland Downtown Development Authority (NDDA) met on Wednesday, August 13, 2025, to take action on several funding matters related to upcoming special events, including staples like the Nederland Farmers Market’s Harvest Fest and the...
GILPIN COUNTY - Shovels hit the dirt on Tuesday as Timberline Fire Protection District kicked off construction on the Station 3 bay addition, then rolled into a board meeting around 7. The crowd was bigger than expected, the mood was easy, and the...
The Nederland Board of Trustees (BOT) met on Tuesday, August 19, 2025, to discuss the motivations behind the Town’s recent push toward alignment of all of its advisory boards and commissions. Town Manager Jonathan Cain introduced to the BOT...
CENTRAL CITY - The Gilpin County Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday unanimously adopted Stage 1 fire restrictions for unincorporated areas after a weekend wildfire and weeks of heightened danger conditions. The board includes Chair Sandy...
The Nederland Board of Trustees (BOT) met on Tuesday, August 5, 2025, to vote on impactful initiatives, including the regulation of businesses distribution of natural medicines, and on two matters regarding the potential Eldora...
CENTRAL CITY – The Central City Council on Aug. 5 unanimously approved the conveyance of city-owned property to the Colorado Department of Transportation for the I-70 Floyd Hill to Veterans Memorial Tunnels project, expanded the Central City...
Boulder County – Boulder County Parks and Open Space (BCPOS) personnel held their second and final public meeting regarding the Middle Boulder Creek Fuels Reduction Partnership Project on July 31, 2025, at the Nederland Community Center. The purpose of the meeting was to respond to public comments after the first meeting and unveil the Project Scope of Work document which will be used in the request for bids in the next phase of the project.
Gilpin County – State Senator Jessie Danielson is running to be the next Colorado Secretary of State. Danielson traveled to Gilpin County on July 24, 2025, to meet with Gilpin voters and discuss the challenges of maintaining secure and accessible voting systems.
BLACK HAWK - The Black Hawk City Council welcomed a new face Tuesday as Gilpin County Sheriff Kevin Armstrong introduced Steven Mingura as the city’s new emergency operations director. Mingura, who started May 26, spoke briefly about his...
On July 15, 2025, Sustainability Coordinator Cass Grady and members of the Sustainability Advisory Board (SAB) led the Nederland Board of Trustees (BOT) in a discussion regarding a draft Renewable Energy Goals Statement, which formally sets a goal...
CENTRAL CITY -- Throughout July 2025, the Central City Community Development Department oversaw the proposal of the Gregory Gulch Gaming Resort, developed by G3 Gaming, LLC as part of the city’s 2025 Comprehensive Plan.
The Nederland Planning Commission met on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, to discuss the Town’s readiness to codify recommendations made in the recently approved Downtown Subarea Plan (DSP) regarding the creation of overlay zoning districts and the...
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...
Last week both House and Senate voted to claw back funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB)…in other words, from public radio and TV. It’s a rather small amount in the greater scheme of things political…a mere $1.1 billion,...
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...