Black Hawk News

If petition circulators are successful, Colorado voters will have the usual menu of controversial proposals to pore over on the November 2010 ballot.

BLACK HAWK GUIDE BLACK HAWK - A week after the debut of 24-hour gaming in Black Hawk, Cripple Creek and Central City, many Colorado residents worry how it will impact the history in these mining towns.

Starting at 12:01 Thursday morning, gambling in Colorado will change. Casinos in Cripple Creek, Black Hawk and Central City will raise the betting limits from five dollars to 100.

Colorado's mountain casinos continued their celebration today after a jam-packed launch of higher limits, new games and round-the-clock gambling.

Colorado's three gambling towns began a new era at 12:01 A.M. Thursday. New laws, born out of the passage of Amendment 50 last November, went into effect July 2. The new regulations allow casinos in Black Hawk, Central City and Cripple Creek to stay open 24 hours a day seven days a week, adds craps and roulette and raises betting limits from $5 to ...

Say it isn't so, Central City. As higher-stakes gambling takes hold in Colorado, Black Hawk's long-suffering little brother is now telling developers the sky is the limit when it comes to building skyscraping casinos.

Colorado's oldest newspaper - one with a history of taking on politicians in Black Hawk and Gilpin County - was purchased by Black Hawk Mayor David Spellman.

Thousands of drivers will take to the roads this Fourth of July weekend for festivities across the state, and Colorado law enforcement agencies are firing up plans for increased DUI patrols and sobriety checkpoints to help keep motorists safe from impaired drivers.

The ball comes to a stop on the roulette wheel at The Gilpin Casino in Black Hawk.

The Colorado Gaming Association says its member casinos are adding jobs and investing in improvements before new laws allow expanded gambling, beginning July 2. The association says a survey of its members shows casinos have made nearly $3 million in capital investments and have added more than 750 jobs because voters approved the expansion.

How can we miss him when he won't go away? Dan Hicks, above, and his band the Hot Licks will play at the Soiled Dove on June 26.

Rachel Rebert, daughter of Alice Elaine Beck and Charles Matthew Lang of Harveysburg, Ohio, and Richard W. Bisbee Jr., son of Janet Furman of Rotonda West, Fla., and Richard W. Bisbee Sr.

Jane Yerkman gilpin county I thought I'd recap some of the highlights of the 2008-2009 school year in this week's column.

SEASONAL MAINTENANCE WORKERS The City of Black Hawk has two openings for unskilled or semi-skilled positions involving horticulture work with specific responsibility for the care and maintenance of flowers, trees, and shrub beds and banners at City's properties and street lights.

City of Black Hawk, CO Contract position - $23.84 - $32.26/hr, 20 to 40 hours/week. Potential full time employment with the City of Black Hawk after December 31, 2009.

Golden is about to celebrate its 150th birthday. Plenty of excitement will be generated along Washington Ave.

County Corner, May 21, 2009 By Roger Baker Last Wednesday, on May 13, there was a ceremony, as there is every year about this time, at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial.

Nearly 140 years after he was killed in the line of duty, Black Hawk's first city marshal, Robert Clark, was honored Wednesday along with current officers who ensured the national enshrinement of his service.

Colorado casinos are turning to Las Vegas gambling veterans in preparation for an anticipated influx of higher-stakes players and savvier cheaters when bet limits rise statewide this summer.

Every Monday, 9NEWS and the Colorado Department of Labor provide a list of featured job openings.