Gilpin County News

Barbara Lawlor GILPIN COUNTY Although the High Country Fire Protection District Board of Directors carried on their monthly board meeting as usual, it was hard for them to ignore the gorilla in the room.

Whether you're a Colorado native or a newcomer, chances are you've driven down the same streets, walked through the same neighborhoods, passed beneath the same signs -- but have you ever stopped to wonder about how those places got their names? If you have such questions, Professor Tom Noel, known on the UC Denver Campus where he teaches history as ...

Barbara Lawlor PEAK TO PEAK After the storm, when the sun came out and transformed mounds of snow into streams of mud, mountain residents left their homes to play.

On the heels of higher casino-bet limits, new games and 24-hour gambling, a Colorado development company has several projects planned for the Central City/ Black Hawk market.

Pam North Gilpin County The Gilpin County Board of County Commissioners held their regular meeting at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 20, at the County Courthouse.

A former Spanish translator for Focus on the Family was sentenced Oct. 13 to five years of intensive supervision after he was nabbed attempting to arrange sex with an underage girl in an Internet sex sting Juan Alberto Ovalle, 42, of Colorado Springs pleaded guilty to the attempted sexual assault of a child on July 6. Authorities in the 1st ...

Central City officials are looking to a handful of nonprofits to make up for gambling revenues lost as the gaming industry slumped.

MORE ON 9NEWS @ 6 P.M. H1N1 SPECIAL SECTION GILPIN COUNTY - Seasonal flu shots are being offered at many locations across the state, including pharmacies and grocery stores.

Funds that pay for police, ambulances, and victim's services are frozen due to budget cuts, but also can't be used without a change in state law.

Barbara Lawlor GILPIN COUNTY For the past couple of months, the Timberline Fire Authority has been interviewing and considering the applications of several attorneys.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act may put seven people to work in forests in Larimer County.

Maybe Las Vegas can assure that "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas." But Colorado's gaming communities are enraged by Gov.

When the Civil War broke out, he was there to answer his country's call. In 1862, Thomas H. Craven was recruited to Company H, 51st Regiment of the Missouri Volunteers, where he was elected as captain.

Peak to peak Eagles' Nest Early Learning Center in Gilpin County, CO will hold an Open House for the completion of a "Green Addition." The Open House will be held September 17, 2009, at 4:00-6:00 p.m. Divide Design/Build, LLC of Pinecliff, CO, the general contractors , have completed a beautiful, welcoming, energy-efficient addition.

Pam North Gilpin County The Central City Council held their regular meeting at City Hall on September 1, 2009, starting a few minutes later than the usual 7:00 p.m. The delay was due to an executive session held prior to the meeting regarding C.R.S.24-6-402 , to receive legal advice on impact fees relating to Prospectors Run, and a notice of claim ...

Barbara Lawlor GILPIN COUNTY During the August meeting of the Timberline Fire Authority, the board of directors nailed down what they needed to get done in the immediate future and listened to two attorneys who were applying to assist with the merger legal work.

Barbara Lawlor GILPIN COUNTY It seems that as our mountain populations increase, the number of volunteer firefighters decrease.

Gilpin County Have talent? Come show what you have at the Gilpin Talent Contest on August 15 at 4:00 p.m. New this year, $50 prizes will be awarded to the First place winner in each category.

Gilpin County Have talent? Come show what you have at the Gilpin Talent Contest on August 15 at 4:00 p.m. New this year, $50 prizes will be awarded to the First place winner in each category.

Gilpin County Have talent? Come show what you have at the Gilpin Talent Contest on August 15 at 4:00 p.m. New this year, $50 prizes will be awarded to the First place winner in each category.