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30 Years Ago – April 29, 1983 Record snowfalls plagued Colorado Sierra this winter. Despite the warming weather and dryer days recently, the subdivision remains covered with several feet of snow. The heavy snow load is believed to be the reason for the More »
Community variety show at St. Paul’s By Patty Unruh Gilpin County’s third “almost annual” variety show was held April 19 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. The event was not held last year but was presented each of the two previous years. An eager crowd of about ... More »
GCART Workshop Includes Some Unusual Guests By David Josselyn The Gilpin County Animal Response Team, headed by Vicky Nemec, hosted a workshop for first responders to help develop handling skills for some unusual animals on Sunday, April 23rd. GCART is prepa... More »
Alice in Wonderland delights audiences with solid performance By Patty Unruh “I’ve often seen a cat without a grin, but I’ve never seen a grin without a cat.” Musical caterpillars, talking flowers, gryphons, flamingos for croquet mallets… “Alice” had plenty to... More »
David MacKenzie has student-centered philosophy By Patty Unruh Dr. David MacKenzie joined Gilpin County School as its new superintendent on April 1. The Gilpin position is MacKenzie’s first as a full-time superintendent. More »
Legislative and litigation updates, Distrainment Auction By Lynn Volkens Gilpin County Commissioners Buddy Schmalz, Connie McLain and Gail Watson met the morning of April 23, 2013. They began their meeting in preparation of this year’s wildfire season, and end... More »
Bock is Buck in Colorado By Dave Thomas Bock beer is a strong, dark lager beer style first brewed in the fourteenth century by the brewers in Einbeck, Germany. Einbeck brewers were actually civil servants, the only ones allowed by the Einbeck City Council to b... More »
Seniors of Gilpin County By Sharon Perea Who are we? We’re called seniors after we reach 50 per AARP, 62+ per Social Security, 65 per Medicare, or 60 per our Gilpin County Senior Program. Restaurant employees give us a senior discount even before we admit we a... More »
New casino and 22 story hotel tower By Lynn Volkens Black Hawk city officials and developers of a new casino/hotel tower complex plan to give Black Hawk an exciting new entrance for visitors traveling up south Highway 119. The new complex, which will replace a... More »
30 Years Ago – April 22, 1983 At the continuation of the liquor license hearing for Marko Lah, the application was unanimously approved by the Black Hawk City Council. The Register-Call’s third annual short story contest was entered by 65 students. This year... More »
Maryland Mountain properties annexed and rezoned By Lynn Volkens Black Hawk City Council met April 10, 2013. Mayor David Spellman and Council members Linda Armbright, Paul Bennett, Diane Cales, Jim Johnson, Greg Moates and Benito Torres had more on their plate... More »
Liquor licensing and New Standards at Central City Council Meeting By David Josselyn Call to Order The Central City Council Meeting of April 16th was called to order at 7:07pm. Alderman Shirley Voorhies was not present. Consent Agenda The consent agenda in... More »
