COAL CREEK -- On the morning of June 24, 2025, I looked out of my bedroom window and saw movement through gaps among the branches of pine trees. The movement, coming from the road outside my house, appeared at first like a neighbor walking their dog. I couldn’t help but think that their combined gait looked strange… and then I realized it wasn’t a neighbor and their dog.
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...
Our local firefighters and medical personnel of the Nederland Fire Protection District (NFPD) recently took to the streets in the town’s 4th of July parade, receiving applause and admiration from the crowd, the shining red and white of their...
BLACK HAWK - I first saw The Copper Children as a six-piece band at the 2024 Rise N Vibes Festival near Durango. So when I walked into the Richman Beer Garden in Black Hawk on Saturday, July 19, 2025, it was a surprise to see them pared...
ALLENSPARK - Dressed to the nines, 100 supporters of The Old Gallery attended its 16th annual fundraiser on Saturday, July 12, 2025, from 5 to 9 p.m. This year’s theme? Denim and Diamonds. Signature cocktails and whiskey pours kicked off the event...
As the early morning sun rose and dark clouds loomed over the reservoir, hundreds of bicyclists appeared in Nederland ready for the year’s best endurance event, Peak to Peak Endurance’s NedGravel. The always-enthusiastic emcee David Towle...
After a busy weekend in the mountains, complete with flocks of news media, of bicyclists, and of summer tourists, Nederland locals were invited to partake in a relaxing evening of wine, cheese, music, poetry, and comedy on Sunday night, July 13,...
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On Tuesday, July 15, 2025, before the start of their regular meeting, the Nederland Board of Trustees (BOT) met for a Work Session to present to the public for review the two proposed routes for an emergency egress road for the Big Springs...
While we are between the two most dramatic bear-sighting periods—when they first wake up starving in spring, and when they are fattening up in early fall before hibernating—our ursine friends, knowing that human presence means food, continue to...
On July 9, the National Newspaper Association Foundation announced the winners of its 2025 Better Newspaper Contest and Better Newspaper Advertising Contest. The Mountain-Ear was one of the 102 newspapers in 33 states that won 712 awards in...
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...
Clear Creek County – Clear Creek County continues to redefine itself from an old mining community to a new recreational activity’s hub close to Denver with the setting of the gondola towers on July 10, 2025, for the Mighty ARGO Cable Car scheduled to open in early 2026
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...
On Thursday, July 10, 2025, the Nederland Board of Trustees (BOT), as well as representatives from Town staff, from POWDR, and from 303 Ski gathered on stage in the Backdoor Theater at the Nederland Community Center for a “Work Session” to...
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...
