CENTRAL CITY — On May 20, commissioners from Gilpin and Clear Creek counties came together at the Historic Courthouse for their first joint work session in a long time. It was a long meeting, with both boards covering updates on the regional...

What better place to celebrate shared interests than at your local brewery? And while every community brewery is a place to share in the enjoyment of beer and of live music, at Very Nice Brewing Company (VNBC), many other interests are highlighted...

Gilpin County – The Gilpin County School District RE-1 Board of Education met on May 20, 2025, at the school to approve the 2024/2025 Supplemental Budget and the 2025/2026 Adopted Budget. The Board also approved and signed a contract with the Black Hawk-Central City Sanitation District to become a customer of the Sanitation District when the sewer pipe project is completed.

CENTRAL CITY — At their regular meeting on March 25, 2025, the Gilpin County Board of County Commissioners (BoCC) held a public hearing at 9:30 a.m. concerning Resolution TUP 25-2, the Fjällräven Classic. The popular outdoor trekking event will...

GILPIN COUNTY - On Wednesday, May 20, the senior class at Gilpin County Secondary School participated in the annual Senior/Staff Challenge, where the class of 2025 this year challenged the staff to riding a mechanical bull. Max Tanner and Mr....

ROLLINSVILLE—Amid the pines and aspen of the Shoshoni Yoga Retreat, a new exhibition opened its doors on Friday, May 23. This marks a special moment for both the local arts scene and the international spiritual art community.  Lotus and...

GILPIN COUNTY — On the evening of Wednesday, May 21, the Gilpin County School auditorium filled with proud families, teachers, and community members as the Class of 2025 was celebrated at the annual Senior Awards Ceremony. This year’s class of 37...

GILPIN COUNTY — Since Gilpin’s only childcare facility, Eagles’ Nest, closed due to financial difficulties in November of 2023, parents and guardians looking for childcare in Gilpin have been stretched thin. Resource providers, families, county...

CENTRAL CITY - At their May 13 meeting, the Gilpin County Planning Commission moved to recommend a temporary use permit for the Fjällraven Classic, a 30.5-mile backpacking trek through the Arapaho Roosevelt National Forest.  A temporary use...

GILPIN COUNTY – The Timberline Fire Protection District held its regular meeting on Tuesday, May 14, 2025, at 6:00 p.m.  Board members present included Vice Chairman John Bushey, Members at Large John Carder, Mary Kate McKenna, and Kristin...

Gilpin County – The Gilpin County government opened their public slash site on April 23, 2025, and plan on closing it on November 9, 2025. Richard Conklin returns to be the 2025 Slash Site Attendant and will be directing public traffic in the slash yard. This year the county will use an air curtain burner for about a month to evaluate and observe the operation to determine the effectiveness of using an air curtain burner versus chipping and hauling the chips to a landfill.

GILPIN COUNTY - The local chapter of activists, Mountain Women Moving Mountains (MWMM), gathered at Highways 46 and 119 in Gilpin County on Mother's Day morning to demonstrate their support of voting freedoms. Energizing MWMM, many passersby...

Gilpin girls reach Sweet 16 DAVE GIBSON GILPIN COUNTY – Qualifying for the CHSAA Girls Soccer State Championships for the second year in a row, the Eagles played their first-ever home match of those playoffs on May 8. A single-elimination...

CENTRAL CITY – The Gilpin County Board of County Commissioners (BoCC) met for a regular meeting at the Historic Courthouse on May 13, 2025. The most notable action was the board’s unanimous approval of Resolution 25-056, opposing the introduction...

GILPIN COUNTY - Many Gilpin County homeowners have reached out with questions about their 2025 property valuations. We understand these changes can be confusing, especially after the reductions applied in recent years. In both 2023 and 2024, most...

Jiselle Osteboe leads Eagles to regionals DAVE GIBSON GILPIN COUNTY – Since the arrival of girls’ soccer at Gilpin High School in 2023, the team has gone from being legitimate to respectable to one of the top teams in their league this year. A...

CENTRAL CITY – The Gilpin County Board of County Commissioners (BoCC) convened a work session on April 22, 2025, at the Historic Courthouse in Central City, where they discussed Right of Way (ROW) Fire Mitigation with Paul Ondr, Chief, Timberline...

CENTRAL CITY – On Wednesday, April 16, 2025, Gilpin County residents gathered for a community meeting with Building Code Official Kyle Parag to discuss updates to the building codes. Community Development Director Rob Gutierrez was also in...

CENTRAL CITY — The Gilpin County Board of County Commissioners (BoCC) held a regular meeting on April 22, 2025, at the Historic Courthouse in Central City, moving through a packed agenda that included multiple public hearings, resolutions, and...

Gilpin County – At the Gilpin County RE-1 Board of Education meeting on April 15, 2025, the Board heard about student activities that stretched the imagination and took them to exotic places in a foreign land. The business part of the meeting saw unanimous approvals of the 2024/2025 Supplemental Budget, the 2025/2026 Adopted Budget and updates to a number of policy revisions on a second reading.