NATHROP - The Nederland High School Mountain Bike team competed in their final regular season race in Nathrop at the famous McMurray Ranch this past weekend. While the weather was perfect the course was tough, with a double track climb to a...
GILPIN COUNTY – Since losing their home opener on August 30 against a very good St. Mary’s football team, the Eagles have reeled off two straight victories on the road. They scored 44 points in each of those contests while surrendering merely...
GILPIN COUNTY - Five candidates are for positions on the Gilpin RE-1 School Board. Two, Gary Duncan and Jill Peterson, are running for two-year terms. Three -Victoria Edwards, Brady Fowler, and Kirsten Goodlett, are running for four-year...
GILPIN COUNTY - It was expected to be a close contest. Two evenly matched teams met in Gilpin County on September 18, 2025, when the Eagles faced the Union Colony Timberwolves. Having won twice this year and been competitive in every match, even...
BLACK HAWK - Justin Johnson, known to most as “JJ,” was introduced as Gilpin County High School’s August Student of the Month at the Gilpin County Board of Education meeting on September 16, 2025. Board president Sarah Swanson was...
EAGLE, COLORADO - The Nederland Mountain Bike team raced hard this past weekend at the notoriously fast Eagle course, battling both rain and heat and the popular corkscrew downhill feature. The weather proved to be a player during the day with...
Five candidates are running for positions on the Gilpin RE-1 School Board. Two, Gary Duncan and Jill Peterson, are running for two-year terms. Three—Victoria Edwards, Brady Fowler, and Kirsten Goodlett, are running for four-year terms. The...
BLACK HAWK - Gilpin students have set aside Monday, September 22, as a day to address mental health—in particular, suicide prevention. Sponsored and led by teacher Heather Newman, the school’s Interact Club—the high school branch of Rotary...
BLACK HAWK - Those who travel on Highway 119 north of Black Hawk will be happy to know that the sewer line connecting Gilpin County School to the City of Black Hawk’s system is expected to be completed in December of 2025, instead of sometime in...
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS - The Nederland High School Mountain Bike team raced on September 7 in Steamboat Springs at The Showdown at the Boat, fighting hard and taking third place in Division Two. The Steamboat course is known for its long uphills...
GILPIN COUNTY - Football season officially arrived in Gilpin County on Saturday, August 30, when the Eagles took to the field against the St. Mary’s Pirates. It was exactly one year ago in Colorado Springs that Gilpin was ahead of St. Mary’s...
GILPIN COUNTY- Gilpin County School District’s Board of Education (BOE) met for its regularly scheduled meeting on August 19 in the Board Meeting Room. All board members were present. Dr. David MacKenzie, Gilpin’s superintendent, thanked...
Bus SafetySafety is the most important aspect of Transportation. It is extremely important for everyone to understand that safety is an attitude that we can display in our everyday activities. Safety is not just something we strive...
LEADVILLE - The Nederland High School Mountain Bike team is off to a strong start this season, with a record number of nineteen athletes on the team this year, including six freshmen boys racing for the first time. Amika Begin landed...
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NEDERLAND - The school year has officially started for students and teachers at Nederland Middle-Senior High School (NMSHS). For sixth and ninth grade students, the new school year can be an intimidating change: a new building, new teachers,...
GILPIN COUNTY - The Gilpin County Board of Education (BOE) met at 7 p.m. on August 5, 2025, in the Board Meeting Room in the Gilpin County School, ushering in the 2025 - 2026 school year. Along with the new year, a new board member was...
Gilpin County – Parking spots were hard to find, and the excitement was palpable as students, parents, and teachers returned for the Gilpin County RE-1 School District Back to School Night on August 11, 2025. With the RE-1 school year formally starting on August 13, 2025, the back-to-school night was a chance for informal introductions between parents and teachers and reunions between students and friends.
GILPIN/BLACK HAWK -- On Tuesday, June 17, 2025, President Sarah Swanson called a meeting of the Gilpin County School District RE-1 Board of Education to order at 7:01 p.m. The board stood for the Pledge of Allegiance before taking roll call. All...
Gilpin County – The Gilpin County RE-1 School District Board of Education accepted the resignation of Tami Velasquez at their June 3, 2025, board meeting and declared a vacancy in the school director office that needs to be filled with an interim appointment.