Central City News

ROLLINSVILLE Rollinsville, Colorado, located in between Nederland and Central City on the scenic Peak to Peak Highway 119 is holding a free Mountain Man Festival from noon until 6 p.m. on Saturday, July 11 and noon until 4 p.m. on Sunday, July 12 at the intersection of Highway 119 and Tolland Road.

Share + Jul 5, 2009 2:03 pm US/Mountain CENTRAL CITY, Colo. Click to enlarge 1 of 2 The Hidee Vein is just one of many that produced gold in what has been called 'The Richest Square Mile on Earth'. CBS Close numSlides of totalImages Just over the hill from the Colorado mountain towns of Central City and Black Hawk is a place called Russell Gulch ...

GAMBLING GUIDE LAKEWOOD - Dr. Nancy Lantz is one of only four certified professional compulsive gambling counselors in the state of Colorado and she's seen the addiction in its most severe form.

Colorado's oldest newspaper - one with a history of taking on politicians in Black Hawk and Gilpin County - was purchased by Black Hawk Mayor David Spellman.

Starting at 12:01 Thursday morning, gambling in Colorado will change. Casinos in Cripple Creek, Black Hawk and Central City will raise the betting limits from five dollars to 100.

For the past decade, Central City has been a shell of its former self, a virtual ghost town compared with its days in the early 1990s as the state's premier gambling destination.

The state's oldest newspaper, The Weekly Register-Call of Central City, has a new owner: Black Hawk's Mayor David Spellman.

Lyubov Petrova in the famous "mad scene" in Central City Opera's "Lucia di Lammermoor." Deceived into believing that her lover has abandoned her, and forced to marry someone else to advance her brother's fading fortunes, Lucia loses her mind and kills her unwanted husband on her wedding night.

The ball comes to a stop on the roulette wheel at The Gilpin Casino in Black Hawk.

The Colorado Gaming Association says its member casinos are adding jobs and investing in improvements before new laws allow expanded gambling, beginning July 2. The association says a survey of its members shows casinos have made nearly $3 million in capital investments and have added more than 750 jobs because voters approved the expansion.

How can we miss him when he won't go away? Dan Hicks, above, and his band the Hot Licks will play at the Soiled Dove on June 26.

This 2006 file photo released by Central City Opera, shows people gathered for opening Night at... This 2006 file photo released by Central City Opera, shows people gathered for opening Night at Central City Opera in Central City, Colo.

Golden is about to celebrate its 150th birthday. Plenty of excitement will be generated along Washington Ave.

County Corner, May 21, 2009 By Roger Baker Last Wednesday, on May 13, there was a ceremony, as there is every year about this time, at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial.

May 16, 2009 7:17 pm US/Mountain Reporting Doug Whitehead CENTRAL CITY, Colo. On May 6, 1959 miner John Gregory panned a small creek in Gilpin County in search of gold.

Nearly 140 years after he was killed in the line of duty, Black Hawk's first city marshal, Robert Clark, was honored Wednesday along with current officers who ensured the national enshrinement of his service.

Yes, the Nuggets are advancing, but Colorado can already claim a real winning team: the East High Constitutional Scholars, who just won the We the People contest in Washington, D.C. -- for the third year running.

Lynn Hirshman GILPIN COUNTY The Central City Council's work began an hour early on April 21, with a training session on risk and liability by Tami Tanoue of the Colorado Intergovernmental Risk Sharing Agency .

A plan to add gambling-town residents to the board that oversees legalized gaming in Colorado is now officially dead.

Traces of the 1859 gold rush are nearly everywhere in Colorado. Colorado Tourism Board Central City, Colo., which now attracts tourists with gambling, was once part of 'the richest square mile on Earth.' Towns with names such as Tincup, Eureka and Placerville dot the map.