Central City News

Casinos owned by Colorado's American Indians are doing big business, but not that big.

On the heels of higher casino-bet limits, new games and 24-hour gambling, a Colorado development company has several projects planned for the Central City/ Black Hawk market.

More than $600,000 has been withheld from winnings of deadbeat parents who gamble in Colorado in the first year of a controversial law that requires casinos to check whether big winners owe child support.

Pam North Gilpin County The Gilpin County Board of County Commissioners held their regular meeting at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 20, at the County Courthouse.

A Colorado law has netted more than $600,000 from the gambling winnings of deadbeat parents.

A Colorado law has netted more than $600,000 from the gambling winnings of deadbeat parents.

Some say the Belvedere Theater in historic Central City, Colorado is one of the most "haunted" landmarks in the United States.

Nederland Margaret Iorio, one of Nederland's long-time resident old-timers, died last week due to complications from a fall.

MORE ON 9NEWS @ 6 P.M. H1N1 SPECIAL SECTION GILPIN COUNTY - Seasonal flu shots are being offered at many locations across the state, including pharmacies and grocery stores.

A Granby woman who was traveling from Black Hawk and rolled her car - spending five days and nights enduring rain, hail and nighttime temperatures around 40 degrees - is expected to be released from the hospital this weekend.

It was a drawn-out struggle for survival - one that started last Thursday when Cynthia Hoover, 68, careened off Central City Highway.

The higher bet limit and round-the-clock gambling at Colorado's casinos have local law enforcement officers putting in longer hours.

A Colorado woman survived five days in the wilderness after a car crash. Cynthia Blair Hoover was left injured and all alone as wild animals roamed around her.

"She had a heck of a will to live," is just one of the superlatives Central City fire chief Gary Allen uses in describing Cynthia Hoover.

When the Civil War broke out, he was there to answer his country's call. In 1862, Thomas H. Craven was recruited to Company H, 51st Regiment of the Missouri Volunteers, where he was elected as captain.

Pam North Gilpin County The Central City Council held their regular meeting at City Hall on September 1, 2009, starting a few minutes later than the usual 7:00 p.m. The delay was due to an executive session held prior to the meeting regarding C.R.S.24-6-402 , to receive legal advice on impact fees relating to Prospectors Run, and a notice of claim ...

The craps table at The Isle of Capri casino was crowded with gamblers as they officially kick off the new gaming law in Black Hawk and Central City casinos.

Expanded games and hours helped Colorado casinos post a 16 percent increase in revenue in July.

The More Things Change ... Some mornings I come across a blog post from a friend that breaks my mind - " in a good way.

Some mornings I come across a blog post from a friend that breaks my mind a ' in a good way.A Todaya TMs post from Todd Vernon titled My 100 year hobby was one such post.A Look at the picture below.