Cripple Creek News

Once, in the heart of the roughest, wildest and most remote canyon on Pikes Peak, there was a robin named Freddie who would come when called.

The casinos of Cripple Creek are halfway through the most difficult year in their history.

Cripple Creek's main drag sits below a picturesque view of aspen that are in the way of operations planned by the Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Co.

Bear Trap residents want to know why it took so long for local firefighters to get help in putting out the Nash Ranch Fire.

Then and now: Photos of the 400 block of Bennett Ave, where the Double Eagle Casino is expanding and recently took down the buildings in the center of the block.

Owners of Colorado's largest gold mine are getting opposition to a $200 million plan to extend operations for four more years from an unexpected source - Cripple Creek, which was founded as a home for miners ...

More than a dozen wildfires have been sparked in Colorado in the past week, most by "dry lightning," and the biggest has burned more than 1,100 acres in Park County.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency today authorized the use of federal funds to help with firefighting costs for the Nash Ranch Fire.

Two casinos in Cripple Creek continue to allow smoking indoors despite receiving citations last week for violating the statewide ban.

A wildfire swelled after dark this evening and sent south Park County crews scrambling to protect homes and livestock against the blaze that grew to nearly 400 acres.

A safety improvement project at the State Highway 67/Teller County Road 81 intersection, north of Cripple Creek, is underway.

Cripple Creek officials say they won't enforce the statewide smoking ban at casinos that claim they are exempt.

He stands at the bar inside Cripple Creek's fancy new Wildwood Casino, boasting that he's wearing a jacket and tie "for the first time in a year" to enjoy the grand opening.

Three casinos that allowed patrons to smoke despite a state ban on indoor smoking were issued citations Wednesday, two days after city officials said they didn't plan to actively enforce the law.

The Cripple Creek City Council's official position on smoking in casinos? The Legislature left the door open and it's not the city's responsibility to close it.

Revenue at Colorado casinos fell 10.7 percent during the beginning of 2008, the worst drop in the industry's history.

The industry and gamblers are blaming the state's new smoking ban as well as high gas prices. Others blame the overall soft economy.

An analysis by The Denver Post shows that the 10.7 drop in revenue between January and April this year is the second-largest drop among gaming states. Only Illinois saw a bigger drop in revenue. Like Colorado, it banned smoking inside casinos starting in January.

CIT Group acted as the sole lead arranger for the recapitalization of Double Eagle Resorts, Inc.

Monday, gamblers could once again smoke 'em if they got 'em at Bronco Billy's Casino in Cripple Creek.

It's easy, in a situation like this, to imagine yourself the sidekick of a movie-star action hero - albeit a somewhat suburbanized one.

The block between Golden Avenue and Pikes Peak Avenue in this historic mining town used to be the favorite hangout for the local herd of wild donkeys.