Gilpin County News

Wildwood , the town's newest casino, reports good business during the 4th of July weekend.

A Colorado government watchdog group and two key legislators are targeting what they call questionable spending by Black Hawk city officials after a CALL7 investigation.

County officials want input about commuting needs and concerns, not only from their own employees but by those working throughout the county.

At almost 8,500 feet in the Rockies, it can take a few breaths to walk up Central City's steep granite hills lined with Victorian homes, souvenir shops and an opera house that has served 19th-century gold ...

The Jefferson County District Attorney's Office warns that amid all the other things that may come with the arrival of spring, one includes nomadic scam artists.

The Jefferson County District Attorney's Office warns that amid all the other things that may come with the arrival of spring, one includes nomadic scam artists.

One person has been hospitalized in Gilpin County after a chlorine leak.

The leak happened at a tank across from the sheriff's office.

The Gilpin County Sheriff's Office says a worker was changing out the tank when something went wrong.

Investigators are allowing the chlorine to dissipate.

No evacuations have been ordered.

It might be a fun job, but it's still a job. That seemed to be the message prospective employers sent out to job-seekers last week at the third annual casino job fair, hosted by the Jefferson County Workforce ...

With warmer weather moving in, the U.S. Forest Service is trying to get a jump on pine beetles.

The National Transportation Safety Board has released the results of its preliminary investigation into the crash of a single-engine plane near Central City that killed a Carbondale, Colo.

CSU is offering a June lunch discussion about the mountain pine beetle epidemic plaguing Colorado's high country. via Fort Collins Coloradoan

“It was just too dangerous in the dark to try and recover him tonight”

Photo by Cbs4 News / Copter 4 Cbs4 News / Copter 4 The wreckage of a Cessna 182H airplane lies hemmed in by trees near Black Hawk. via Rocky Mountain News

“He said, - I might just have to hire my son,'”

Victim of crash was CU grads' father Lee Barry Maggert was planning to follow in the footsteps of his engineer father, Barry Maggert, who died Thursday afternoon after the small plane he was piloting to Boulder ... via Daily Camera

Authorities say one man is dead after a single-engine plane crashed in the mountains about 40 miles west of Denver. via KOAA-TV Pueblo

“Had they had a Phase 2 phone on, we would have been able to use GPS tracking but we're having to try to determine where they are based on bouncing signals”

At least one person inside a Cessna 182 suffered serious injuries after the single-engine plane crashed near Black Hawk on the way to Boulder county airport, authorities said. via KMGH-TV Denver

“I'm very excited to get the contract negotiations settled and get everything approved, because we're very excited to get moved to Durango”

Durango School District 9-R hired Keith Owen of Pueblo on Wednesday to become its next superintendent. via Durango Herald

“I think the whole process of how the aldermen review the funds needs to be reviewed”

Former and current Black Hawk elected officials have received millions of dollars in historic grants to fix up their own property, according to records obtained by CALL7 Investigators. via TheDenverChannel

An Adams County jail inmate who authorities said hung himself over the weekend was a long-time criminal who killed himself 12 days after his capture on numerous escape and parole violations. via Denver Post Economy/Real Estate

A skier who was caught in an avalanche near Forest Lakes in Gilpin County was rescued about 9 p.m. Sunday. via Denver Post

“I think those few are the ones that matter”

Judges would be able to review prosecutors' decisions to charge juveniles as adults under a bill backed the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. via Cbs4denver.com