Tag: Gilpin County
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Man in stolen vehicle rams car, leads police on chase after being refused free gas, cigarettes
An unidentified man is in custody after police say he rammed a stolen vehicle into an unoccupied vehicle and led authorities on a chase after a store clerk refused to give him a box of cigarettes and free gas in Idaho Springs. Officers responded to The Squatch Store in the 2100 block of East Idaho…
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After months of harassment, abuse, Colorado health agency adds security at mobile vaccination clinics
Security workers will accompany nurses and staff members of the Jefferson County Public Health’s three mobile vaccine units for the foreseeable future after months of harassment and abuse. Last weekend, the agency was forced to pull the vans off the street after a driver in Gilpin County, who contracts Jefferson County’s health agency, drove towards…
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Colorado off-road enthusiasts propose return to scenic route over Continental Divide
Efforts have reemerged to reopen a formerly famous route crossing the Continental Divide in Colorado. Off-roading groups recently submitted a letter to the U.S. Forest Service requesting access to a rugged track that has been off-limits for several decades. By reopening a stretch of the Boulder Wagon Road — a toll road in the 1890s…
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Lincoln Hills the beautiful: The Colorado mountain retreat built by and for Black lives
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When he retired from his Denver bench at the end of last year, there was no doubt in Judge Gary Jackson’s mind as to where he would go next. He would go to Lincoln Hills. To the cabin in the Gilpin County mountains about 40…
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Two Central City firefighters died as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Officials from the Gilpin County Sheriff’s office announced Saturday that two Central City firefighters found dead Friday died as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning, according to a Facebook post by the sheriff’s office. Lt. Cody…
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Colorado unemployment rate falls for second consecutive month in August
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s unemployment rate fell in August for a second consecutive month to 6.7% from 7.4% in July as nearly 26,000 more people returned to work or found new jobs, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment reported Friday. First-time Colorado unemployment claims fall to six-month…