Tag: Golden
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Happy Trails: A celebrated gateway to Clear Creek Canyon west of Denver
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In 2021, Jefferson County announced a new recreation destination with a fitting name. The Gateway Trail would serve as a gateway to Clear Creek Canyon, providing a link from downtown Golden to these rugged walls. The Gateway Trail would also add a dramatic segment to…
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Denver Water completes Northwater treatment plant
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After nearly a decade of planning and construction, Denver Water’s Northwater Treatment Plant is complete. Situated next to Ralston Reservoir, north of Golden along Highway 93 in Jefferson County, the new drinking water facility became operational earlier this year and can treat up to 75…
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7 fun-filled water parks to visit in Colorado this summer
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Much of our nostalgia lingers on sunny days at the pool, splashing, sliding and cannonballing before a sweet treat back with Mom. You might’ve grown up and put those places in the past. But those places still very much exist around Colorado’s biggest cities. And…
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Disabled students cycle, try archery at new Golden adaptive sports complex
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tom Hellauer/Denver Gazette More than 100 students from Aurora Public Schools had a field day — literally and figuratively — Wednesday at the National Sports Center for the Disabled’s recently-opened complex in Golden, Colo., on the Jefferson County Fairgrounds. Students, many of whom were disabled,…
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Weekend things to do around Denver and beyond
FRIDAY-SUNDAY The 42nd Annual Colorado Indian Market & Southwest Art Fest is a colorful artistic tradition during National Western Stock Show time in Denver with 160 juried artists and craftsmen from 27 Native American nations. Also pow wow dancing and live performances by Native American musicians. Colorado Convention Center, Exhibit Hall C. Friday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; Saturday, 10…
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Coors Brewing celebrates new mural, $150,000 grant to Golden establishments
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Peter H. Coors stood in front of a vivid painting sprawling the width of Coors Brewery Friday. “When I was growing up, we couldn’t have painted that wall because those buildings weren’t even there,” he says. “So how far we’ve come is really remarkable.” And…
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Las Vegas standoff: Colorado man faces kidnapping and weapon possession charges
A man jailed on kidnapping and other charges after a Las Vegas Strip standoff on Tuesday where furniture was thrown from a 21st-floor window at Caesars Palace also had a warrant issued for his arrest this week in Colorado, reports Denver Gazette media partner 9News. Matthew John Ermond Mannix, 35, of Golden, was arrested after he was accused…
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Denver flights, area fireworks displays postponed due to weather and an eagles’ nest
Rain, hail, lightning, possible tornadoes and a recently discovered eagle nest put a glitch in the 2023 Independence Day celebrations around the Denver metro area. At 2 p.m., the National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm watch for areas around metro Denver, the eastern plains and parts of Nebraska and Kansas. Weather delays hit Denver…
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New life for Colorado’s historic Rose — bison meatloaf, ‘sky bar’ and all | Craving Colorado
GOLDEN • Chris Cone gets one question more than any other. “I get asked about the pool all the time. Twice already today,” he says here at the Buffalo Rose, his bar and restaurant in the heart of downtown Golden. “Everyone’s like, ‘What? There was a pool? Where is it?’” It’s in the basement, now…
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Acid spill at Coors canning facility results in evacuation in Golden
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A sulfuric acid spill caused the Coors canning facility in Golden to evacuate about 85 to 90 people Friday morning. Nobody was hurt, according to Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Jacki Kelley. Coors hired a private company to do the cleanup work, Kelley said. During…