Tag: Golden
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‘Immense potential’ for Mount Tom and 2,000 acres acquired outside Denver
A landscape boasting “immense future recreation potential” has been acquired by Colorado groups that also describe the deal as “once in a generation.” The deal is $25 million for about 2,000 acres northwest of Denver, near Golden, as recently announced by collaborators with The Conservation Fund, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Jefferson County and Great Outdoors…
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Golden bar manager returns to work, walking on his own six months after deadly hit-and-run
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Michael “JoJo” Gause tries not to think about the man who witnesses say rammed a truck into his right side and then ran over him in a bar parking lot. The incident, which shocked the Golden community last fall, happened after Gause, the Rock Rest…
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‘A connection across time’: Colorado attraction is home to world-famous dinosaur discoveries, hundreds of tracks and fossils
Dinosaur Ridge, located just west of Denver, is celebrating 50 years as a National Natural Landmark. Long before that designation, the treasures encased by the Dakota and Morrison formations had achieved world-wide acclaim: hundreds of footprints and bones of prehistoric beasts, among them the first stegosaurus known to mankind. (Video by Skyler Ballard/ The Gazette)…
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Golden retrievers take over the streets of Golden in annual event
Hundreds of golden retrievers and their “paw-rents” gathered Saturday in downtown Golden for the annual “Goldens in Golden” event. The annual event, which brings people and dogs together to mingle, take photos and celebrate the lovable dog breed, celebrates National Golden Retriever Day, which is Feb. 3. The event was full of golden opportunities for…
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1 dead, 7 injured after driver plows through bar crowd in Golden
Jefferson County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a suspect on first-degree murder charges Sunday after a pickup truck plowed through an after-hours bar crowd in Golden, killing one person and injuring seven others. Investigators arrested another suspect as well, a passenger in the truck, on allegations of attempted first-degree murder and felony assault. Sheriff’s spokesperson Jenny Fulton…
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West of Denver, a town as good as gold | Main Street Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In the final chapter of a legend, a vision came. It was a view, in one direction the high peaks of Colorado’s Front Range and in another the sprawling plains where a buffalo hunter made his name. On his death bed in 1917, the story…
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Weekend things to do around Denver and beyond
By Linda Navarro linda.navarro@gazette.com THURSDAY-AUG. 9 The first week of the acclaimed Vail Dance Festival features New York City Ballet MOVES, Ephrat Asherie Dance and Limón Dance Company. Altogether 12 performances by companies during the festival and 40 events in Vail and surrounding communities. Tickets $27-$150, vaildance.org. Resident artists are dancer and choreographer Caili Quan…
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LIST: 10 museums that unearth Colorado’s wild history
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s rough and rowdy days can be hard to recall in the mountain towns where they unraveled. Many of these places have opted for the glitz and glamour of resorts. But all around are bases where that history is preserved. Here’s a list of museums…
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A timeline of Colorado’s mining heyday
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado would not be booming today were it not for the mining booms of the past. The frenzy put the territory on the map before it was recognized as a state in 1876. Here’s a timeline covering the most significant era of the industry: 1858:…