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Making the outdoors accessible for all: Camp ACA
On June 22, 2024, Always Choose Adventures (ACA) held the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony for their new camp for disabled, at-risk youth, and LGBTQ individuals. It is the very first off-grid camp of its kind in the nation. The outdoor educational campground is in unincorporated Gilpin County with...
Mandatory evacuation issued for Missouri Lakes neighborhood for Gilpin County fire
DENVER (KDVR) — The Missouri Lakes No. 1 subdivision was subject to a mandatory evacuation Wednesday for a fire in Gilpin County, according to the sheriff’s office. As of about 11:30 a.m., the Gilpin County Sheriff’s Office was reporting a fire in the Missouri Lakes 1 subdivision that was approximately an acre in size. As […]
Broken rail caused 16-car freight train derailment in Colorado foothills
A fractured section of railroad track led to 16 cars of a Burlington Northern-Santa Fe freight train derailing near Pinecliffe seven months ago. The 78-car train was descending eastbound when a "vertical split head on the north-side rail" sent cars off the tracks, according to summary reports from BNSF and Union Pacific, the owner of the tracks. Those reports were filed with the Federal Railway Administration. Half the cars remained upright, the others overturned. Some of the derailed cars were empty, some others carried cargo of diesel fuel oil or magnesium, according to the Gilpin County Sheriff's Office. None...
Update: Central City-Clear Creek Superfund cleanup
On June 11, 2024, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held a second meeting on the current phase of cleaning up the Central City-Clear Creek Superfund site. They met at the Clear Creek County Courthouse in Georgetown. Kyle Sandor of CDPHE...
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