Activist group pushes for RTD routes

By Monte Whaley.  A group that advocates for working women is jumping into the controversy over the Regional Transportation District’s move to dump or revamp bus routes in the western suburbs…  Read more…

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Rescue Operation For Climber Aided By Helicopter From Big Meadows Fire

…a 36-year-old climber from Golden, Colorado, fell approximately 40 feet on Sundance Buttress, a popular climbing feature in the Lumpy Ridge area on the east side of Rocky Mountain National Park…  Read more…

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Kansas Rowing Adds Nine Spring Commitments To 2013-14 Roster

By Kinch O’Kelley.  The 2013-14 spring class is comprised mostly of Kansans, but also included additions from Colorado, New Jersey, New York and North Carolina…  Read more…

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Family, friends of 17-year-old who died suddenly have plan to honor her

By Deborah Takahara.  GOLDEN, Colo. — Golden High School softball player, Breanna Hall was known as “the angel in the outfield” even before her sudden and tragic death last year…  Read more…

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Colorado’s Top 10 brewery beer gardens, patios and decks

By Eric Gorski.  Colorado might not have as many breweries as we do days of sunshine, but we are getting there…  Read more…

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Fossil Trace golf course cast among the best

By Daniel Williams.  GOLDEN - Fossil Trace stands out over most other municipal courses…  Read more…

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Wildfires prompt fire restrictions across Colorado

By Brooke Way.  DENVER — As firefighters continue to battle severalwildfires raging across Colorado, fire restrictions have been ordered in numerous cities and counties across the state…  Read more…

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Woman killed when car plunges into Clear Creek

By Brooke Way and David Mitchell.  GOLDEN, Colo. — Investigators are looking into what caused a woman’s car to go off U.S. 6 and into Clear Creek early Wednesday…  Read more…

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Woman and Car Recovered from Clear Creek

Golden, Colo. – June 12, 2013 – After several hours of a highly technical recovery effort, rescue crews from the Golden Fire Department and West Metro Fire Rescue were able to pull a car out of Clear Creek, that had been spotted going into the creek earlier this morning…  Read more…

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Woman dies in Clear Creek Canyon crash

GOLDEN, Colo. – A woman died in a crash on U.S. 6 in Clear Creek Canyon on Wednesday…  Read more…

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Creek Recovery Efforts Underway in Golden

Golden, Colo. – June 12, 2013 – Golden Dispatch received a call from a motorist on Hwy 6 at 6:16 a.m. to report a car in Clear Creek…  Read more…

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Golden Police Closing Clear Creek to Tubers

Golden, Colo. ­— June 12, 2013 — Effective at noon on Wednesday, June 12, 2013, by order of the City of Golden Police Department, waterway activities on Clear Creek will be limited…  Read more…

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Golden Temporary Stage 1 Fire Restrictions

Golden, Colo. – June 12, 2013 – Due to dry weather and strong winds, the Golden Fire Department (GFD) is imposing temporary Stage 1 fire restrictions effective Wednesday, June 12, 2012 at 8 a.m…  Read more…

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Tax-increment tactic takes root in Golden

By Karen Groves.  The demolition work at 1300 Eighth St. in Golden is the beginning of a project that likely will put 99 apartments at the end of the road east of the Briarwood Inn and south of Colorado 58…  Read more…

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Jeffco slash collection dates slashed

By Karen Groves.  After the 2012 closure of the Rooney Road slash recycling area at 151 S. Rooney Road near Golden, A1 Organics vice president Bob Yost said a solution for the near future is not at hand because of bureaucratic and land-use issues…  Read more…

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Golden Briefs for June 13, 2013

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Oxman to run for Ward 3 seat

Karen Oxman is a candidate for the Golden Ward 3 City Council seat. The election will be held on Nov. 5 by mail-in ballot. Ward 3 in Golden extends along the east side of the city along north and south Table Mountains mostly east of Washington Avenue.

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Golden Police Blotter: Chalkboard stolen

Chalkboard stolen. On May 29, Golden police took a phone report from a woman at the Golden History Center, 923 10th St., who said she took a 4-foot chalkboard to the rear of the building and accidentally left it there overnight…  Read more…

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Ride For Kids Events Last Weekend Raised $119,000 For PBTF

From Ohio to Colorado, motorcyclists rallied together on June 9 to help make a difference for children fighting brain tumors. Ride for Kids events in Independence, Ohio, and Golden, Colo., had raised more than $119,000 for the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation as of press time…  Read more…

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Tenth and Blake Beer Co. furthers the beer renaissance

By Stephanie Cernivec.  When the MillerCoors facility in Golden, Colo., experienced a small flood in its basement a few years ago, little did the company know what it was about to stumble upon…  Read more…

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Golden couple get federal prison sentences for Ponzi scheme

By David Migoya.  A Colorado couple who ran a $17 million Ponzi scheme from their Golden home — then jetted to South Africa as federal authorities concluded their investigation — were sentenced Monday to varying prison terms, prosecutors said…  Read more…

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New Mountaineering Museum exhibit features New York’s Shawangunk Cliffs

By Shelby Arnold.  On June 20, the Bradford Washburn American Mountaineering Museum will launch The Shawangunks, a ten-piece portfolio of etchings by New York artist Gregory William Frux…  Read more…

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Clear Creek Trail access limited due to flooding

ATTENTION! Low level trail access areas to Clear Creek are now closed due to flooding…  Read more…

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A quarter century at Calvary Episcopal

By Glenn Wallace.  Some things get better with time.  Rev. John Wengrovius says he believes that to be the case with Calvary Episcopal Church, where he preaches most Sundays…  Read more…

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Golden Young Professionals use postal service to help those in need

The Golden Young Professionals worked at the Lakewood post office during the 21st annual Stamp Out Hunger event on Saturday, May 11…  Read more…

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Area Restaurants thank teachers, staff and help raise money for school programs

By Douglas Ehrlich.  Saying thank you to teachers and staff during the school year is normal. However, SupportOurStudents.org has gathered local restaurants that wish to express their appreciation to teachers and school employees with major discounts throughout the summer…  Read more…

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UNC Track and Field NCAA Preview

By Heather Kennedy.  Evanson, a native of Golden, Colo., has finished either first or second in every outdoor meet this season, including winning the…  Read more…

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2013 All-Colorado girls lacrosse team

Honorable mention.  Olivia Hayden, Golden…  Read more…

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Riding the rails in luxury

By Clarke Reader.  Colorado and the West was built by the railroads, but as the region increased in population, trains transformed from a means of transport to a kind of travel to be enjoyed…  Read more…

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Golden News Briefs: Jeffco Schools grads earn millions in scholarships

Celebrate summer at the Golden Music Festival…  Read more…

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Golden Police Blotter: Angry neighbor causes concern

Angry neighbor causes concern. On May 19, someone called Golden police because they were concerned about a neighbor in the300 block of Sunshine Parkway…  Read more…

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Work gets underway on Golden’s Apex Trail

By Karen Groves.  Hikers and bicyclists who use trails in Golden’s Apex Park will be directed to park in the Heritage Square parking lot while Jefferson County Open Space works to upgrade the park’s lower trailhead area off Colorado 93…  Read more…

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Helena, Lewis and Clark forests share resources and personnel

By Eve Byron.  It’s relatively familiar territory for him; prior to becoming the Helena Forest supervisor in 2005, Riordan lived in Golden…  Read more…

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Community organizations give $68,000 in scholarships to Golden High students

By Wendy Roberts.  Golden High School hosted its annual Community Scholarship Ceremony on May 22…  Read more…

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Miners Alley Playhouse presents Collected Stories

Ruth Steiner (Billie McBride) is a teacher and respected short story writer. Her student and protégée is Lisa Morrison (Devon James)…  Read more…

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Good Times Reports 16% Increase in May Same Store Sales

GOLDEN, Colo., Jun 03, 2013 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Good Times Restaurants Inc. GTIM -1.95% today announced its same store sales increased 16% in May, in addition to an increase of 5% in May of last year…  Read more…

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Associated Skin Care Professionals Launches SkinPro Education Series

Golden, CO. Associated Skin Care Professionals (ASCP), the nation’s largest membership organization for estheticians, has announced the launch of the SkinPro Education Series, an advanced education program for ASCP members…  Read more…

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Mountain Toad Brewing aims to be community gathering place in Golden

By Eric Gorski.  The well-worn machine shop on Golden’s main drag always seemed like a good place for a brewery…  Read more…

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Prosecutors want maximum sentences in Ponzi scheme

By L. Wayne Hicks.  Richard Dalton is facing 10 years in federal prison when he’s sentenced in a Denver courtroom later this month, while his wife and co-defendant is looking at a five-year stretch…  Read more…

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Firm picked to run complex at Steel Ranch

By Joshua Lindenstein.  LOUISVILLE – Golden-based Confluence Cos. LLC has selected the Denver office of The Lynd Co. to manage its North Main at Steel Ranch luxury apartment complex, Lynd announced Friday…  Read more…

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Karen Oxman announces candidacy for Golden Ward 3 city council seat

Karen Oxman announces that she is a candidate for the Golden Ward 3 city council seat… Read more…

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Golden Rotary’s “Excellence in Art Award” recipients

By Jim Halderman.  Art completes the emotions when words fail…  Read more…

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Shareholders upbraid Atna Resources, citing outright lies

By Fiona MacDonald.  Disgruntled shareholders issued a stinging rebuke to Atna Resources Limited (TSE:ATN) Friday, saying their trust and confidence in Atna’s management is now “between zero and nothing” following the Golden, Colorado-based company’s announcement two days before that it was downsizing mine operations at…  Read more…

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Riding the rails in luxury

By Clarke Reader.  Colorado and the West was built by the railroads, but as the region increased in population, trains transformed from a means of transport to a kind of travel to be enjoyed…  Read more…

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Jeffco track teams leave their mark on championship

4A girls’ finishers:

200-meter dash: 5. Payton Miller, 25.09, Golden

400-meter dash: 3. Payton Miller, 54.95, Golden

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Golden, D’Evelyn compete at state

By Daniel Williams.  Golden had three girls qualify for the state tournament….  Read more…

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Good Times & Bad Daddy’s Announce New Restaurants & Its First Franchisee

GOLDEN, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Good Times Restaurants Inc.(NAS: GTIM) today announced that Bad Daddy’s Franchise Development LLC (“BDFD”) has agreements for three new Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar restaurants that will be developed in…  Read more…

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GE Healthcare Acquires Unisyn Medical Technologies’ Transactional Business

WAUKESHA, Wis. & GOLDEN, Colo. –

GE Healthcare, the healthcare division of General Electric (NYSE: GE), announced today the acquisition of Unisyn Medical Technologies’ Transactional Business, a leading national provider of comprehensive ultrasound probe repair solutions to biomedical and clinical engineers, headquartered in Golden, CO…  Read more…

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Family sets sights on memorial scoreboard

By Karen Groves.  Breanna Hall was supposed to be wearing a mortarboard and enjoying graduation ceremonies this week with her classmates from Golden High School…  Read more…

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News Briefs: Golden offers scholarships to entrepreneurs

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Golden offers scholarships to entrepreneurs

The city of Golden Economic Development Commission is offering scholarships to local innovators and small start-up companies to participate in the Innovation Center of the Rockies’ Early Stage Business Program…  Read more…

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Summer reading program adds a few new wrinkles

By Karen Groves.  Since the theme is “Dig into Reading,” Jeffco Parks will supply a backhoe to launch the program from 10 a.m.-noon on May 31 at the Golden Library, 1019 10th St…  Read more…

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