Column: Summer markets are back

June 7, 2023

Avenue Flashes

By John Akal
Golden Transcript

I’ve mentioned this before but I’ll mention it again, when we think of seasons, we don’t really think in terms of the “official” designations, do we? You know what I mean. The official start of seasons based on solstices or whatever. No, we tend to think of them based on the school calendar or holiday schedule. Yes, the actual first day of summer is June 21, but everybody thinks of it as being between Memorial Day and Labor Day… Read more…

City of Golden Weekly Digest

June 7, 2023

In this issue…

U.S. OPEN FINAL QUALIFYING

June 7, 2023

By Gary Baines
Colorado Golf Association

Former Golden resident Andrew Svoboda qualifies for his first U.S. Open in a decade; he’ll join the exempt Wyndham Clark in the field at L.A. Country Club… Read more…

Camper catches fire in Golden

June 7, 2023

By Maris Westrum
Fox31 News

GOLDEN, Colo. (KDVR) — West Metro Fire responded to a report of a camper on fire around noon on Monday… Read more…

Generations of alumni celebrate Golden High School’s 150th anniversary

June 7, 2023

By Corinne Westeman
Golden Transcript

What started as Colorado’s first high school with a permanent building in 1873 has become a vast network of thousands of Demons across Colorado and around the world who bleed maroon and white.

So, when the call went out to celebrate Golden High School’s 150th anniversary this month, hundreds of graduates — from the 1960s to the future Class of 2032 — answered… Read more…

Mines moon dust-moving challenge draws international competitors

June 7, 2023

By Corinne Westeman
Golden Transcript

When building up an annual event, the inaugural one sets the foundation, but the second one is the all-important adhesive that the next iterations are built on.

From May 31-June 1, Colorado School of Mines cohosted the second annual Over the Dusty Moon Challenge with Lockheed Martin… Read more…

Mines Robotics Team wins NASA-funded competition

June 7, 2023

By Jasmine Leonas
Colorado School of Mines Newsroom

The Mines Robotics Club won best robot in the under one-and-a-half-kilogram weight class at the Colorado Space Grant Consortium competition, held at Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in southern Colorado… Read more…

City Offices Phone Outage

June 6, 2023

City of Golden

ATTENTION: The City of Golden is currently experiencing an outage with our phone services. Until the issue is resolved, please reach out to the department you need to reach via email (listed below)… Read more…

10 Orediggers end track season on the national podium

June 6, 2023

By Corinne Westeman
Golden Transcript

In his final meet as an Oredigger, Luke Julian left it all out on the track and walked away an individual national champion.

The Colorado School of Mines graduate student won the men’s 1,500-meter race May 27 at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field National Championships in Pueblo… Read more…

Golden baseball finishes historic season as 4A state runner-up

June 5, 2023

By Dennis Pleuss
Golden Transcript

It wasn’t the hardware Golden’s baseball program wanted to drive home with June 3, but a Class 4A state runner-up trophy is one that should be proudly displayed forever at Golden High School… Read more…