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Bluegrass and Vikings: The Annual Ullrgrass Festival Returns to Golden

By Justin Criado
Westword

Winter weather in the Rockies is unpredictable. For many, the latest polar vortex that brought subzero temperatures and a blanket of snow to the Front Range served as a good excuse to avoid the outdoors.

But in Golden, where recent highs peaked in the single digits, a group of modern-day Vikings is preparing to celebrate the reason for the season with the annual UllrGrassfestival... Read more...

Avenue Flashes: Take to Golden by storm for the UllrGrass Festival

By John Akal
Golden Transcript

In the ancient texts of the Norse Eddas lives one character who has almost faded into obscurity. He was the stepson of Thor, the Thunder God, and was himself a Norse deity associated with winter, archery and skiing who holds a significant place in the mythology surrounding seasonal changes... Read more...

City of Golden Weekly Digest

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Colorado Cowboy Gathering performers, organizers reflect on importance of Western lifestyle, storytelling

By Corinne Westeman
Golden Transcript

...Over the Jan. 17-19 weekend, the Colorado Cowboy Gathering returned to Golden for its annual shows at the Buffalo Rose. This year’s show featured 10 musical and poetry acts from four states... Read more...

Suspect shot by officers in multi-jurisdiction incident near Casa Bonita Tuesday

By Heather Willard
Fox 31

DENVER (KDVR) — Golden and Denver officers fired at a suspect, hitting him at least once on Tuesday evening and sending the suspect to the hospital, said the Lakewood Police Department... Read more...

Man shot by Golden, Denver police officers after foot chase in Lakewood near West Colfax Avenue

By Katie Langford and Lauren Penington
Denver Post

A man wanted on suspicion of vehicular eluding was injured Tuesday in a shooting with Denver and Golden police during a foot chase near West Colfax Avenue in Lakewood... Read more...

The Coldest Place in the Known Universe Is at the Colorado School of Mines

By Hannah Metzger
Westword

To find temperatures 270 times colder than deep space, look no further than Golden, Colorado.

Researchers with Maybell Quantum have developed a new type of dilution refrigerator in collaboration with students and alumni from the Colorado School of Mines... Read more...

Sterbick resigns as Mines football’s head coach

By Corinne Westeman
Golden Transcript

Pete Sterbick has resigned as Colorado School of Mines’ head football coach to accept a coaching job at another university, Mines officials announced Jan. 21... Read more...

Rebecca Mitchell ‘02 MS ‘07 appointed to Mines Board of Trustees

By Emilie Rusch
Colorado School of Mines Newsroom

Rebecca Mitchell ‘02 MS ‘07 has been appointed to the Colorado School of Mines Board of Trustees by Gov. Jared Polis.

A Mines alum, Mitchell will serve a four-year term on the board through December 2028... Read more...

Mike Mooney inducted into National Academy of Construction

Colorado School of Mines Newsroom

Mike Mooney, Bruce E. Grewcock Distinguished Chair Professor of Underground Construction & Tunneling at Colorado School of Mines, has been inducted into the National Academy of Construction... Read more...

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