Autumn Leaves and Civic Participation
Photo by Scott Burcar
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What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Sunday, Oct. 18th
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day - Stories Worth Telling Film Festival
- All day - Golden Sports
- All day - Golden History Tours
- All day - Church Services
- 9AM-2PM - Brunch at the Rose
- 9AM-5PM - Harvest Haunt Express
- 9AM-5PM - Harvest Haunt Express
- 12-3PM - Howl-o-Ween
- 2PM - Good Night, Oscar
- 2:30-4:30PM - Textile Society @ The Library
- 3PM - JSO Concert: Great American Composers (Season Opener)
- 5-9PM - Board Game Night
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
9AM-5PM Harvest Haunt Express @ Colorado Railroad Museum
The Colorado Railroad Museum’s annual Halloween-themed steam-up event is coming back to “haunt the rails” in 2026! Enjoy the Olde Railroaders Silly Graveyard, "not-so-spooky" Haunted Railcars, a hay bale maze, and more. An authentic, coal burning Colorado steam locomotive will pull trains for the Harvest Haunt Express. More information
Location:
Colorado Railroad Museum
17155 W. 44th Avenue (Map)
March to the Ballot Box
Photo by Chris Davell
Yesterday's March to the Ballot Box was well attended. Thanks to Chris Davell for photographing the event!
Now that you've turned in your ballot....
Photo by Liz Erickson
Are you curious about what happens next?
Election Center Tour
The Jefferson County Election Center in the Laramie Building, 3500 Illinois Street, Suite 1100 (map) at the Jefferson County Government Complex offers free tours to show how ballots are transported, processed, verified, and counted. The tour also covers election security and accessibility. Tours run for about an hour.
Tour Dates
Remaining dates for these free tours are as follows:
Monday, October 19 - 9:00 a.m.
Tuesday, October 20 - 11:00 a.m.
Friday, October 23 - 9:00 a.m.
Monday, October 26 - 9:00 a.m.
Thursday, October 29 - 8:00 a.m.
Friday, October 30 - 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 31 - 9:00 a.m.
You can sign up for a public tour here.
Additional Options
If you would like to set up a group tour outside of this schedule, you can email the Election Center with your request.
If you're over 50 years old, the Front Porch has a tour scheduled on Friday, October 23 from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. You can register for that here.
More Election Center information can be found here.
BallotTrax
Did you know you can track the status of your individual ballot from the time it is sent to you to when it is counted? You can sign up for BallotTrax here.
Now....go drop off that ballot!!
From Parking to Plaza
Last Saturday (the 10th), the Downtown Development Authority held a block party in the parking lot between the Astor House and Miners Alley Playhouse. They are considering turning that lot, which currently holds about 35 cars, into a public plaza.
I went downtown with the intention of attending the block party. Ironically, after circling the parking lot on the other side of 12th Street, as well as Arapahoe Street, Washington Avenue, and 11th Street, I couldn't find a parking spot, so I went home.
Fortunately, they have an online survey so we can still weigh in. They ask a few general questions, like "How did you hear about the DDA," then move on to, "Do you like the idea of converting this parking lot into a plaza," and finally "What features would you want in a plaza?"
If you have an opinion on this topic, take the survey at this link: DDA SURVEY.
12-3PM Howl-o-Ween @ Golden Mill
Spooky season is going to the dogs! Join us for The Golden Mill's 5th Annual Howl-o-ween, an afternoon of Halloween fun for pups, families, and kiddos.
Come dressed to impress for pet and family costume fun, enjoy live music by Wild Goose Chase, meet adoptable dogs, and stick around for costume contests and prizes throughout the afternoon. Bring the whole crew, four-legged friends included, and celebrate spooky season with us at The Golden Mill! More information
Location:
Golden Mill
1012 Ford Street (Map)
2:30-4:30PM Textile Society @ The Library
Spin a yarn at Golden Library's drop-in fiber arts program. Relax with your craft for a few hours while fiber enthusiasts help you through difficult patterns or simply explain a new-to-you technique. All skill levels welcome. More information
Location:
Golden Library
1019 10th Street (Map)
3PM JSO Concert: Great American Composers (Season Opener)
Please join us at the Colorado School of Mines Green Center for our first concert of the season! Information and tickets
- Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
- Bernstein: West Side Story Overture
- Gershwin: Piano Concert No. 1, featuring Ethan Stahl
- Barber: Adagio for Strings
- Copland: Appalachian Spring
Location:
Green Center
924 16th St (Map)
The Golden Word - 10/18/26
Live Music for Sunday, Oct. 18th
- 4:30-7:30PM Rob Wivchar @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
- More Live Music
3-7PM Live Music @ Wrigley’s
8PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar
Golden History: From Fly Ash to Fairway
Coors Smokestack in 1965 – Photo by Bill Robie
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49 Years Ago
Coors to dispose of waste in clay pits
Adolph Coors Co. received a permit to dispose of solid wastes in the clay pits near Illinois and 19th Streets at Golden City Council’s regular meeting Thursday. The company plans to dump 270,000 yards of fly ash from coal stacks and concrete and porcelain rubble in a 30-acre area over the next ten years–the permit is for the initial 10 acres.
Golden Transcript – October 18, 1977
The article explained that the clay pits would be lined to prevent rainwater from leaching through the waste and entering groundwater. Decades later, the filled pits were donated to the City, which used it to build the Fossil Trace Golf Club and Triceratops Trail.
Weather
Overnight: Mostly clear, with a low around 51. West wind around 9 mph.
Sunday: Mostly sunny. High near 71, with temperatures falling to around 67 in the afternoon. Northeast wind 3 to 8 mph.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 49. Northwest wind 1 to 5 mph.
Sunday Night: Partly Cloudy, 49°F
Monday: Sunny, 66°F
Monday Night: Mostly Clear, 49°F
Tuesday: Sunny, 70°F
Tuesday Night: Mostly Clear, 51°F
Wednesday: Mostly Sunny, 72°F
Wednesday Night: Partly Cloudy, 53°F
Thursday: Partly Sunny, 76°F
Thursday Night: Slight Chance Rain Showers, 57°F
Friday: Chance Rain Showers, 76°F
Friday Night: Chance Rain Showers, 50°F
Saturday: Chance Rain Showers, 65°F
News About Golden - October 18, 2026
Coors Family Mixed-Use Venture Completes First Phase
By Mike Boyd
ConnectCRE
The first phase of Clayworks, a 14-acre, six-block redevelopment of the former CoorsTek ceramics manufacturing site in Golden, Colorado, is now complete with the opening of The Pottery, a new 188,600-square-foot office building developed by AC Development, the Coors family’s development company... Read more...
Golden boys soccer takes care of business in 2nd half against Green Mountain
By Dennis Pleuss
Colorado Preps
ARVADA — A barrage of second-half goals lifted Golden’s boys soccer to a critical victory over Green Mountain on Thursday night at the North Area Athletic Complex... Read more...
Supporters
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Sponsors:
($100/month or $1,175/year)
Buffalo Rose, Buglet Battery, Foothills Art Center, Golden Cultural Alliance, Miners Alley Performing Arts Center, The Golden Mill, Golden Chamber of Commerce, Golden History Tours, Miners Saloon, Clothilde Elingbow, Michael Mason, Earth Sweet Boutique, and Colorado Railroad Museum
Friends:
($50-99.99/month or $575/yr)
Tall Pines Painting, Baby Doe’s Clothing, Paul Haseman, Donna Anderson, Carol & Doug Harwood, Stephanie Painter, Greg Poulos, Ann Norton & Jonathan Storer, Mary & Don Parker, The Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Vic DeMaria, Unite Fitness, and Joy Brandt
Supporters:
($25-49.99/month or $285/yr)
Laura King and Scott Wilson, Bobby German and Alison McNally, Forrest Jones, Barry & Liz Bettis, Cheryl & Tom Schweich, in memory of Marjorie Sloan, Chris and Joyce Davell, Forrest Jones, Cynthia Merrill Tamny, Stephen Pero, Meg Van Ness & Steve Kalasz, Steve & Karla Schaefer, Bud Rockhill, Steve Enger, Kristie Brice & Mike Schwartz, The Golden Hotel, Robert Thresher, Tonie Mattox, Steve & M.L. Richardson, Jeremy & Stephanie Keller, AC Development, Golden PT & Pilates, Frank Young & Terre Deegan-Young, Mary Eiberger, and Jonathan Landman & Bonnie Vangilder
Members:
($10-24.99/month or $115/yr)
Brad Miller & Julie Bartos, Holly Thomas, Jim and LouAnne Dale, Ann Pattison, Thomas Hoffman, Carol Abel, Brian Quarnstrom, Sandra Curran, Bobby German and Alison McNally, Kathy Smith, Karen Smith, Carlos & Nancy Bernal, Robert Storrs, Michele Sannes, Elaine Marolla, Dixie Termin & Ron Miller, E Tom Hughes, Crystal M Culbert, Patrick A. Madison, Alice Madison & Jim Kalivas, Deb Goeldner, Christopher Ball, 6th Chair Home Services, Dot & Eric Brownson, Rosemary Coffman, Emeline Paulson, Sandy Schneider, Mark and Cathy Pattridge, Cheryl G Leidich, Jen Rutter, Frani R Bickart, Jennings and Litz, Bill Sedgeley, Nancy Hughes, Justin L Wade, Kathi Eggers, Traci Case, Donna Owen, Karen Oxman, Catherine Skokan, Ross Fraser & KC Gilliland, Lynne Haigh, Elizabeth Hilliard, Kathy Hirons & Jack Markin, Jess & Anthony Monasterio, Heather Duncan, Lee Ann & Pete Horneck, Carol Cameron, Cheryl Williamson, San Daugherty, John and Carol McEncroe, the Golden Welcome Center, the Golden Transcript, Koshare Eagle, Ken and Colleen Krantz, Traci Neuman Lacey, Jo Barber, Jamie Cookinham, Kermit Shields, Meridee Cecil, Colleen & Michael Ramey, Nancy & Pete Torpey, Jax Baker, Simon Maybury, Rose McLaughlin, Cameron Chambers, Joyce Gravina, Patrick Klein, Barb Robie, Richard Caldwell, Sam & Marilyn Baron, Carmen Johnson, Kevin Nichols, Ed & Carol Freza, Laura and Curtis Moore, Ruth Hund, Shelley & Jerry Devitt, Eileen Masterson, Kate Olivier, Amy Korengut, Pam Logan, Clare Shier, Wendy Weiman, Marge Frueh, Edgar Walker, Bivy Beer Bar, Nancy Cooper, Jane & Mike Templeton, Vicki Greivel, Kim McDonough, Carie Chimbel, Peggy Brochtrup, Cindy & Matt Finley, Kelly Fry, Esther Kettering, Tom & Susan Roberts, Vicki Greivel, GoGood Golden, Sandra Dallas, Nanette Johnson, and Ella Lyons & Jeanne Fritch
Followers:
($5-9.99/month or $55/year)
Golden Community Garden, Lora Haimes, Mariane Erickson, J.J. Fraser, Steve Stevens, Vicki Olson, Emily Kurzinski, Peyton Gibson, Sally Berger, Kristen Morgan, Joyce Sutton, Mary Rains, Craig Champlin, Stan Swisher, Bill Way, Chris Toney, Alicia Zimmerman, Tamara Feucht, Golden Brokers, Diane Tiberi, Cathy Larocca, Dave Cole, and Rachael Kenney-Reid
