Image of Scarlet's Casino in Central City, Colorado

"SLOWLY." That's how locals here describe how the Crescent City is recovering from August 2005's Hurricane Katrina.

Professional golfer Jeff Maggert says the man killed Thursday in a single-engine plane crash west of Central City was his brother, Barry, of Carbondale.

BLACK HAWK - One person was killed and another was seriously injured Thursday when a single-engine plane crashed in rugged terrain just west of the gambling towns of Black Hawk and Central City.

Below is a rough transcription of the Place 3 candidate forum conducted by News 8. This transcription is normally used for our closed captioning. News 8's Crestina Chavez and Reagan Hackleman hosted the Austin City Council candidate forums.

Raising the casino bet limit to $100, adding new games and extending operating hours would nearly double the state's gaming-tax revenue within five years, according to a preliminary report by Gov. Bill Ritter's planning and budgeting staff.

A newly proposed ballot initiative would ask Colorado voters to give authority to the state's gambling towns to increase casino bet limits, add new games and extend operating hours.