Solaris at Vail sells 3 units in July, leading slow Vail Valley real estate recovery

Solaris at Vail led the slow sales rebound for the Vail Valley real estate market in July, selling three units at the new residential and retail complex where a high-end movie theater and bowling opened earlier this summer.

According to analysis by Land Title Guarantee Company, Solaris has now sold 12 units at an ave...
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Colorado ski resorts piling on upgrades for 2010-11 season

There's a lot to look forward to this ski season both at home and across the state.

As they do every year, snow resorts are upping the ante with new terrain, technology and other tantalizing winter attractions as they vie for customer loyalty and your hard-earned dollars.

So out with the old 1978 fixed-grip Exhibition triple chair at Arapahoe Basin and in with the new Black Mountain Express, which will cut in hal...
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Tancredo talks sanctuary cities, legalizing weed and why Maes is 'completely wrong'

Tom Tancredo didn't seriously think he would win when he ran for president two years ago.

He only had one mission in mind and that was to force his GOP opponents to take a stance on illegal immigration.

But his run for governor of Colorado is different.

“The difference is when I was running for president, I really thought we had candidates who were competent,” Tancredo told Real Va...
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Sunlight ski area GM seeks county commissioner seat on pro gas-drilling platform

A Republican ski area general manager challenging an incumbent Democratic county commissioner in gas-rich Garfield County says winter sports, outdoor recreation and tourism there are no more threatened by drilling than other parts of the state are impacted by alternative energy.

Originally from Sterling on the state’s wind-rich eastern plains, Tom Jankovsky, the GM of Sunlight Mountain Resort...
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