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Gardner green washing on GAOA? Many conservation groups don’t care, but call out dismal record

Gardner green washing on GAOA? Many conservation groups don’t care, but call out dismal record

Is U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner engaged in an epic act…

With COVID-19 spreading and election looming, it’s worth asking again: ‘What the hell do we have to lose?’

With COVID-19 spreading and election looming, it’s worth asking again: ‘What the hell do we have to lose?’

Then presidential candidate Donald Trump in August of 2016 asked…

Eagle County 1041 authority looms large in proposed Whitney Reservoir debate as feds slash more regs

Eagle County 1041 authority looms large in proposed Whitney Reservoir debate as feds slash more regs

With Wednesday’s move by the Trump administration to weaken one…

Lauren Boebert: Second Amendment warrior or QAnon Karen?

Lauren Boebert: Second Amendment warrior or QAnon Karen?

Since her improbable and nationally noteworthy June 30 primary win…

Mountain rebound: A look at what it will take for some sense of normalcy in Colorado ski towns

Mountain rebound: A look at what it will take for some sense of normalcy in Colorado ski towns

RealVail.com produced the following 3,000-word cover story for Colorado Politics…

Dean Cummings extreme: A jailhouse interview with ski pioneer, accused murderer

Dean Cummings extreme: A jailhouse interview with ski pioneer, accused murderer

Extreme-skiing pioneer Dean Cummings once said Alaska’s Chugach mountain range…

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Eagle County among unlucky 10 Colorado counties with just one ACA insurance plan

Eagle County among unlucky 10 Colorado counties with just one ACA insurance plan

Kevin Patterson, CEO of the state’s Obamacare (ACA) health insurance market place, Connect for Health Colorado, met last week with members of Club 20 to inform them of…

July 26, 2020No CommentRead More

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VVP’s Romer says failure by Congress to act on economy would be ‘terrifying’

VVP’s Romer says failure by Congress to act on economy would be ‘terrifying’

Chris Romer, president and CEO of the Vail Valley Partnership, warned this week that Congress…

August 6, 2020No CommentRead More

Mitsch Bush blasts Boebert for ties to far-right militia, white supremacists

Mitsch Bush blasts Boebert for ties to far-right militia, white supremacists

Former Eagle and Routt County state Rep. Diane Mitsch Bush of Steamboat Springs, the Democratic…

August 1, 2020No CommentRead More

Vail Resorts CEO Rob Katz asks community to stay vigilant on COVID-19 pandemic

Vail Resorts CEO Rob Katz asks community to stay vigilant on COVID-19 pandemic

With Eagle County COVID-19 cases on Tuesday surpassing 1,000 and the start of the local…

July 29, 20201 CommentRead More

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Boebert may have broken law by letting juvenile carry gun at Shooters Grill

Boebert may have broken law by letting juvenile carry gun at Shooters Grill

Editor’s note: This story first appeared in the Colorado Times Recorder. Lauren Boebert is the Republican candidate taking on Democrat Diane Mitsch Bush in the Nov. 3 election…

July 24, 20205 CommentsRead More

Eagle County COVID-19 death count increases as officials say behavioral health is deteriorating

Editor’s note: The Vail Daily is reporting that Eagle County, at the direction of the state, is returning to more restrictive guidelines for large gatherings due to an…

July 15, 2020No CommentRead More

As COVID-19 numbers rise locally, Eagle County locals nervous about national spike

As COVID-19 numbers rise locally, Eagle County locals nervous about national spike

Call it expected community spread, a mini-surge, or the steady ramp-up to herd immunity, there is no question that the number of new COVID-19 cases in Eagle County…

July 13, 20205 CommentsRead More

Vail to open Eagle Bahn Gondola, but cautionary tale at ski fields Down Under

Vail to open Eagle Bahn Gondola, but cautionary tale at ski fields Down Under

Vail Resorts delivered some good news on Thursday by announcing the opening of the Eagle Bahn Gondola in Lionshead on Friday, July 17 – but at the same…

July 9, 2020No CommentRead More

New project allows for continuous rafting from Leadville to Cañon City

New project allows for continuous rafting from Leadville to Cañon City

Colorado Springs and Aurora – the two Front Range cities that want to construct another reservoir in Eagle County’s Homestake Creek drainage – on Wednesday announced the completion…

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