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Feds reject Colorado Midland bid for streamlined approval of lease deal with UP on Tennessee Pass

The U.S. Surface Transportation Board — the federal agency that…

Opinion: Blame Boebert, Buck for Boulder

Less than two weeks ago, a district judge in Boulder…

An argument (and podcast) for reviving passenger rail in Colorado ski country

In doing some research for my appearance on Forrest Whitman’s…

Is Sage to Parkdale a train to nowhere or a way for UP to hold onto Tennessee Pass?

Where the hell is Sage, Colorado? And why would a…

Warren Miller film SKI BUM explores family, fatherhood, loss and skiing away from pain

I sometimes feel like the Forrest Gump of the ski…

Feds delay decision on Colorado Midland bid to revive Tennessee Pass Line

The U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB) on Friday issued a…

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Local chamber may move to neutral on health insurance bill after Dems amend

Eagle County’s two local state lawmakers on Monday announced a compromise plan aimed at decreasing the sky-high costs of individual market and small group health insurance coverage in…

April 27, 2021No CommentRead More

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Colorado lawmakers roll out $5.3 billion plan to fix broken transportation system

A broad coalition of state and local elected officials and Colorado business groups on Tuesday…

May 5, 2021No CommentRead More

Neguse pushes new funding to curb wildfires as another fire season looms

WASHINGTON — As wildfires across the United States grow in size, intensity and duration each…

May 3, 2021No CommentRead More

Vail Health submits plans for behavioral health facility in Edwards

Vail Health on Thursday issued the following press release on building a local behavioral health…

April 29, 20211 CommentRead More

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Tech innovation boosts recovery in Colorado outdoor recreation economy

If Colorado’s tech and outdoor rec sectors weren’t inextricably linked prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, they certainly are now, panelists on a recent webcast said. “The marriage of…

April 26, 2021No CommentRead More

Pence’s Vail vacation cost taxpayers at least $750,000 just for Secret Service

Back in December, RealVail.com broke the news that then-Vice President Mike Pence was returning to Vail for a ski vacation. Now, thanks to Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics…

April 22, 20214 CommentsRead More

Colorado leaders call for more reform in wake of guilty verdict in Floyd murder trial

Colorado leaders on Tuesday weighed in on a Minneapolis jury finding former police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all three counts in the murder of George Floyd last…

April 20, 2021No CommentRead More

Boebert, Donovan raise piles of cash far ahead of 2022 election for CD3

The battle for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District seat is widely expected to be one of the most closely contested races on the state’s 2022 ballot — and it’s…

April 17, 2021No CommentRead More

Boebert joins Greene as only two no votes against bone marrow donor program

Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert was one of only two members of the House of Representatives to vote against legislation reauthorizing the National Marrow Donor Program, which operates a…