8th-graders agree with Vail-area Rep. Polis: Pizza is not a vegetable

LOUISVILLE — In a bustling lunchroom here Monday, when students were asked to raise their hand if they believed pizza was a vegetable, no one did. Yet when the U.S. House and Senate were essentially asked that same question last fall, their answers weren't as smart as the eighth-graders'.

And we're not talking abo...
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New study underscores economic might of recreation on Colorado River

The Colorado River provides much of the West with drinking water, water for crops and even water for fracking. In the end, though, it may be the non-consumptive use of recreation that is the river's most important economic contribution to Colorado and the region.

A study released earlier this month and presented at a small forum in Denver makes the case that the river — simply as an object of enjoyment â...
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Eagle County second worst for foreclosure sales in first quarter of 2012

While Colorado’s residential real estate market as a whole is slowly climbing out of an historically deep hole, Eagle County remains mired in the depths of a housing crash that started late in 2008.

Eagle County – home to Vail and Beaver Creek ski areas – was the second worst county in the state in terms of foreclosure sales during the first three months of 2012. Only tiny San Juan County in sout...
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Koch land swap tainted by potential gas drilling, opponents say

Billionaire businessman Bill Koch organized a tour last fall for western Colorado residents to survey property he is offering in a multifaceted land swap that requires an act of Congress to complete.

The idea was to convince the public that a new ranch he'd acquired would make a fine substitute for a stretch of federal land that slices through his 5,000-acre paradise, where he is building his own private fronti...
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