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Crane overturns at Vail Spa, no injuries or damage reported
Jul 23, 2008 —
Vail Town officials are reporting that emergency crews are working to remove a construction crane that has fallen across the South Frontage Road this afternoon as part of a construction project at the Vail Spa Condominiums, 710 West Lionshead Circle. There have been no injuries or property damage. The accident was reported at 12:25 p.m.
Both lanes of the...
Speaker speculation: Dem Rep. Bernie Buescher could be the next head of the state House
Jul 21, 2008 —
Driving westbound on Interstate 70 to spend a weekday with state Rep. Bernie Buescher in his hometown of Grand Junction, you’ll pass a number of Haliburton trucks, a few late-model land-yacht-type cars with bumper stickers that read, “Drill here, drill now, pay less,” and dozens of oil-and-gas derricks dotting hillsides otherwise covered with...
Salazar says ski-resort work visas stalled by immigration debate deadlock
Jul 13, 2008 —
The state’s labor-starved ski industry is banking on an influx of work visas for overseas lift operators, ski instructors and bus drivers that may be hopelessly mired in the heated congressional deadlock over immigration reform.
At a meeting with Sen. Ken Salazar in Eagle last week, the first question from the audience was posed by a human resources...
Body of Mary Brake likely found in Beaver Creek
Jul 10, 2008 —
The body of an adult female was discovered by the Vail Mountain Rescue Group and Eagle County Sheriff officers today only yards from where 55-year-old Mary Brake went missing after a horseback riding accident on Beaver Creek Mountain on the evening of June 20th.
“As we promised, we have completed our commitment to Mary’s family to return her to...
Skyrocketing fuel costs putting squeeze on beetle-kill mitigation in Vail
Jul 9, 2008 —
Battling mountain pine beetles with biomass, or at least turning the lodgepole pine trees they kill into wood pellets for heating homes, is all the rage in the heavily infested high country of Colorado these days, but rapidly rising fuel costs may start to dampen even that market before it ever really gets rolling.
The solution may lie in bringing the biomass...
Vail-area congressional candidate Fitz-Gerald questions opponent's fiscal restraint
Jul 9, 2008 —
Democrat Joan Fitz-Gerald, the former state Senate president and her party’s top pick for Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District, said she’s flattered by the amount of television advertising and direct mail her chief rival, Jared Polis, has been doing leading up to the Aug. 12 primary election.
“I think I’m worth it,”...
Moderate Republicans say Buckleys should come clean about conservative blog EagleCountyTimes.com
Jul 7, 2008 —
A growing number of disaffected moderate Eagle County Republicans are calling for the outing of a former Avon town councilman who they claim is behind an anonymous conservative Web site and whose wife is running for Eagle County commissioner.
Republican Peter Buckley, whose wife Debbie is running for county commissioner in November, is believed to be the...
Vail Resorts, Forest Service officials kick off 'veg management' planning to battle beetles
Jul 5, 2008 —
U.S. Forest Service officials Tuesday acknowledged the mountain pine bark beetle epidemic has dramatically altered the landscape of one of the nation's most popular ski resorts and that mitigation efforts have fallen far short of what needs to be done to assist the state’s beleaguered ski industry.
Pine beetles have killed more than 1.5 million acres...
Fuel load guarantees Vail wildfire will be like Yellowstone with houses
Jul 1, 2008 —
In Vail these days, firefighters don’t talk about if the big one’s going to hit, they say it’s simply a matter of when … and how many multi-million-dollar homes will be left standing after the fact.
“It’s going to come; it’s just a matter of when,” said Tom Talbot, wildland coordinator for the Vail Fire...
Funds for Vail Pass wildlife bridge run down by weak economy
Jun 24, 2008 —
A proposed bridge to breach the “Berlin Wall for wildlife” on Interstate 70 near Vail Pass is apparently another piece of economic road kill, state highway and wildlife officials said Monday.
An $8 million to $15 million bridge landscaped with trees, grass and bushes suitable for the north-south migration of deer, elk, foxes, coyotes and bears...
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