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Red flag recalls revealed as purely political Republican tactic voters should reject
Republicans eager to start recalling “overreaching” Democrats who are simply doing what Colorado voters overwhelming sent them to Denver to do last November should pay attention to the words of…
Dems finally getting something done to start lowering runaway costs of health insurance
State Sen. Kerry Donovan, D-Vail, is rightly focused on the key issues voters overwhelmingly sent her to Denver to deal with last November. One of the biggest issues, for me…
Celebrating the end of a really good ski season at Vail
It appears that the solid ski season of 2018-19 at Vail will go out with a bit of a whimper on Easter Sunday, April 21. Don’t get me wrong, I’m…
FBI says threat is over, but that’s not true as long as domestic terrorists can so easily purchase guns
The FBI says “there is no longer a threat to the community” after Miami resident Sol Pais, an 18-year-old “infatuated with Columbine,” reportedly was found dead near Mount Evans. Of…
Protect Our Winters destroys hypocrisy of non-argument that keeps snow-sports athletes silent on climate change
So I’m that annoying sports reporter who asks athletes questions about politics and policy when seemingly everyone in the world wants sports to be an escape from those things –…
Protect Our Winters, CampSight and late-season powder skiing at Vail
I spent a glorious morning Thursday surfing deep powder on Vail Mountain with the executive director of Protect Our Winters – a great guy I’d never met before who’s originally…
Late-season snowstorm takes aim at Vail, Beaver Creek
Snow-Pocalypse, Snow-Mageddon, Snow Bomb Cyclone, choose your term. It’s supposedly coming again to a ski valley near you starting Wednesday, which is good news if you live in the Vail…
To Bozeman and back via Utah: tips on skiing, sushi, Sundance and more
Based on my Facebook feed, a lot of Vail Valley residents are done with ski season, hitting beaches around the globe during last week’s Eagle County School spring break. Not…
A wet weekend in Sundance as Redford greets Woodward, Barr buries Mueller report
The sun didn’t dance much the last couple of days in Sundance, Utah, but the outlaw spirit of the resort’s bank-robber namesake – Robert Redford’s Sundance Kid – did seem…
Colorado population booms as road funding stagnates, climate warms
More than halfway through the current session, Colorado lawmakers have been going big – tackling everything from all-day, free kindergarten to more local control over oil and gas drilling to…