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Remembering John Fielder and his endless photographic fight to conserve Colorado’s wild place
I didn’t know photographer John Fielder was battling pancreatic cancer until I received the following email statement on Saturday from Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and then read this story in the…
Opinion: Time to hit the brakes on Utah’s Uinta Basin oil trains heading toward Colorado River
So much harm would result from the Uinta Basin Railway, but there’s still a chance to block its construction, and it’s not a stretch to say that lives could depend…
Opinion: Fighting for freedom this Fourth of July, and combating censorship and authoritarianism
Image courtesy of United States Holocaust Memorial Museum In May of 1933 in Berlin, Nazis gathered in the streets, built a gigantic bonfire, and burned thousands of books. The books…
Remember when Colorado was the ‘Hate State’?
Eagle County voters in 1992 voted against Amendment 2 (Wiki Commons map). As Republican-led legislatures across the country marshal unprecedented attacks against the rights and livelihoods of transgender people, Colorado…
Opinion: Boebert lied to constituents about why she missed critical debt limit vote
U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, who represents part of Eagle County and most of Colorado’s Western Slope, speaks during a House Freedom Caucus debt limit deal press conference on May 30…
Opinion: Colorado lawmakers, including 3 Dems, kill assault weapon ban in committee crib
Editor’s note: This column first appeared on Colorado Newsline. In Vail and surrounding Eagle County, RealVail.com has for the past decade documented the ongoing debate over private ownership of military-style,…
Opinion: Constitution requires Trump be kept off ballots for engaging in insurrection
There is no serious dispute about it: Former President Donald Trump while still in office engaged in insurrection when he impelled a mob to storm the U.S. Capitol. Also not…
Timely new book ‘Wildflowers Never Die’ follows careers of CIA operatives from Korea to Camp Hale to Laos to Vietnam
While it’s been reported on locally for years, it’s safe to say the lesser-known use of Camp Hale near Vail as a CIA training ground for Tibetan guerillas returning home to…
Opinion: Gun absolutists must become social pariahs
America is a country-size arsenal. There are 20% more guns in the U.S. than people. Americans are estimated to own 393 million of the 857 million guns in the world,…
Judge Luttig from his home in Vail on Trump and Jan. 6: ‘Worst crime … a president could commit’
VAIL, Colo. — Impeachment politics and the possibility of presidential prosecution surprisingly keep cropping up here in Vail, where new Jan. 6 revelations are about as unexpected as an affordable…