‘Lawyers, guns and money’: Colorado railroad wars heat up over Tennessee Pass
Warren Zevon sang it best: “Send lawyers, guns and money,” he bellowed in his hit song of the same title. He might have thrown in “public affairs consultants and politicians”…
Boebert scrutiny intensifies as House impeaches Trump historic second time
U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, a Silt Republican whose district includes most of Eagle County, delivered a fiery and sometimes head-scratching speech on the House floor Wednesday as the U.S. House…
Neguse named impeachment manager as Boebert faces mounting criticism for riot
Lafayette Democrat Joe Neguse, whose Second Congressional District stretches from the Front Range up into the northern Colorado Rockies to include Vail and the eastern third of Eagle County, will…
Two companies hope to revive passenger, freight rail service on Tennessee Pass Line
A pair of railroad companies are competing to reactivate Union Pacific’s inactive Tennessee Pass Line from Dotsero to Pueblo, using both passenger and freight service to garner community support along…
Eagle Valley High School goes remote as COVID-19 scraps BMHS football game
Editor’s note: On Wednesday, Eagle County Schools reversed its decision and reinstated Battle Mountain’s game with Eagle Valley on Friday. Eagle County Schools on Tuesday put out the following press…
Eagle County 1041 authority looms large in proposed Whitney Reservoir debate as feds slash more regs
With Wednesday’s move by the Trump administration to weaken one of the nation’s bedrock conservation laws – the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) – all eyes will increasingly be on…
Polis asked by small business to support Big Tech during COVID-19 crisis
A group of more than 150 small business owners from across Colorado is urging Gov. Jared Polis to support their efforts to keep digital technology tools free or low-cost during…
Mountain rebound: A look at what it will take for some sense of normalcy in Colorado ski towns
RealVail.com produced the following 3,000-word cover story for Colorado Politics analyzing the challenges facing Colorado ski towns during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This is a short excerpt. For the full…
Polis says Eagle County could see easing of stay-at-home restrictions
Gov. Jared Polis on Monday announced Eagle County would likely be Colorado’s first county to see some relaxing of state stay-at-home restrictions after dramatically flattening the COVID-19 curve in recent…
Big week of snow ahead of MLK Day weekend, Amex pop-up event in Vail
Vail and Beaver Creek have stayed soft the last few days, with six inches or so of new snow falling since Thursday, and heavier amounts are in the forecast for…