Eagle County COVID-19 death count increases as officials say behavioral health is deteriorating
Editor’s note: The Vail Daily is reporting that Eagle County, at the direction of the state, is returning to more restrictive guidelines for large gatherings due to an increase in…
As COVID-19 numbers rise locally, Eagle County locals nervous about national spike
Call it expected community spread, a mini-surge, or the steady ramp-up to herd immunity, there is no question that the number of new COVID-19 cases in Eagle County are on…
Vail to open Eagle Bahn Gondola, but cautionary tale at ski fields Down Under
Vail Resorts delivered some good news on Thursday by announcing the opening of the Eagle Bahn Gondola in Lionshead on Friday, July 17 – but at the same time the…
New project allows for continuous rafting from Leadville to Cañon City
Colorado Springs and Aurora – the two Front Range cities that want to construct another reservoir in Eagle County’s Homestake Creek drainage – on Wednesday announced the completion of a…
SCOTUS rules for Colorado, against ‘faithless elector’ who went rogue in 2016
Democrat Hillary Clinton topped Republican Donald Trump by nearly 3 million votes (48.2% to 46.1%) in 2016, but Trump won the presidency by virtue (?) of the Electoral College. That…
Facebook launches voter registration campaign over Fourth of July weekend
North American Facebook users on Friday were greeted with the company’s Fourth of July voter-registration drive that’s part of a push to sign up more than 4 million people to…
Vail Resorts, Eagle County mandate face coverings
Vail Resorts reemphasized its existing policy and Eagle County on Thursday updated its policy for mask-wearing in public to help stem the rising tide of the COVID-19 pandemic. Eagle County…
Mitsch Bush labels opponent ‘a far-right extremist’ as Boebert takes down Tipton
Back in 2018, former Eagle and Routt County state Rep. Diane Mitsch Bush had come as close as anyone to toppling five-term Congressman Scott Tipton, losing to him by about…
U.S. Forest Service seeks comments on proposed Homestake Creek drilling
The cities of Aurora and Colorado Springs on Colorado’s Front Range, working as Homestake Partners, have proposed drilling 10, 150-foot-deep bore holes at three different sites on U.S. Forest Service…
Eagle County amends Blue Square phase of COVID-19 reopening as state holds off on Black Diamond
With a small jump in COVID-19 cases up to 656 as of Monday evening and still no word on its request to the state to move to the “Black Diamond”…