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Feds reject Colorado Midland bid for streamlined approval of lease deal with UP on Tennessee Pass

The U.S. Surface Transportation Board — the federal agency that…

Opinion: Blame Boebert, Buck for Boulder

Less than two weeks ago, a district judge in Boulder…

An argument (and podcast) for reviving passenger rail in Colorado ski country

In doing some research for my appearance on Forrest Whitman’s…

Is Sage to Parkdale a train to nowhere or a way for UP to hold onto Tennessee Pass?

Where the hell is Sage, Colorado? And why would a…

Warren Miller film SKI BUM explores family, fatherhood, loss and skiing away from pain

I sometimes feel like the Forrest Gump of the ski…

Feds delay decision on Colorado Midland bid to revive Tennessee Pass Line

The U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB) on Friday issued a…

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Neguse pushes new funding to curb wildfires as another fire season looms

WASHINGTON — As wildfires across the United States grow in size, intensity and duration each summer, members of Congress from the West are pushing for massive new investments…

May 3, 2021No CommentRead More

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Eagle County offers Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines to children ages 12-15

Eagle County on Wednesday issued the following press release on the federal approval of the…

May 12, 2021No CommentRead More

Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine available Thursday in Vail for anyone 12 and older

Monday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the use of the Pfizer COVID-19…

May 11, 2021No CommentRead More

Colorado lawmakers roll out $5.3 billion plan to fix broken transportation system

A broad coalition of state and local elected officials and Colorado business groups on Tuesday…

May 5, 2021No CommentRead More

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Vail Health submits plans for behavioral health facility in Edwards

Vail Health on Thursday issued the following press release on building a local behavioral health crisis facility in Edwards: When adolescents and adults experience a behavioral health crisis…

April 29, 20211 CommentRead More

Local chamber may move to neutral on health insurance bill after Dems amend

Eagle County’s two local state lawmakers on Monday announced a compromise plan aimed at decreasing the sky-high costs of individual market and small group health insurance coverage in…

April 27, 2021No CommentRead More

Tech innovation boosts recovery in Colorado outdoor recreation economy

If Colorado’s tech and outdoor rec sectors weren’t inextricably linked prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, they certainly are now, panelists on a recent webcast said. “The marriage of…

April 26, 2021No CommentRead More

Pence’s Vail vacation cost taxpayers at least $750,000 just for Secret Service

Back in December, RealVail.com broke the news that then-Vice President Mike Pence was returning to Vail for a ski vacation. Now, thanks to Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics…

April 22, 20214 CommentsRead More

Colorado leaders call for more reform in wake of guilty verdict in Floyd murder trial

Colorado leaders on Tuesday weighed in on a Minneapolis jury finding former police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all three counts in the murder of George Floyd last…

April 20, 2021No CommentRead More

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