David O. Williams is an award-winning freelance reporter based in the Vail Valley of Colorado, writing on health care, immigration, politics, the environment, energy, public lands, outdoor recreation and sports. His work has appeared in 5280 Magazine, American Way Magazine (American Airlines), the Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), Aspen Daily News, Aspen Journalism, the Aspen Times, Beaver Creek Magazine, the Chicago Tribune, the Colorado Independent (formerly Colorado Confidential), Colorado Politics (formerly the Colorado Statesman), Colorado Public News, the Colorado Springs Gazette, the Colorado Springs Independent, the Colorado Statesman (now Colorado Politics), the Colorado Times Recorder, the Daily Trail (Vail), the Denver Daily News, the Denver Gazette, the Denver Post, the Durango Herald, the Eagle Valley Enterprise, the Eastside Journal (Bellevue, Washington), ESPN.com, the Glenwood Springs Post-Independent, the Greeley Tribune, the Huffington Post, the King County Journal (Seattle, Washington), KUNC.org (northern Colorado), LA Weekly, the London Daily Mirror, the Montgomery Journal (Maryland), The New York Times, the Parent’s Handbook, Peaks Magazine (now Epic Life), People Magazine, Powder Magazine, the Pueblo Chieftain, PT Magazine, Rocky Mountain Golf Magazine, the Rocky Mountain News, Atlantic Media's RouteFifty.com (formerly Government Executive State and Local), SKI Magazine, Ski Area Management, SKIING Magazine, the Summit Daily News, United Hemispheres (United Airlines), Vail/Beaver Creek Magazine, Vail en Español, Vail Valley Magazine, the Vail Daily, the Vail Trail and Westword (Denver). Williams is also the founder, publisher and editor of RealVail.com and RockyMountainPost.com.
Whole learner approach seeks to remove barriers, reduce inequity in education
Transcend Education’s Ryan Hall grew up in Longmont and is a product of St. Vrain Valley Schools and the University of Colorado at Boulder, but early in his teaching career…
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…
Chandler-Henry, Scherr reelected in Eagle County; Boebert beats Mitsch Bush
Democratic Eagle County Commissioner Kathy Chandler-Henry won another term on Tuesday by a resounding margin of 62% to 37% over Republican challenger Thomas Crisofulli. “I’m so happy to represent the…
Regardless of results, boring, predictable CD3 set for big changes next 10 years
Editor’s note: Republican Lauren Boebert defeated Democrat Diane Mitsch Bush by a margin of 51% to just under 45.6% in the 3rd Congressional District race on Tuesday, Nov. 3. Republican…
Please, Colorado, bounce Boebert, Gardner and Trump on Election Day
In 2016, you did not need to be the second coming of the French astrologer Nostradamus to accurately predict the presidency of Donald Trump would be an absolute disaster for…
GarCo Republicans say they differ on personality, style with Trump, Boebert
Editor’s note: A version of this story first appeared in the Colorado Times Recorder. Garfield County is the geographically massive county to the west of Eagle County, stretching from Glenwood…
Trauma of kids in cages, family separation impacting Eagle County families
Gerry Lopez first came to the United States from Mexico when he was four. Years earlier his father had crossed the border into California to work the crops and was…
Hick on Western Slope water: ‘Don’t divert … unless it’s absolutely necessary’
Last month, while touring the Grizzly Creek Fire incident command center in Eagle, former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper talked about the impacts of human-caused climate change on a drought-stricken state…
Colorado Democratic Party chair calls on Boebert to denounce Proud Boys or drop out of CD3 race
Colorado Democratic Party Chair Morgan Carroll on Saturday called for Republican congressional candidate Lauren Boebert to drop out of the race for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District for failing to unequivocally…
Shiffrin has shifted and is speaking out on climate change, presidential politics
In late 2015, at the Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa at the base of Beaver Creek in Avon, RealVail.com asked Olympic gold medalist ski racer Mikaela Shiffrin if she thought…