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David O. Williams is the editor and co-founder of RealVail.com and has had his awarding-winning work (see About Us) published in more than 75 newspapers and magazines around the world, including 5280 Magazine, American Way Magazine (American Airlines), the Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), the Anchorage Daily Press (Alaska), Aspen Daily News, Aspen Journalism, the Aspen Times, Beaver Creek Magazine, the Boulder Daily Camera, the Casper Star Tribune (Wyoming), the Chicago Tribune, Colorado Central Magazine, the Colorado Independent (formerly Colorado Confidential), Colorado Newsline, 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 Cortez Journal, the Craig Daily Press, the Curry Coastal Pilot (Oregon), the Daily Trail (Vail), the Del Norte Triplicate (California), the Denver Daily News, the Denver Gazette, the Denver Post, the Durango Herald, the Eagle Valley Enterprise, the Eastside Journal (Bellevue, Washington), ESPN.com, Explore Big Sky (Mont.), the Fort Morgan Times (Colorado), the Glenwood Springs Post-Independent, the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, the Greeley Tribune, the Huffington Post, the King County Journal (Seattle, Washington), the Kingman Daily Miner (Arizona), KUNC.org (northern Colorado), LA Weekly, the Las Vegas Sun, the Leadville Herald-Democrat, the London Daily Mirror, the Moab Times Independent (Utah), the Montgomery Journal (Maryland), the Montrose Daily Press, The New York Times, the Parent’s Handbook, Peaks Magazine (now Epic Life), People Magazine, Powder Magazine, the Pueblo Chieftain, PT Magazine, the Rio Blanco Herald Times (Colorado), Rocky Mountain Golf Magazine, the Rocky Mountain News, RouteFifty.com (formerly Government Executive State and Local), the Salt Lake Tribune, SKI Magazine, Ski Area Management, SKIING Magazine, the Sky-Hi News, the Steamboat Pilot & Today, the Sterling Journal Advocate (Colorado), the Summit Daily News, United Hemispheres (United Airlines), Vail/Beaver Creek Magazine, Vail en Español, Vail Health Magazine, Vail Valley Magazine, the Vail Daily, the Vail Trail, Westword (Denver), Writers on the Range and the Wyoming Tribune Eagle. Williams is also the founder, publisher and editor of RealVail.com and RockyMountainPost.com.
I-70 traction bill skids out again, but debate may have increased tire sales
Colorado’s state Senate Transportation Committee on Thursday killed a bipartisan I-70 traction bill sponsored by Vail-area lawmakers Sen. Kerry Donovan and Rep. Diane Mitsch Bush aimed at reducing the number…
CO2’s ‘nasty little brother’ methane grabs headlines from Colorado to California
Twelve hours after Atlantic Media’s Route Fifty published a Rocky Mountain Post story looking at Colorado’s groundbreaking methane rule, The Nation posted a column by climate activist and Middlebury College…
Colorado counties taking sides on issue of transferring public lands to state control
At least 12 of Colorado’s 64 counties have weighed in on the highly contentious issue of whether the state should take over control of federal lands within its borders, with…
Time to stand up to Donald Trump and derail his hate train, in Vail Valley and nationally
It’s important to call out and stand up to bullies, even just verbal ones, no matter where you find them. That’s a lesson I’ve been imparting to my three sons…
Presidential front-runners Trump, Clinton differ dramatically on state control of public lands
The heated rhetoric in recent years aimed at the federal government for its ownership and management of public lands in the West – a trend Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper last…
Beaver Creek, Vail blasted by new snow, more on the way
Update on Wednesday morning: Beaver Creek was again the big winner with 8 inches new overnight for a two-day total of 18. Vail saw 4 new for a two-day total…
Spring skiing at Vail, Beaver Creek looking great as weather pattern shifts
If you’re like me — a total and complete “powder snob” — you haven’t been alpine skiing much since the first week of February, a month that broke the global…
Goodbye Manning, Osweiler, hello Butt Fumble? Don’t panic Denver Broncos fans
So long to the Brockweiler; hello to ” The Butt Fumble.” While Brock Osweiler helped the Denver Broncos get home-field advantage in the playoffs by subbing for the retired Peyton…
Winter weather returns to Vail Valley, takes aim at local ski areas with big storm next week
A nice little blast of winter weather returned to the Vail Valley this week, providing powder days for lucky early- and mid-week skiers and a substantial coating of fresh snow…
Sports Illustrated story provides must-read context in Peyton Manning case
A few weeks ago I addressed a 20-year-old sexual-assault allegation against Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning, expressing my concerns about a case with some ugly implications for the University of…