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The O. Zone: OilTrain vs. SunTrain, who you got? Supreme Court set to tip the scales
Union Pacific’s service map shows a very clear path for Utah oil trains through Salt Lake City, Ogden, Wyoming (Overland Route) and then Denver rather than right along the Colorado…
The O. Zone: Sports, like snowfall and extreme weather, are really hard to predict
Game Creek Bowl is now open at Vail (Vail Resorts photo). Editor’s note: On Thursday, Dec. 5, Vail opened parts of the Back Bowls. Sports, much like the weather in…
The O. Zone: Please bury I-70 burial plan while resurrecting rail
Burying or tunneling Interstate 70 through Vail was in the news again last week, cropping up with the periodic frequencyof the equally fantastical proposals for hyperloop pods or Advanced Guideway System (AGS) high-speed transit connecting Denver…
The O. Zone: Bold Colorado sports predictions for remainder of 2024
Editor’s note 1: One of these predictions already came true, albeit on the high side. Vail was reporting 8 new at 6 this morning and it’s still snowing hard at…
Opinion: It’s up to Coloradans to protect themselves, others against fascist feds
Many people in Colorado are scared. Unified Republican control in Washington, D.C., the result of last week’s election of former President Donald Trump to another term in the White House…
Opinion: Trump win may spark recession if he delivers on deportations, tariffs
As I watched Donald Trump arrive at an astounding victory election night, I was struck by his strong turnout in both rural and urban parts of the country. But I…
Opinion: Keep on Rockin’ in the (Colorado) Free World
Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park (U.S. Park Service photo). Across the country this week, voters sided with fascism, criminality and schoolyard cruelty. But the picture is different in Colorado, which…
Analysis: What would second Trump term mean for Colorado’s energy transition?
Colorado aims to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions 50% by 2030 and achieve net-zero by 2050. Would a second Donald Trump presidency frustrate those ambitions? Not entirely. The energy transition…
The O. Zone: Billionaire publishers scared to endorse, but not RealVail.com
I recently put my Eagle County ballot into a local drop box and a day or two later got a BallotTrax notice from the Colorado Secretary of State’s office letting me know…
The O. Zone: Winter tease, Vonn revival, Birds of Prey blow, more natural snow
Blowing snow at Beaver Creek on Tuesday (Vail Resorts photo). Vail-area residents woke Monday morning to a blast of overnight snow, and by Wednesday it was 65 degrees and sunny.…