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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…
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.…
The O. Zone: Please consider supporting more local news, signing up for alerts
The two questions I get the most from Real Vail readers are can you please cover a particular local issue, and is there a way for me to know when…
The O. Zone: Paddleboarding past oil trains like whistling past graveyards
A pair of paddleboarders navigate the Upper Colorado River between Roundup River Ranch and Dotsero over Labor Day weekend with a Burlington Northern Santa Fe oil train in the background…
The O. Zone: Silencing discussion of political violence is not how we end it
The Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in 2021. So you don’t think Donald Trump’s well documented and closely studied War on the Press is a big deal? In fact, you…
The O. Zone: Why we need more on Israel, SCOTUS reform from Harris at DNC
Nearly eight years ago on this site, I asked young voters to “think about [Donald] Trump picking the next Supreme Court justice, who will likely be the deciding factor in whether [President…