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Paradise paradox: Vail, Eagle County’s struggle with suicide, depression
By now, if you’re a regular RealVail.com reader, you’ve seen social media posts of my front-page story in Sunday’s Colorado Springs Gazette on mental health issues in mountain towns –…
Birds of Prey World Cup week at Beaver Creek
It’s Birds of Prey Audi FIS Ski World Cup week in Beaver Creek, with training for the top male ski racers in the world during the week and actual races…
As winter returns, Vail remembers a true legend of snow sports: Jake Burton
It’s fitting that winter returned to the Vail Valley on the day news broke that snowboarding giant Jake Burton, who called Vail his home away from his primary home of…
State, local providers pushing for more health insurance choice in Vail Valley
Editor’s note: A version of this story first appeared in the Vail Daily: While policymakers are celebrating a big drop in Colorado’s individual health insurance prices for 2020, they’re also…
Beaver Creek opening early on Saturday as more snow takes aim at Colorado
Despite warm and dry weather the last three weeks following 4 feet of snow in October, Colorado ski resorts, including Beaver Creek, are still opening early for the 2019-20 ski…
Cold smoke: Busting out of Colorado’s ski-town booze rut on EagleVail’s Green Mile
In Colorado, alpine skiing and alcohol seem to go together like Saint Bernards and brandy barrels. In t-shirt shops from Aspen to A-Basin, snow riders can buy boozy souvenirs from…
In rare show of unity, all 9 Colorado lawmakers united behind H-2B visas
Editor’s note: A version of this story first ran in the Vail Daily: There are very few issues that unite all nine members of Colorado’s congressional delegation (see CORE Act,…
Conservation groups rejoice as CORE Act passes out of House 227-182
The Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy (CORE) Act passed a full floor vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday, 227-182, with five Republicans voting yes and one Democrat…
Donovan blasts Trump, Tipton for CORE Act opposition
Editor’s note: The CORE Act passed a full floor vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday, 227-182, with five Republicans voting yes and one Democrat voting no. The…
Yard-sign troll invokes Trump in Vail Town Council election
Vail’s campaign yard-sign-gate just took a Trumpian turn as someone trolled the trolls. Earlier this month, Denver attorney and Vail resident Karen Perez was the subject of “vote no” signs…