By Pam Boyd EAGLE —The Eagle Town Board spent nearly 12 hours in executive session last year.That’s more than three times the amount of time that the 2013 town board spent behind closed doors and more than six times the amount of time the 2011 board adjourned. It’s also more than twice the amount of […]
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By scott miller EAGLE COUNTY — Skiing is king in the Vail Valley — always has been. But will it always be so? Winter sports will probably always dominate the Vail Valley’s economy. Despite years of effort, the town of Vail collects about 70 percent of its annual sales taxes during the ski season. That […]
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By Melanie Wong AVON – An unattended pan left on the stove overheated and caused a grease fire, displacing the residents of two Avon apartments last night. At approximately 8 p.m., Eagle River Fire Protection District (ERFPD) was dispatched to a report of a sprinkler flow alarm at the Buffalo Ridge apartments on Swift Gulch […]
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By John LaConte On the Hill is brought to you by The Steadman Clinic and the Steadman Philippon Research Institute. VIDEO: Vail Daily On the Hill correspondent John LaConte reports from Siberia Bowl on Vail Mountain, which has received nearly 2 feet of new snow in the last week. Vail Daily reporter John LaConte uses […]
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By Randy Wyrick EAGLE – Mountain Valley Horse Rescue has been quietly running a capital campaign since spring 2014.That “yee haw!” you heard was the joyful noise of them busting out of the silent phase, after they got word that the Shaw Family Foundation was granting them $1 million. Their goal is to raise $2 […]
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By Melanie Wong In human relationships, sometimes things go bad. Particularly volatile, it seems, are intimate relationships, at times between friends or business partners, but more often when domestic bonds take a turn for the worse. Too often, there is violence and/or threats. Commonly, when a former love finds a new paramour, passions can erupt.
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By Krista Driscoll AVON — Explore the depths of deep relaxation and tranquility by dropping below your thinking mind and entering a zero-stress zone with the Yoga Nidra workshop on Sunday, Jan. 3, at Synergy Center for Wellness in Avon.According to The American Institute of Stress, stress is the leading cause of disease. It is […]
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By scott miller EAGLE COUNTY — Technology is changing the way traffic stops are handled by several law enforcement agencies in Eagle County. Local law enforcement is moving forward with implementing an electronic citation system to streamline the process of issuing warnings and citations, as well as exporting the information to the State of Color
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By John LaConte EAGLE COUNTY — There are some places in the high country where a good Internet business is just not feasible. Red Cliff is the prime example, where the web is scarce. But for the most part, service has been upgraded in our region enough over the past few years to the point […]
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By Pam Boyd EAGLE — It’s now covered in a blanket of snow, but the Eagle County BMX track in Eagle saw its share of excitement during 2015 and the site even produced a Grand National champion.Benno Scheidegger, 10, of West Vail regularly treks down to Eagle with his dad, also named Benno, and sister […]
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