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By John LaConte VAIL — The Davos Dash isn’t just a race, it’s a tradition.The 33rd installment of that tradition got underway on Wednesday after a thunderstorm on June 22 delayed it by a week.That delay didn’t just mean more time to prepare for the difficult 3.5-mile climb, it also meant that the race would […]

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By John LaConte VAIL — The Davos Dash isn’t just a race, it’s a tradition.The 33rd installment of that tradition got underway on Wednesday after a thunderstorm on June 22 delayed it by a week.That delay didn’t simply mean more time to prepare for the difficult 3.5-mile climb, it also meant that the race would […]

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By Ross Leonhart EDWARDS — More than 700 Eagle County high school students earned college credits this academic year at Colorado Mountain College, thanks to organizations such as the college’s Women in Philanthropy.And in May, 13 students graduated two weeks before their high school graduation with associates degrees, accumulating 60 colleg

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By Randy Wyrick EAGLE — Eagle County’s government will spend $1.3 million for solar panels that they say will save $90,000 a year on the county’s utility bills.For that $1.3 million, the county bought 4,445 solar panels at Clean Energy Collective’s array at the Garfield County Airport in Rifle.That purchase will add another 500

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By Pam Boyd EAGLE — It will be many months before Eagle debuts its new whitewater park along the Eagle River, but this summer, the town will closely follow the outcome for a private business using the current riverfront amenities as a base point.Local resident Ken Hoeve has persuaded the town to approve his business […]

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By Pam Boyd EAGLE — Shopping in Eagle will be a little more expensive beginning Friday.Effective July 1, Eagle’s sales tax rate will be 4.5 percent. That is .5 percent higher, reflecting the results of the April 5 municipal election. In April, by a nearly two-to-one margin, Eagle voters approved the sales tax increase, which […]

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By Pam Boyd EAGLE — It will be many months before Eagle debuts its new whitewater park along the Eagle River, but this summer, the town will closely follow the outcome for a private business using the current riverfront amenities as a base point.Local resident Ken Hoeve has persuaded the town to approve his business […]

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By Pam Boyd EAGLE — Shopping in Eagle will be a little more expensive beginning on Friday.Effective July 1, Eagle’s sales tax rate will be 4.5 percent. That is .5 percent higher, reflecting the results of the municipal election on April 5. In April, by a nearly two-to-one margin, Eagle voters approved the sales tax […]

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By Ross Leonhart VAIL — Jocelyn Kukulka and Britton Ratliff were cruising through Colorado in their Airstream trailer when they decided to pull off Interstate 70 and check out the GoPro Mountain Games this June. The engaged couple enjoyed the action around town, but they left Vail a family after adopting Yosemite, a one-year-old blue […]

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By scott miller EAGLE COUNTY — The Vail Valley is known for its high-priced real estate. But the real action is at the lower end of the market.The local real estate market had a particularly active month in May. That’s according to data provided by Land Title Guarantee Company, which uses sales data recorded at […]

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