By Melanie Wong Over the years, the Vail Valley has become not only a local hub for art and artists, but a national one as well. In both Vail and Beaver Creek, a plethora of fine art and contemporary galleries are only a few feet from one another, each boasting a collection rivaling those in […]
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By John LaConte 1. Check out The Alititones atop Vail Mountain — Friday Afternoon Club unwinds from 5 to 8 p.m. at Eagle’s Nest with live music by The Alititones, a seven-piece band made up of some of the Vail Valley’s musically talented transplants who play an array of soul rocking, body shaking tunes for […]
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By John LaConte On the Hill Summer, brought to you by The Steadman Clinic and the Steadman Philippon Research Institute, brings you a video report about a different High Country adventure every weekday. Today’s activity: Frolfing on Vail Mountain’s back 9 [iframe src=”http://player.vimeo.com/video/100429237″ width=”640
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By Randy Wyrick EAGLE COUNTY — Char Quinn’s dog was poisoned, but is still alive because she was able to rally a veterinarian at 1 a.m. Heather Lemon wasn’t as lucky. Her Yorkshire terrier died after someone dropped rat poison into her fenced-in yard where the dog was secured. The two dogs are among a […]
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By Edward Stoner EAGLE COUNTY — Glenn Davis was recently elected to the executive committee of the Eagle County Republican Central Committee. Davis, chief retail officer of Alpine Bank, graduated from Lake Forest College with a degree in history and has been with the bank since 1988. Davis devotes much of his time serving local […]
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By scott miller EAGLE COUNTY — A combination of low rates, high-end sales and, in places, short times on the market is driving an active local real estate market. But we’re still a long way from anything resembling a boom. The latest data from Land Title Guarantee Co., which tracks data from completed sales in […]
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By Edward Stoner Oops, that bridge to the bright renewable energy future looks a little shaky. Natural gas, after all, still is a fossil fuel — a source we’ll soon enough view as primitive as whale oil and dangerously polluting. That’s not the major thrust of thought as I listen to academics, economists, investors, industry […]
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By Edward Stoner BEAVER CREEK — Rally4 has joined forces with Xterra to raise funds and awareness for The Cycle Effect, whose mission is to enhance the lives of young women through mountain biking, at this year’s Xterra Mountain Championship on July 19 and 20 at Beaver Creek. The organizations will showcase the positive impact […]
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By Edward Stoner VAIL — Bruce Smith, an NFL Hall of Fame member, will be a special guest to honor Dr. Richard Steadman at Rock the Research on Monday at the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater. This year’s event, featuring Grammy Award winner Darius Rucker, will benefit the research and educational programs of the Steadman Philippon […]
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By Edward Stoner EAGLE COUNTY — In a little more than three cultivated acres of Vail’s Ford Park, Betty Ford Alpine Gardens educates, entertains and is considered an iconic summer destination for so many. This spring, the gardens’ success was recognized nationally as one of the “30 Must See Public Gardens in the United States” [&h
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