By scott miller AVON — A combination of an improving economy, the end of a long legal dispute and a desire to spruce up before the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships has resulted in a host of improvements coming to town through the rest of summer and into the fall and winter. The town […]
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By Edward Stoner EAGLE COUNTY — Very few animals are as continually aggressive as the rufous hummingbird (selasphorus rufus). When they stake out a feeding area of flowers or a feeder with nectar, they are in charge. No other bird gets a chance to feed in that area. They are relentless at defending their territory. […]
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By Edward Stoner As the summer temperatures start to rise and the snow in the high country is only beginning to melt, pikas are already starting to prepare for the coming winter. If you’re not sure what a pika is, it is the adorable little fuzzy alpine dweller that the Pokemon Pikachu was based on. […]
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By Chris Freud Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson really wrecked it for everyone. On Christmas Eve 2011, he ripped his ACL and MCL. Eight months later, he was back for Week 1 of the NFL season and went on to rush for more than 2,000 yards. That was a tremendous feat, so take nothing […]
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By Edward Stoner Hay is the lifeblood of the cattle industry — that was true when the frontier was settled and is true today for cattle ranchers either in Texas, Colorado or elsewhere. Likewise, hay is of utmost importance to the New England dairy farmers as it is for their fellow farmers in Wisconsin. It […]
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By scott miller VAIL — People in Vail’s lodging business are hard to get into one place. But those managers agree that something needs to be done about online rentals of condos and homes. People outside the industry, though, have a different view. More than 20 of the general managers of condo and hotel properties […]
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By Edward Stoner AVON —Preparations for the construction of the Nottingham Park Pavilion commenced this week with releasing water from Nottingham Lake. The water level is being lowered in order to allow for the pouring of the pavilion’s foundation and the settings of structural piers for a large event terrace that overhangs the lake’s
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By Randy Wyrick MINTURN — Firefighters doused a small fire smoldering in the crawl space of a trailer home Thursday. The Eagle River Fire Protection District rolled out just after 1 p.m., when the owner called 911. The fire started when insulation fell into an area where leaky pipes were being soldered. Foam was used […]
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By Edward Stoner Since about 2008, homebuyers and homeowners have enjoyed the lowest mortgage rates in the history of mortgages. Some 15-year fixed programs got as low as the mid-2 percent range for a while. Rates are not that low anymore but they remain at very low levels. For the most part, this was driven […]
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By Edward Stoner Dear Joan, We really like our Realtor, and he has shown us many properties. We like to weigh everything very carefully and if we are interested, then we will look at least twice before making an offer. We finally found a place we both really liked, we felt it fit our budget […]
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