By scott miller There are just three men on Colorado’s death row, but don’t be surprised if the death penalty becomes a significant part of this fall’s gubernatorial campaign. Gov. John Hickenlooper brought attention to the issue in May 2013 when he indefinitely delayed the execution of Nathan Dunlap, a man convicted of the brutal
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By Edward Stoner Last year, Eagle County School started its first Insider’s Academy. The premise was simple: seven two-hour classes during the course of the school year with each one focused on a particular part of our operations. The outcome was amazing! We had 22 “Insiders” that included PTA and PTO presidents, parents, business owners,
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By Edward Stoner In the aftermath of the Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson, Missouri, a grand jury will be convened. What, though, does that mean? What discrete and special functions does a grand jury serve? Grand juries are, in essence, investigative bodies. There are both federal grand juries and state grand juries, which deal exclusively [&hell
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By John LaConte VAIL — It’s called pickleball, and if you haven’t heard of it yet, don’t worry. It’s easy to learn. Once you do learn, though, you’re probably going to want to play it all the time, says local Joe Rink. Rink picked up the sport a few years ago in Arizona, and now […]
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By caramie schnell Question: I have been hearing a lot about athletes getting PRP injections. Do these work? Answer: Platelet rich plasma (PRP) has been used to treat dermatologic and maxillofacial conditions since the 1950s, but only recently has it been used to treat orthopedic conditions. PRP is a sample of ones own blood where […]
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By caramie schnell It’s been 10 years since Napoleon Dynamite stuffed his cargo pants full of tater tots in his high school cafeteria in the movie by the same name. Tots have been a cafeteria staple for, what seems like, as long as school lunch has existed, along with mac ‘n’ cheese, pizza, mystery meat […]
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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: Seeing how a newlywed couple spends an afternoon at Vail [iframe src=”http://player.vimeo.com/video/104361612″
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By Edward Stoner AVON — Ten residents are running for four available seats on the Avon Town Council, officials said Monday. The candidates are Thomas Beaver, Thomas Austin “Tab” Bonidy, Peter Buckley, Megan Burch, Matt Gennett, Angelo Loria, John Minervini, Scott Prince, Sarah Smith Hymes and Charlie Wolf. Each candidate filed a nomination pe
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By John LaConte EDWARDS — This season, the U.S. Snowboarding Team will take a page out of alpine skiing’s playbook and use a development squad to grow young athletes. In July, local resident Meghan Tierney learned she was the only female named to that team. Tierney, 17, has seen quite a bit of success in […]
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By Edward Stoner Last week, I discussed how to provide the right opportunities for youth to excel at sports. I illustrated the importance of having a healthy dose of variety when it comes to participation in sports; too much specialization in one sport isn’t optimal for youth. They need diversity to increase their motor learning […]
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