By Edward Stoner AVON — On Tuesday in Avon, a group of Red Canyon High School students and teachers spent the morning doing restoration work in the West Avon Preserve. With pick axes and loppers, they turned over the soils, chopped native sage-brush, moved rocks and seeded the former Motorcycle Flats ditch. When the seeds […]
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By By IVAN MORENO Associated Press DENVER — After five debates and months of campaigning, Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper and Republican challenger Bob Beauprez are locked in a tight race. It’s been a contest dominated by clashes over how the state regulates fracking, the governor’s controversial decision to halt an execution and th
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By John LaConte AVON — Sarah Smith Hymes has lived in town for 21 years with her husband David — also known as Ten O’Clock Tile, MacGyver, or Uncle Elbows. The couple raised their two sons, Will and Ben, in Avon with “lots of help from Nottingham Park, the Avon Rec Center, No Se Hagan […]
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By John LaConte AVON — Charlie Wolf fits a familiar profile in the Vail Valley. He’s single, in his mid-30s and has a passion for skiing. Wolf has lived in Avon for eight years, and chose to make his home here because of the healthy lifestyle it provides. “My passion for a healthy lifestyle is […]
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By Edward Stoner SUMMIT COUNTY — Arapahoe Basin kicked off the 2014-15 ski season on Friday, when it fired up the Black Mountain Express lift at 9 a.m. … Source:: Vail Daily Feed
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By Randy Wyrick EDWARDS — Amy Scherm never saw anything she wouldn’t attack flat out, including a party, and that explains her cancer fight. Scherm, 31, is a ski instructor, downhill biker, ginger ninja, and costume contest queen. She’s hosting a Bitchin’ Prom Party as a fundraiser, and not something staid. “Cancer,” she say
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By caramie schnell Through a twist of universal fate, a midwesterner turned television actress and a New York City-born musician both found themselves searching for something bigger and better in the City of Dreams. When they were introduced by a mutual friend and began informally songwriting together, Suzanne Santo and Ben Jaffe quickly realized t
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By Edward Stoner Vail Daily reporter John LaConte ventures into the night at Arapahoe Basin to find out what drives the hard-core snow enthusiasts who camp out to secure first chair of the Colorado ski season. [iframe src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/291UOyU_6mk” frameborder=”0″ width=”640″ height=”360R
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By Edward Stoner ARAPAHOE BASIN — It’s 3 a.m., and a dozen people are gathered in the parking lot and beneath the chairlift in anticipation of the 2014-15 ski season. Legendary snowboarder Nate Dogggg has been camped out here since Wednesday. He predicted, correctly, that Arapahoe Basin would be the first ski area in North […]
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By Chris Freud DENVER — His name is Liam Hurley. But you can just call him, “Mr. Golden Goal.” No. 10-ranked Vail Mountain School soccer finished up the regular season with a stunning 2-1 victory at No. 6 Colorado Academy, the two time 3A state champions, on an overtime goal by young master Hurley. The […]
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