By scott condon ASPEN — Lee Mulcahy became a household name in Aspen after the former top-producing ski instructor parted ways with Aspen Skiing Co. and complained about some company practices to the National Labor Relations Board in 2010. Despite his local claim to fame — or, in the eyes of some, infamy — he […]
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By Randy Wyrick EDWARDS — Students face more, and more expensive, standardize testing, and this evening a state task force will try to explain why. The Colorado Standards and Assessment Task Force also says it wants your opinions. By some accounts, local students now sit through 31 hours of testing each year, up from nine […]
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By John LaConte On the Hill is brought to you by The Steadman Clinic and the Steadman Philippon Research Institute Vail Daily reporter John LaConte gives viewers on a behind-the-scenes look at the lead up to the 2014-15 ski season, starting at 2 a.m. Oct. 17 and ending at 9 a.m. with a sunny cruise […]
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By John Stroud GLENWOOD SPRINGS — Developers of what’s officially being called the Iron Mountain Hot Springs at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park are wasting little time starting construction, in hopes of having the new geothermal hot springs along the Colorado River open by May. Following unanimous Glenwood Springs City Council approval Thur
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By Ben Trollinger SUMMIT COUNTY — Imagine paramedics in the back of a speeding ambulance, frantically working to keep a patient alive. Inside that relatively controlled environment, they’re pumping oxygen, administering an IV and checking vital signs. Now picture that kind of life-saving intervention playing out on the steepest of mountain
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By WILL GRANDBOIS GLENWOOD SPRINGS — A Silt man was among three people arrested in connection with a series of scams around the country this summer. The hunt began in July, when at least eight gas stations in Eagle, Garfield and Mesa counties fell victim to a three-person phone scam. It ranged over nine states […]
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By Melanie Wong EAGLE — “Today we’re going to learn how to save lives,” Lynn Blake told a class of fourth graders. Not too many classes start that way, but the Brush Creek Elementary students were among hundreds of other kids this month who learned how to recognize signs of sudden cardiac arrest, how to […]
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By Melanie Wong EAGLE COUNTY — The Bright Future Foundation was among a select group of domestic violence organizations from around the country that received a $10,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation earlier this month. The funds will go toward the Foundation’s Freedom Ranch safe house, crisis hotline and especially help with the foundati
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By Randy Wyrick EAGLE COUNTY —Today, we pose the following questions to the candidates for the Eagle County sheriff: Does anyone really care what kind of plaques you have hanging on your wall when they call you for help? How are you going to pay for it? James van Beek, Republican While I certainly am […]
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By scott miller VAIL — The days may be numbered for the plastic shopping bag in Vail. The Vail Town Council last year took shopping bags out of the equation while it was working on a town-wide recycling measure. Now, with the recycling ordinance passed, the council will take up the bag-ban idea at its […]
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