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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By Chris Freud EDWARDS — All. The. Way. Back. The Eagle Valley volleyball team has come full circle, beating Battle Mountain, 22-25, 25-22, 25-13, 26-24, on Thursday night in Edwards to surge into the lead in the Western Slope. “It was awesome. I think we play for more than just what’s in this room obviously,” […]
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By WILL GRANDBOIS EAGLE COUNTY — A lawsuit against Vermont’s first-in-the-nation law requiring genetically modified food to be labeled hasn’t daunted supporters of Colorado Proposition 105, but as Election Day draws closer and ballots arrive in the mail, it remains controversial on both a state and local level. At a debate earlier in
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By Randy Wyrick VAIL — We’ll start with the finish. Hundreds gathered Thursday at Mountain Standard to celebrate the short and adventurous life of Jarod Wetherell. As a slide show wound down — and everyone in the crowd wished it would not end, because when it did, Jarod’s death would become real — there was […]
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By Edward Stoner EAGLE — After operating out of a temporary retail space and two warehouses for the past eight months, the Habitat ReStore will move back to its previous location at 751 Chambers Ave. in Eagle on Saturday at 10 a.m. The ReStore was displaced earlier in the year after a heavy snowfall, which […]
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By scott miller VAIL — The Town of Vail has been recognized as a recipient of a 2014 SHIFT Sustainability Award for its Environmental Sustainability Strategic Plan. The plan includes the community wide recycling ordinance that became effective in July. SHIFT is an annual festival held in Jackson Hole that celebrates the future of conservation. [&
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By Edward Stoner VAIL — The town of Vail’s free tree give-away returns Friday with the annual Trees for Vail event. Residents who show proof of Vail residency or home ownership will be eligible to pick up one free tree to be planted within the town. The give-away will take place from 8 a.m. to […]
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