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By Edward Stoner Editor’s note: The Vail Daily is running profiles of local nonprofits that are participating in Colorado Gives Day, Dec. 6. Colorado Gives Day is an annual statewide movement to celebrate and increase philanthropy in Colorado through online giving. And for the first time ever, it features a $1 million incentive fund created [

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By Melanie Wong This time of year always feels a bit strange. Maybe it’s the crisp air and the crunch of leaves beneath our feet, or that the moon appears to loom larger in the night sky. Old memories seem to visit us more than usual, and we find ourselves reflecting on lives already lived, […]

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By Chris Freud JOHNSTOWN – Grousing as he came off the field after a quick-kick punt was blocked, Roosevelt senior offensive lineman Nathon Putallaz rhetorically asked if his team’s plays were being taken from a comic book. At the time, though, the Rough Riders were comfortably ahead and went on to win their Class 3A […]

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By John LaConte COPPER MOUNTAIN — Hundreds of cheering fans ushered in the U.S. Ski Team on Saturday, as the team was officially named for the 2014-15 season. This year’s team naming ceremony was especially significant for the U.S. Ski Team athletes and their fans, as many of the athletes named will also compete on […]

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By Chris Freud GREELEY — Dayspring Christian made believers of Vail Christian’s in the Eagles’ quest to repeat as Colorado’s 8-man football state champion. No. 1-seeded Dayspring Christian left no doubt against the No. 8 Saints in a 42-0 win on Saturday at Brazelton Field in Greeley during the state quarterfinals. The Eagles hea

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By Krista Driscoll Snow falls gently outside the windows of Persephone Bakery in Jackson, Wyoming, on a beautifully crisp November morning. The cafe is always bustling, but it’s especially busy now after its two-week offseason closure. Locals line up for baskets filled with brioche cinnamon rolls and croissants ranging from sweet to savory, n

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By scott miller BROOMFIELD — Vail Resorts Monday announced a number of management changes to take place in its mountain division in the coming year, as part of a planned leadership succession. Blaise Carrig, president of the company’s mountain division will step down from his position, but will remain with the company in a full-time [&helli

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By Edward Stoner Few things on this planet can compare to walking in the wild and stumbling across a creature in its natural habitat — be it an elephant in Africa, an orca in the oceans surrounding the Pacific Northwest or a black bear or moose in our local Rocky Mountains. The larger and more […]

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By Edward Stoner EAGLE COUNTY — In the months of Sept. and Oct., Vail Mountain Rescue Group was called out 11 times. Below are summaries of the most significant of those missions. • At 6 p.m. Sept. 1, Vail Mountain Rescue Group dispatched two team members to search for ATV riders that had become separated […]

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By Randy Wyrick EAGLE — A local distillery’s lemons came up gold. 808 Distillery’s Leo’s Limoncello earned a gold medal in Breckenridge’s Still on the Hill craft spirits festival on Oct. 25. “It was amazing to win a gold medal on our first trip to Breckenridge,” said 808’s Claude Seeman. “There were 30 distille

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