By Edward Stoner VAIL — Snow reporter John LaConte is covering Vail Mountain with updates on ski conditions, weather and crowds. Send your text, photo or video updates using #VailLive on Twitter or Instagram and see them published in tomorrow’s paper. [iframe src=”http://embed.scribblelive.com/Embed/v7.aspx?Id=965551&ThemeId=̶
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By RANDY ESSEX An Air Force captain from New Castle who feared as a teen he wouldn’t be able to join the military and once wrote that “moderation is for cowards” died Monday when his F-16 crashed in Jordan. It developed mechanical trouble soon after taking off for an attack on ISIS. Capt. William H. […]
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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 on Dec. 9. 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 [&helli
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By By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer Lindsey Vonn concentrated on the rolling terrain before her and where she could pick up speed on a course she knows so well. Not once did her surgically repaired right knee enter her mind. Not once did she wonder if that knee — the one she’s torn twice […]
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By Melanie Wong EDWARDS — Edwards’ newest restaurant is not your typical dive, as the name implies. No gritty bar counters, cave-like lighting or questionable finger food options — instead, the fish house, formerly dish restaurant, is a slick new addition to the mid-valley culinary scene that pays homage to seafood and all things ocean. [
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By Chris Freud 1 SULLIVAN Marco USA 2 BAUMANN Romed AUT 3 VARETTONI Silvano ITA 4 NYMAN Steven USA 5 SCHEIBER Florian AUT 6 LIGETY Ted USA 7 DEFAGO Didier SUI 8 OSBORNE-PARADIS M. CAN 9 HEEL Werner ITA 10 FRANZ Max AUT 11 THEAUX Adrien FRA 12 PARIS Dominik ITA 13 STREITBERGER Georg AUT […]
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By Edward Stoner This year Vail and Edwards Rotary Clubs are sponsoring three Rotary Exchange students who are studying in different countries: Andrea Arroyo in Austria, Sierra Trygg in Chile and Emily Duncan in Thailand. These students live with host families and attend high schools where they study in the local language. Both Rotary clubs [&helli
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By Randy Wyrick BEAVER CREEK — Birds of Prey will deliver millions of dollars and television viewers to the local resort community. This week’s event means a $4 million windfall just for Beaver Creek, and 225 million international television viewers. That TV audience will see that Beaver Creek and the Vail Valley have snow — […]
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By scott miller EAGLE COUNTY — Weather forecasting isn’t among the dark arts the way alchemy is, but it is a tricky endeavor. This year’s long-term forecasts are particularly unsure. Thanks to relatively stable water temperatures in a portion of the Pacific Ocean usually responsible for generating precipitation-laden storms, that long
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By Melanie Wong Robert Chambers Gardner was born on Oct. 21, 1957, and passed away on Nov. 26, 2014, after a battle with cancer. He was 57 and resided in both Avon, Colorado and was a resident of Darien, Connecticut since 1996. Bob is survived by: his beloved wife Elizabeth Carder Gardner; his parents Mary […]
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