By Staff Reports BEAVER CREEK — Snow reporter Ross Leonhart is covering Beaver Creek Mountain with updates on ski conditions, weather and crowds. Send your text, photo or video updates using #BCLive on Twitter or Instagram and see them published in tomorrow’s paper. [iframe src=”http://embed.scribblelive.com/Embed/v7.aspx?Id=1002128&a
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By Randy Wyrick EAGLE — A Missouri man with at least nine DUI convictions will spend at least three years in Colorado state prison to rethink his life choices. Patrick O’Brien, 47, has nine DUI convictions since 1990, four from Eagle County dating back to 2000 and five from Missouri, some as recent at 2011. […]
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By Melanie Wong EDWARDS — A Thanksgiving “power-down” project to save electricity at Edwards Elementary School over the holiday break has resulted in an estimated $250 in savings. The power-down started on Friday, Nov. 21, when fourth and fifth grade students in the Edwards Eco-Action Team searched the school to shut down unnecessary electric
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By scott miller EAGLE COUNTY — If you’re headed home today, then you probably know what to expect: Lots and lots (and lots) of traffic. You also know there really aren’t any effective alternatives to Interstate 70. But the I-70 trip can be easier. For the second season, the Colorado Department of Transportation and the […]
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By Edward Stoner Standing atop Ciampinoi at the start is imposing. To your right is the giant Sella Group massif, jutting up like an island in the Dolomites. Behind you is the castle-like Langkofel, its rocky red face blanketed lightly in early season snow. The sheer beauty could easily mesmerize you. As a downhill ski […]
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By Staff Reports KUEHTAI, Austria — Eagle-Vail teenager Mikaela Shiffrin won a women’s World Cup slalom in dominating style Monday for her 11th career victory. The Olympic champion posted the fastest time in both runs and finished in an aggregate 1 minute, 43.39 seconds. Second-place Sarka Strachova of the Czech Republic was 0.80 behind, an
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By scott miller EAGLE COUNTY — The world outside the Vail Valley has been a troubled place this year. Some of that trouble has come to us, but, for the most part, we continue to live in a remarkable place. Still, it was a busy year, far too busy to sum up the news in […]
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By Edward Stoner EAGLE COUNTY — Find a snow-covered cirque on skis, and you’ll likely be taking some great powder turns. “A cirque is basically carved out by a glacier,” said Alex Biegler, owner and founder of Cirque Mountain Apparel,” and they always make for good skiing in the backcountry.” Skiing so good, in fact, […]
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By Edward Stoner EAGLE COUNTY — Find a snow-covered cirque on skis, and you’ll likely be taking some great powder turns. “A cirque is a basin carved out by a glacier,” said Alex Biegler, owner and founder of Cirque Mountain Apparel. “And they always make for good skiing in the backcountry.” Skiing so good, in […]
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By Edward Stoner Editor’s note: This is a weekly spotlight that celebrates a local person who works for an Actively Green 2015 participating sustainable business. Name: Larry Cavanaugh. Job: President, Centennial Bank Vail. Why take the initiative to certify Centennial Bank in Vail as Actively Green? We want to be on board with the town [&hel
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