By Randy Wyrick VAIL — If you hustle, you can still play in this year’s Huskies and Heroes golf tournament.The 12th annual event is set for Friday at the Vail Golf Club.It started as a fundraiser for the Battle Mountain football team, and grew as a way to honor members of the military, said Bart […]
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By Pam Boyd GYPSUM — During a Stone Creek Charter School assembly held this week to celebrate virtues, sixth grader Jensen Rawlings provided a living example of a number of those traits.Generosity, for one. Courage, determination and patience were also in the mix. And all of this came off the top of his head. Literally.For […]
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By Edward Stoner EAGLE COUNTY — A project led by Walking Mountains Science Center to track local recycling and waste diversion rates indicate both have increased every year for the last five years — good news for environmental efforts underway throughout the Eagle Valley. Trends at Eagle County’s landfill, materials recovery facility and
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By Edward Stoner EAGLE COUNTY — A project led by Walking Mountains Science Center to track local recycling and waste diversion rates indicate both have increased every year for the last five years — good news for environmental efforts underway throughout the Eagle Valley. Trends at Eagle County’s landfill, materials recovery facility and
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By Melanie Wong VAIL — Gray skies, chilly temps and an occasional drizzle didn’t deter a crowd of about 2,000 spectators from cheering on some of the world’s top climbers at the ISFC Bouldering World Cup finals on Saturday.The crowd cheered on 17-year-old Colorado Springs native Megan Mascarenas as she climbed to the biggest win [&hel
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By John LaConte VAIL — If the athlete who has the most fun is the true winner in freestyle kayaking, it was no surprise to see the Jacksons on top on Saturday.Smiling throughout their runs, the brother-sister duo of Dane and Emily Jackson retained their familiar first-place position Saturday at the GoPro Mountain Games Freestyle […]
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By John LaConte VAIL — They are two of the world’s best whitewater freestyle kayakers, both fresh from finishing in the top five in Thursday’s Steep Creek Championship whitewater kayak race — one first, one third. Each has paddled off cliffs big enough to make most of the rest of us nervous just watching on […]
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By Randy Essex GLENWOOD SPRINGS — A man died Saturday after falling from a raft into the Colorado River in Glenwood Canyon, the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office said.A news release said Garfield County deputies responded to a call at 12:38 p.m. from a person who reported that a man had fallen from the raft east […]
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By John LaConte VAIL — A little mud and a lot of elevation gain made for a tough day of mountain bike racing at the GoPro Mountain Games.Defending champion Howard Grotts, fresh off World Cup competition, won his third Gerber Golden Axe, as well as $3,000, against a difficult field.On the women’s side, Evelyn Dong […]
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By John LaConte VAIL — A little mud and a lot of elevation gain made for a tough day of mountain bike racing at the GoPro Mountain Games.Defending champion Howard Grotts, fresh off World Cup competition, won his third Gerber Golden Axe, as well as $3,000, against a difficult field.On the women’s side, Evelyn Dong […]
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