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By Edward Stoner EAGLE COUNTY — Kimberly Vega’s first good experience with Colorado Mountain College was through the faculty who taught her concurrent enrollment classes when she was a student at Roaring Fork High School in Carbondale.“The teachers had a big impact on me,” said Vega, who is now a second-year student focused on earning [

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By Krista Driscoll EAGLE COUNTY — The leaves have turned, the air is brisk and the restaurants and lodges throughout the Vail Valley are continuing to offer up some of their best specials of the year for the third annual Vail Beaver Creek Restaurant Week, running through Sunday.“This is a fun time of year for […]

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By John LaConte GYPSUM — When Steve and Jessie Klehfoth started the Flying Eagle Disc Society four years ago, they never imagined a season like this one. After registering 165 new members in 2015 and transforming Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater into a course to start the summer during the GoPro Mountain Games, Klehfoth ended the […]

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By John Stroud The pilot and new owner of the plane that crashed Sunday south of Glenwood Springs is an Aspen resident, a former owner of the plane said Monday.Benoit De Lavaissiere bought the 1964 Cessna 182G within the past month, John Elling of Santa Fe, New Mexico, told the Post Independent by email.According to […]

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By RANDY ESSEX A person died Monday climbing on Christiana Peak, near Capitol Peak, the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office said.A news release said the office received a call at approximately 5:45 p.m. from a climber in the Capitol Peak area. The climber reported that another climber had fallen approximately 200 feet and a third climber […

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By Pam Boyd EAGLE — No one is arguing that the large commercial building at 850 Castle Drive in West Eagle is out of character in its largely residential neighborhood.Additionally, residents and town officials are mostly in agreement that a new proposed use of the structure would be an improvement over the business that is […]

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By scott miller BROOMFIELD — The 2015 fiscal year was a good one in the Vail Resorts universe, with increases in revenue, skier visits and more.Company CEO Rob Katz and company executive vice president and chief financial officer Michael Barkin on Monday hosted a conference call to detail the company’s fourth quarter performance and give [&

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By Randy Wyrick EAGLE COUNTY — There’s not always a cure, but there is care.HomeCare & Hospice of the Valley has spent the past 25 years caring for people and families who really need it. The nonprofit organization’s mission is to provide compassionate and dignified palliative and end-of-life care for patients and their families.

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By scott miller Patricia “Pat” H. Barry, 87, of Utica, New York, passed away in Littleton, surrounded by family, friends and her strong faith Sept. 20.She was preceded in death by her husband Leo C. Barry and daughter Kathleen Olson. Together they raised seven children in the Utica, New York, area, before Pat relocated to […]

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By Krista Driscoll There’s a pause as Joziah Longo emerges from the depths of his underground lair, where he’s been furiously scribbling lyrics, digging into the primal Neverland from whence the magical beast that is the Slambovian Circus of Dreams emanates. His wife, Tink Lloyd, warns of his current state of creative delirium.“I̵

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