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By Melanie Wong EAGLE COUNTY — Black Friday and the following days are a busy time for many large, national retailers, but in Eagle County, a number of locally owned businesses are taking back part of the shopping week with Small Business Saturday.The campaign began in 2010 by American Express to show support for the […]

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By Melanie Wong EAGLE COUNTY — Black Friday and the following days are a busy time for many large, national retailers, but in Eagle County, a number of locally owned businesses are taking back part of the shopping week with Small Business Saturday.The campaign began in 2010 by American Express to show support for the […]

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By John LaConte AVON — Ever wonder what it would have been like to attend Woodstock? The town of Avon approved $35,000 in seed funding and use of the Avon Performance Pavilion at Harry A. Nottingham Park for a two-day festival called Coverstock Music & Art Festival to be held June 25-26. Coverstock, a tribute […]

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By scott miller VAIL — This is a story that sounds much worse than it turned out to be: A stormwater drain pipe near Lionshead was found in October to be leaking diluted sewage into Gore Creek. That leak took weeks to isolate, but has now been stopped.Here’s what happened:During a river cleanup in September, […]

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By DALE STRODE ASPEN — Close. So close.How close?Just two gates.Mikaela Shiffrin had victory and history in her grasp Friday afternoon in Aspen, charging to an apparent win in the World Cup giant slalom.But Shiffrin leaned in between the second and third gates from the finish line, slipping down on her side as she lost […]

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By By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer ASPEN — Mikaela Shiffrin was just a few turns from winning a World Cup race at home for the first time. Shiffrin sensed victory. The crowd sensed victory. Even her competitors were basically resigned to her victory. And then she caught an edge and went down with the […]

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By scott condon Lindsey Vonn took a hard fall but escaped injury on her first run of the women’s World Cup giant slalom in Aspen today, putting an abrupt end to her weekend.Vonn had previously said she wouldn’t ski the slalom races on Saturday and Sunday.She was more than half way through the course when […]

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By John LaConte On the Hill is brought to you by The Steadman Clinic and the Steadman Philippon Research Institute. VIDEO: Vail Daily On the Hill correspondent John LaConte reports from the Ledges run on Vail Mountain. Vail received a trace dusting of snow overnight, as well as snow during the day on Thursday, making […]

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By Melanie Wong Being the new person in town can be both an exciting and daunting experience. Lucky for many of the Vail Valley’s seasonal winter staff, they’re arriving to the area along with hundreds of other people in the same situation, so they’re in good company.Joe Lacore, of Topeka, Kansas, arrived in town about […]

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By Krista Driscoll For many of us, living in the Eagle Valley was a strategic move to be closer to the thing we love: snowsports. Every winter day is an opportunity to get out there and enjoy the adrenaline rush of rapidly sliding on accumulated flakes of frozen crystalline water. Whether we use the resort […]

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