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By scott miller VAIL — For just about all of Vail’s history, the Christmas season has been seen as the gold standard of holidays, the time when the town will absolutely fill up with free-spending families. That reputation may be dented somewhat this year.Lodging reservation numbers as of Nov. 30 gathered by Destimetrics, a Denver-based [&he

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By Randy Wyrick VAIL — Some of Santa’s helpers come geared to handle anything.Take Monday’s Shop With a Cop, for instance. Kids from all over Eagle County were paired with Santa’s helpers from local police, sheriff and fire departments. They took the kids shopping, brought them back to the Four Seasons in Vail, spent a […

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By Chris Freud OK, we were just hoping for Lindsey Vonn to put two good runs together in giant slalom.Guess she had something else in mind. She picked up her first GS win last weekend in Are, Sweden, since winning that discipline in Maribor, Slovenia, in 2013.In the spirit of all things Star Wards, the […]

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By Chris Freud OK, we were just hoping for Lindsey Vonn to put two good runs together in giant slalom.Guess she had something else in mind. She picked up her first GS win last weekend in Are, Sweden, since winning that discipline in Maribor, Slovenia, in 2013.In the spirit of all things Star Wars, the […]

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By Melanie Wong EAGLE COUNTY — During the “100 most dangerous driving days” of the year — the time between Memorial Day and Labor Day — Eagle County saw nearly one death per week on its roads. That’s a dramatic increase from past years, and some of those deaths could have been prevented with the […]

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By Melanie Wong EAGLE COUNTY — During the “100 most dangerous driving days” of the year — the time between Memorial Day and Labor Day — Eagle County saw nearly one death per week on its roads. That’s a dramatic increase from past years, and some of those deaths could have been prevented with the […]

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By Pam Boyd EAGLE — When it comes to general operations revenue, Eagle finally emerged from the Great Recession in 2015.Sales tax revenues, which make up the largest share of Eagle’s operating money, grew by 11 percent last year after five years of dipping, then diving and then seeing only single digit growth. Now looking […]

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By Pam Boyd EAGLE — When it comes to general operations revenue, Eagle finally emerged from the Great Recession in 2015.Sales tax revenues, which make up the largest share of Eagle’s operating money, grew by 11 percent last year after five years of dipping, then diving and then seeing only single digit growth. Now looking […]

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By Ross Leonhart On the Hill is brought to you by The Steadman Clinic and the Steadman Philippon Research Institute. VIDEO: Vail Daily On the Hill correspondent Ross Leonhart reports from Larkspur and Grouse Mountain after Beaver Creek reported 5 inches overnight and more snow continues to fall. … Source:: Vail Daily Feed     

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By By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer Over the next few weeks, Mikaela Shiffrin will slalom between rest and rehab. Usually so fast on a race course, the Olympic and world slalom champion is taking things at a much slower pace as she recovers from a torn knee ligament and painful bone bruise. There’s no […]

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