By scott miller Government trackerBoard: Vail Town Council.Meetings: Dec. 15 council retreat, work session, evening meeting.Present: Kevin Foley, Greg Moffet, Jenn Bruno, Kim Langmaid, Jen Mason, Dick Cleveland, Mayor Dave Chapin.What they talked about: At a morning council retreat and the Grand View room in the Lionshead parking structure, council
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By scott miller VAIL — Unless there’s a world championship ski event in the valley, the Burton U.S. Open Snowboarding Championships is about the biggest on-snow show around. That show is going to get a big bigger.A team from Burton Snowboards Tuesday presented the Vail Town Council with an update on the 2016 event, scheduled […]
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By Ross Leonhart AVON — Eagle County has a new electric vehicle charging station in Avon, expanding the ability and incentive to drive electric cars across the valley.Walking Mountains Science Center in Avon secured a grant from Colorado Energy Office’s Charge Ahead Colorado program in November and quickly installed the charging station at
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By Randy Wyrick EAGLE — Sandy Mutchler earned another MBA, and this one almost no one achieves. Mutchler, chief operating officer with the Eagle County school district, and Chelsey Gerard, the school district’s director of finance, were among a handful of school financial officers across the nation to earn a Meritorious Budget Award.For the
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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: With powdery conditions underfoot on Vail Mountain, On the Hill correspondent John LaConte reports from the Heavy Metal trees in Blue Sky Basin, where the snow is light and soft. Vail Daily reporter John […]
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By Randy Wyrick BEAVER CREEK — One still stands during the “Hallelujah” chorus, for lots of very good reasons.First, it’s tradition.Second, it’s late in the show and you’ve already been sitting for a couple of hours, so standing will do you some good.And third, if you stand during the “Hallelujah” chorus, you’re al
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By Krista Driscoll BEAVER CREEK — The Beaver Creek Winter Culinary Weekend returns Jan. 21-24 with a mountain of culinary adventures.Spanning four days, visitors will create a customized menu of food, wine, spirit and mountain experiences, featuring internationally renowned guest chefs and celebrated host chefs, hands-on cooking demonstrations, d
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By Krista Driscoll ❝Here we come a-wassailing among the leaves so green,Here we come a-wandering so fair to be seen.”Whilst green leaves are nary to be seen in Vail this time of year, the sentiments ring true of this time-honored English holiday tradition of wassailing — singing carols door-to-door in exchange for a drink from […]
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