By Ross Leonhart EAGLE COUNTY — Some call them hard hats; others call them brain buckets. Whatever the term, helmets are proving to be hip across the nation.According to the National Ski Areas Association, helmet usage has increased for the 13th straight year, from 25 percent of skiers and snowboarders using helmets in 2002 to […]
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By Chris Freud One of the great traditions of all things Battle Mountain and Eagle Valley is that the two schools are constantly shadowboxing each other.The first question I get after a game from any Battle Mountain coach or player, regardless the sport, is, “How did Eagle Valley do?” (And vice-versa.)If every kid in this […]
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By scott miller AVON — Vail Valley Medical Center has started been renovated and re-arranged any number of times in its 50 years. Now, work has begun on the biggest expansion yet, a $200 million, four-year project at the hospital’s main campus in Vail.Vail Valley Medical Center CEO Doris Kirchner every year hosts several “state […]
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By Randy Wyrick EAGLE — The school district has said clearly and repeatedly that it needs more money, and would likely ask you for it.Determining how much and how it would be spent is the goal of four town hall meetings scheduled over the next two weeks.“As we consider the viability of a possible bond […]
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By Randy Wyrick EAGLE — The school district has said clearly and repeatedly that it needs more money and will likely ask you for it.Determining how much and how it would be spent is the goal of four town hall meetings scheduled over the next two weeks.“As we consider the viability of a possible bond […]
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By Ross Leonhart Board: Minturn Town Council, evening meeting, Jan. 20.Present: George Brodin, Shelley Bellm, Earle Bidez, Jason Osborne, John Rosenfeld, Matt Scherr and Mayor Hawkeye Flaherty.Issue: Term limits for mayor and council members.What they talked about: While all of the council members are for term limits, the majority concluded that th
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By Edward Stoner Got a quick Hit or Miss about issues, decisions or goings-on in the valley? Send yours to editor@vaildaily.com to be included.MISS: From a reader to “allowing your dog to chase wildlife.”HIT: To the Broncos clawing their way to another Super Bowl. Just enough offense and just enough defense, and there you go. […]
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By Edward Stoner An assumption could be made that Coloradans are more attuned to their weather surroundings than are most other people in the country. That’s why the words “El Nino” inspire such a sense of hope and anticipation when uttered to the wishful ears of ski-hungry Coloradans. Instead of visions of sugarplums, it’s visions
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By John LaConte EAGLE — For an event that only invites one person per sport per gender per country, Eagle County will be well represented in the 2016 Youth Olympic Games.The Youth Olympic Games take place in Norway Feb. 12-21, in many of the same venues that were used in the 1994 Olympic Games. Dubbed […]
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By Krista Driscoll EAGLE — Teens, is there a type of story you crave? When you finish reading one, do you search for another like it? Or is there a type of story you wish someone had written? Local award-winning author Heather Sappenfield will reveal how authors create story elements you love, and then show […]
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