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By Edward Stoner VAIL — A 26-year-old man was in police custody Thursday evening after allegedly attacking the driver of a Greyhound bus while the vehicle was traveling eastbound on Interstate 70 through Vail. The incident occurred at approximately 12:30 p.m. Thursday at mile marker 173.According to witness reports, one of the 45 passengers on [&

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By John LaConte EAGLE COUNTY — The Eagle River has made quite a comeback since the days when it was so polluted that fish couldn’t survive in parts of it.Looking forward, though, a cleanup of a different sort will soon be in order if things don’t change along the riparian area at the river’s banks.In […]

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By scott miller VAIL — Gussie Ross will have a ringside seat to a proposed new festival in Vail. That means she has some pointed questions about the event.Ross was among a handful of Vail residents who attended a Thursday afternoon information session about the proposed KAABOO festival. Attendance was better at a morning session […]

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By Randy Wyrick EAGLE — The Abrams Creek open space deal took 15 years, and was worth every minute, said John Staight, Eagle’s Open Space Coordinator.After Eagle, Eagle County and the Eagle Ranch Wildlife Committee signed all the documents and the money changed hands, a dozen and a half people took a stroll to a […]

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By John LaConte EAGLE — Steve Leigh broke a chain, Halsey Lucas vomited — twice — and Barry Parent crossed the finish line bleeding from the face. The Vail Recreation District mountain-bike town series races are officially underway. Approximately 250 riders took to the dusty trails off Arroyo Drive in Eagle Ranch on Wednesday for […]

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