By Edward Stoner VAIL — The Vail Recreation District’s Athletic Club at the Westin Mountain Bike Race Series will continue the summer season of racing Wednesday featuring the Hammer in the Hay. During the race, riders will enjoy a variety of double and single track with distances ranging from 3.4 miles for younger riders to […]
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By Ross Leonhart VAIL — Come for the action, leave with a dog.Attendees of the GoPro Mountain Games will have a chance to adopt a Ruff Adventure Dog, free of charge, thanks to dog gear company Ruffwear and Best Friends Animal Society.“They’re higher energy, active, younger dogs that pair well with our customer, who are […]
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By Ross Leonhart VAIL — Come for the action, leave with a dog.Attendees of the GoPro Mountain Games will have a chance to adopt a Ruff Adventure Dog, free of charge, thanks to dog gear company Ruffwear and Best Friends Animal Society.“They’re higher energy, active, younger dogs that pair well with our customer, who are […]
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By Randy Wyrick EAGLE — Local schools will get a little more state money next year, but rising retirement, health insurance and personnel costs will devour almost every dime.The school board approved the 2016-17 budget that sees a $126 increase in per-pupil funding for each little blessing from above. That brings the total to $7,716 […]
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By Randy Wyrick EAGLE — Local schools will get a little more state money next year, but rising retirement, health insurance and personnel costs will devour almost every dime.The school board approved the 2016-17 budget, which sees a $126 increase in per-pupil funding for each little blessing from above. That brings the total to $7,716 […]
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By Randy Wyrick AVON — The easiest thing you can do for hungry kids is feed them, Sara Amberg said patiently.And with that unassailable logic, the 2016 summer lunch program provided by InteGreat! and a collaborative of 30 local non-profits and agencies started Monday.In last year’s inaugural launch, two kids showed up for opening day [&hell
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By Randy Wyrick AVON — The easiest thing you can do for hungry kids is feed them, Sara Amberg said patiently.And with that unassailable logic, the 2016 summer lunch program provided by InteGreat!, a collaboration of 30 local nonprofits and agencies, started Monday.In last year’s inaugural launch, two kids showed up for opening day in [&hell
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By Ross Leonhart VAIL — Participants and spectators attending the GoPro Mountain Games June 9-12 are advised to leave their cars at home and take the bus or ride their bikes to Vail, if possible, as parking will be at full capacity. Check eaglecounty.us or vailgov.com for local bus schedules.Vail Transit will be running express […]
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By RICK CARROLL Amy Engelmann, her husband, Curt, and two daughters had no permanent place to stay this past weekend, so they temporarily moved into the recently opened Element Basalt-Aspen hotel. The parents aren’t jobless, nor were they evicted. But unlike some workers who commute to Aspen from as far away as towns along the […]
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By scott miller VAIL — If you’ve walked from a bus stop to a car parked along a frontage road after a mid-winter ski day, you know that cars and pedestrians can come awfully close to each other. Town officials may approve funding for some fixes as soon as next month.The Vail Town Council heard […]
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