By scott miller VAIL — Ever since this town upgraded from unpaved streets, there’s been a strong aversion to stoplights — or even flashing street signs. The latter are finally coming to Vail, in the name of improving pedestrian safety.Tuesday, the Vail Town Council voted unanimously to approve the first phase of a package of […]
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By scott miller VAIL — Ever since this town upgraded from unpaved streets, there’s been a strong aversion to stoplights — or even flashing street signs. The latter are finally coming to Vail, in the name of improving pedestrian safety.Tuesday, the Vail Town Council voted unanimously to approve the first phase of a package of […]
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By scott miller VAIL — With one project not quite ready for groundbreaking, town officials are talking about ways to increase housing options for both seasonal and long-term residents. Vail Housing Coordinator Alan Nazzaro for the past year or so has been working on a comprehensive plan to tackle the town’s chronic shortage of housing. [&he
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By Ross Leonhart EAGLE COUNTY — Towns across the county came to life during the Fourth of July holiday, and fireworks lit up the night sky with little incident, according to local police and officials.Fireworks shows at Vail, Beaver Creek, Avon and Gypsum brought crowds to the valley during the weekend.“It was a wonderful event […]
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By scott miller VAIL — A Wednesday construction project at the West Vail interchange along Interstate 70 contributed to a miles-long slowdown on the highway.The work, a guardrail repair project at the interchange, closed the eastbound off-ramp from I-70 into Vail. As of mid-day, traffic slowdowns backed up to mile marker 168 in Eagle-Vail.The gua
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By Krista Driscoll EAGLE — Gear up, dress up, dust off your roller skates and turn up your Walkman: Boulder-based ’80s cover band The Goonies are coming to town Thursday, July 7, as part of the Bonfire Brewing ShowDown Town Free Concert Series.“We may see some incredible feathered hair at this event. Maybe some onesies, […]
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By Krista Driscoll MINTURN — The Minturn Summer Concert Series returns to Little Beach Park and Amphitheater on the banks of the Eagle River beginning Thursday, July 7, with funky grooves from Fort Collins band Euforquestra. First out the gateEuforquestra (pronounced yoo-FOHR-keh-struh — think euphoria, plus orchestra) has an ever-evolving, ene
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By Chris Freud The concept of the Golden State Warriors being relevant, much less an integral part of the NBA, is still foreign to me. When I was living in San Francisco, the 49ers played into January and then we all waited around for Giants baseball to start.The Warriors just reeked. Starting in the 1977-78 […]
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By scott miller VAIL — Yes, it’s harder to park at the Lionshead parking structure this summer. No, it won’t lead to paid summer parking — at least not yet.The Vail Town Council Tuesday learned about this summer’s parking crunch at Lionshead. That structure usually fills on weekdays — the Vail Village structure has been [&he
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By Ross Leonhart VAIL — In partnership with the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, an internationally recognized leader in researching and developing future cancer treatments, the Vail Symposium will present two sessions to explore what is being done to identify, treat and beat cancer.The program takes place July 30 over two sess
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