By scott miller VAIL — The Vail Recreation District and town of Vail invite the community to a grand opening celebration at the new Zeke M. Pierce Skatepark, located inside the Lionshead parking structure. The celebration will take place on Saturday, Sept. 10, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and will feature a ribbon cutting […]
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By scott miller VAIL — The Vail Recreation District and town of Vail invite the community to a grand opening celebration at the new Zeke M. Pierce Skatepark, located inside the Lionshead parking structure. The celebration will take place on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and will feature a ribbon cutting ceremony, food, […]
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By Vera Dawson Editor’s note: High altitudes makes cookies spread in the pan, cakes fall and few baked goods turn out as they do at sea level. This twice-monthly column presents recipes and tips that make baking in the mountains successful. I love late summer in the high country — cool nights, glistening days, empty […]
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By Pam Boyd GYPSUM — A huge plume of smoke billowing north of Interstate 70 in western Eagle County, combined with the National Weather Service Red Flag warning for western Colorado, alarmed local residents Tuesday afternoon.But while the smoke appeared to be coming from the Colorado River Road area, it was actually generated from the […]
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By Krista Driscoll VAIL — Munich comes to Vail for two full weekends emulating Oktoberfest, the world’s greatest celebration of beer, music and autumn. Vail Oktoberfest is free and open to the public, with events and activities for adults and kids. This year, attendees will see the return of many crowd favorites such as Klement’s [&he
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By scott miller In a holiday-shortened week, investors seemed to shrug off their recent concerns about the state of the economy, driving the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average to their best weekly performances since November. Furthermore, the Nasdaq had its best week since July, though all three of the indexes remained down […]
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By scott miller On Dec. 30, it seemed as if the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average might finish in the black for 2015 after all. But then the price of oil fell, as it did for much of the year, taking the stocks of energy companies with it.As a result, these indexes […]
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By scott miller Investors bided their time for most of last week. They were waiting for Friday when, it was hoped, they’d gain some clarity about the Federal Reserve’s timetable for raising its benchmark rate from the speech that Chairwoman Janet Yellen would deliver that day at the annual meeting in Jackson Hole. While her […]
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By scott miller Not so fast! Just when investors were getting comfortable with the idea of the Federal Reserve raising its benchmark rate for the first time since December (and only the second time since 2006), the worst jobs report since September 2010 seems likely to have taken any such step off the table for […]
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By scott miller The latest moment of truth — when the Federal Reserve would again decide whether or not to raise its benchmark rate for the first time since 2006 — finally arrived Sept. 24, and investors were apparently concerned about the verdict.The Fed decided not to act, but after a brief rally on the […]
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