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By Edward Stoner VAIL — Vail Mayor Dave Chapin is alarmed by the ongoing anti-Mexico rhetoric in the U.S. presidential campaign aimed at a nation that accounts for 10 percent of the visits to America’s most popular ski resort.“It’s almost a threat, and we’re not a threatening nation; we’re a welcoming nation,” Chapin s

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By Pam Boyd EAGLE — Two Eagle Ranch businesses benefited from good timing and willing landlords earlier this summer and the result is larger digs for a popular pub and a new coffehouse for local residents.No sooner had 7 Hermits Brewing moved out of its location at 717 Sylvan Lake Road than the new Color […]

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By Edward Stoner AVON — On Sept. 15, the town of Avon will be holding a public meeting to discuss the future street, bike and walkability design alternatives for Beaver Creek Boulevard. Feedback is requested prior to final design work, which will see widened sidewalks, modifications of roundabouts, additional on-street parking, improved storm-wat

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By Krista Driscoll When Joel Schneider first began doing business in Colorado, he wasn’t planning on entering the cannabis industry. At the time, he was commuting back and forth from New York, managing several business ventures in Denver. Retail marijuana sales had recently been made legal in Colorado.“I was living in a hotel, and I [&helli

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By Krista Driscoll AVON — The sport, or way of life, of hunting is ancient and tied intricately to reverence for the land. Our ancestors were hunters. To them, animals were as sacred as life itself because a successful hunt assured survival. Back then, hunters and the game they sought were inseparable; human existence and […]

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By Chris Freud BEAVER CREEK — Theoretically, Saturday’s Battle Mountain Invitational was a cross-country race, but it was really more of a Darwinian exercise. At 8,000 feet and higher, this 5K is a lung-buster and the times are never pretty. But the host Huskies were very much in their element winning both the girls’ and […]

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By Chris Freud DENVER — Eagle Valley volleyball earned a split on Day 1 at the Regis Jam Tournament in Denver, falling to St. Teresa’s, out of Kansas City, Missouri, and then sweeping 5A Fruita Monument.The whole point of tournaments like these is to play good teams and St. Teresa’s was certainly that. The Stars […]

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By Chris Freud EDWARDS — Happy birthday, Coach.Vail Christian volleyball is a very considerate bunch. Thursday was coach Sara Calton’s birthday, and Friday, the Saints gave her some flowers and a card. But the best gift was a 25-23, 25-13, 25-14 win over North Park in the team’s home opener on Friday night at the […]

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By Chris Freud PARACHUTE — Vail Christian football’s debut at the 11-man level did not go as hoped as the Saints fell at Grand Valley, 46-6, on Friday night.Vail Christian has been playing 8-man football for the last 15 years or so, but as school enrollment has increased, the Saints are making the jump to […]

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By Chris Freud PARACHUTE — Vail Christian football’s debut at the 11-man level did not go as hoped as the Saints fell at Grand Valley, 46-6, on Friday night.Vail Christian has been playing 8-man football for the past 15 years or so, but as school enrollment has increased, the Saints are making the jump to […]

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