By Edward Stoner VAIL — Continuing to bring hard-hitting topics on controversial and important matters, the Vail Symposium will host John White Monday to discuss education reform in America. White is the current superintendent of education for Louisiana and visits Vail with a lengthy record of vast education overhauls in Louisiana and New York. I
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By Edward Stoner AVON — If at first you don’t succeed, try again. That’s the mantra being embraced by officials in Avon who are hopeful that this November, residents will approve an extension of a tax that failed to gain voter approval in 2013. But first, they want the input of voters. “We’re really hoping […]
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By Edward Stoner AVON — On June 9, The Christie Lodge co-hosted the annual Christel House Open International Golf Tournament for the 11th year in a row, with Breckenridge’s Grand Lodge on Peak 7 and Breckenridge Grand Vacations. This year’s tournament was held at the exclusive Adam’s Mountain Country Club in Eagle and netted mor
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By scott condon EL JEBEL — An El Jebel man is being held on two counts of first-degree murder after allegedly fatally shooting his aunt and uncle Saturday night in their midvalley home, the Eagle County Sheriff’s Office said Sunday. Williams Anderson Amaya, 33, is being held in Eagle County Jail without bond. He is […]
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By scott miller EDWARDS — A year ago, the Family Learning Center in Edwards was on its knees. Today, the child care center is on its feet and walking into the future. In November, the learning center announced it would have to close. The fees collected from parents simply couldn’t keep up with expenses. That […]
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By Edward Stoner There are many things we think are important in life. I believe the most important, is to find our God-given passion. It is our center and the core of what drives us. We need to make sure that passion is an integral part of our life. I see so many people missing […]
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By caramie schnell For an author who lives in one of Colorado’s most picturesque valleys, Suzanne Silverthorn is surprisingly smitten with faded postcards. And yet, Silverthorn isn’t quite drawn to airbrushed snapshots — say, far-off locales like the Himalayas and Serengeti, or even the broad ski trails of her adopted hometown of Vail
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By John LaConte 1. Check out The Hip Richies — This afternoon, starting at noon, Vail Jazz will present The Hip Richies at the Vail Farmers’ Market & Art Show. The Hip Richies are Victor Mestas, Raoul Rossiter, Mark Simon and Bill Kopper. “It’s jazz from all over the place, weird stuff, un-American at times. […]
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By RANDY ESSEX GLENWOOD SPRINGS — Authorities arrested a man in Glenwood Springs early this morning after a double slaying late Saturday in El Jebel. Eagle County authorities said in a news release that they were notified at 11:17 p.m. of a shooting at 160 Arapahoe in the El Jebel area of unincorporated Eagle County. […]
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By caramie schnell Editor’s note: This is the third installment in a travel series on Myanmar. Visit www.vaildaily.com to read the first two stories. Our first breakfast at the Myanmar Beauty Guesthouse in the ancient Burmese capital of Taungoo is an elaborate surprise. The owners, a doctor and his wife, seem unable to do enough […]
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