By Melanie Wong VAIL — A wildfire broke out a quarter mile up Red Sandstone Road in Vail on Monday. Responders received the call at 1:15 p.m., when smoke was reported on U.S. Forest Service land above Potato Patch Road. Crews from the Greater Eagle Fire Protection District, the Eagle River Fire District, the U.S. […]
By Melanie Wong VAIL — A wildfire broke out a quarter mile up Red Sandstone Road in Vail on Monday. Responders received the call at 1:15 p.m., when smoke was reported on U.S. Forest Service land above Potato Patch Road. Crews from the Greater Eagle Fire Protection District, the Eagle River Fire District, the U.S. […]
By Melanie Wong EAGLE COUNTY — When Denver-based mountaineer Andrew Hamilton asked several friends if they’d support him on a record-breaking speed ascent of all of the state’s 14ers, they responded without hesistation: “Yes!” Edwards residents Kim Siedlaczek and Andrea Sansone, along with several other friends, Hamilton’s m
By John LaConte On the Hill Summer, brought to you by The Steadman Clinic and the Steadman Philippon Research Institute, brings you a video report about a different High Country adventure every weekday. Today’s activity: Mountain bike riding on the Two Elk Trail from Outer Mongolia Bowl to Minturn [iframe src=”http://player.vimeo.com/vi
By Randy Wyrick EAGLE COUNTY — CDOT is adding a third lane — sort of — on eastbound Interstate 70 that should help ease traffic bottlenecks. The Peak Period Shoulder Lane project is designed to provide short-term relief for eastbound motorists when traffic congestion makes you curse Henry Ford for inventing the mass production automobile [&he
By scott miller VAIL — George Shaeffer Construction Company has announced a new name for the firm: Shaeffer Hyde Construction. The name change coincides with the company’s 35th anniversary; it acknowledges the partnership and leadership of David Hyde, president of the firm. A U.S. Green Building Council LEED-Accredited Professional, Hyde ha
By scott miller • Business name: Zibby’s Ice Cream. • Location: 421 Main St., Minturn. • Date opened: June 6. • Owner: Elizabeth Horvitz. • Contact info: Go to www.zibbysicecream.com, email Elizabeth@zibbysicecream.com, find us on Facebook or call 970-470-4033. • What goods or services do you provide? Homemade, small-batch, ice cr
By Melanie Wong EDWARDS — Jim Tylich leans over an unframed Ovanes Beberian oil painting and carefully examines the image of bright spring flowers sitting in a rounded vase. “Look at the richness of the color. Also this kind of fat stroke of color on top of another color creates a depth and roundness,” he […]
By Edward Stoner VAIL — Vail Police are investigating a fatal traffic accident which occurred at 2:07 a.m. Sunday on Interstate 70 near mile marker 174. The pedestrian, a 21-year-old female West Vail resident, was struck by a vehicle when she stepped from the median into the slow lane of westbound traffic. The pedestrian, identified […]
