By Edward Stoner As a mortgage professional, I spend a lot of time keeping up on my industry. In the past few years, there have been hundreds of changes brought on by dozens of new state and federal laws and regulations. I read online newspapers for my profession, go to webinars, get memos, share gossip […]
By Melanie Wong VAIL — Over 80 artists have been selected to mark the homecoming of the Vail Arts Festival, taking place today through Sunday. The festival returns to the heart of the valley today from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for its 30th anniversary. Displays of […]
By Melanie Wong VAIL – Rick Sackbauer, Debbie Buckley, and Steve Friedman will serve another two years in their Eagle River Water & Sanitation District leadership positions, with Sackbauer as chair and president of the board, Buckley as secretary, and Friedman as treasurer. The seven directors of the publicly elected board unanimously selecte
By caramie schnell The Bravo! Vail festival is a big one. It spans six weeks and encompasses at least one concert nearly every day of its run. With so many concerts, concertos, solos, soirees, orchestras, octets, clarinets and pianos, it can be hard to know what to see and what to keep your ear out […]
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: Playing fetch along the Colorado River [iframe src=”http://player.vimeo.com/video/99290144″ width=”640
By Edward Stoner VAIL — Eagle-Vail’s golden girl, Mikaela Shiffrin, may soon have some additional hardware to commemorate her Olympic and World Cup exploits of the past winter as the 19-year-old U.S. Ski Team star has been nominated for two ESPY Awards. Presented by ESPN, the Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Awards annually honor the
By Edward Stoner Summer fly-fishing prospects in the Vail Valley are now reaching optimal conditions for local and visiting anglers. Rivers are dropping and clearing and insect hatches are ramping up. As water temperatures rise, trout are becoming more aggressive and feeding predictably throughout the day. With each passing day, anglers are experie
By Edward Stoner I was mistaken for a man of means in Park City. I could have been Harry Frampton, Oscar Tang, Kent Logan for all the nice sales lady knew. It was kind of cool. I don’t mean that I could pass for a rich guy. It’s more that in mountain towns, you just […]
By scott miller VAIL — Work at a construction site in Vail was stopped Thursday after an equipment operator found a human skull. According to a statement from Eagle County Coroner Kara Bettis, that skull was discovered at a construction debris site in Edwards. The debris came from a construction site in Lionshead, where excavation […]
By scott miller EAGLE COUNTY — Radio station KZYR — 97.7 FM — is holding a Radio-a-Thon today from 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. to benefit the Vail Valley Charitable Fund. Vail Resorts employees participating in the company’s Echo community service project are joining representatives from the Vail Valley Charitable Fund to take over the [&hel
