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David O. Williams is the editor and co-founder of RealVail.com and has had his awarding-winning work (see About Us) published in more than 75 newspapers and magazines around the world, including 5280 Magazine, American Way Magazine (American Airlines), the Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), the Anchorage Daily Press (Alaska), Aspen Daily News, Aspen Journalism, the Aspen Times, Beaver Creek Magazine, the Boulder Daily Camera, the Casper Star Tribune (Wyoming), the Chicago Tribune, Colorado Central Magazine, the Colorado Independent (formerly Colorado Confidential), Colorado Newsline, Colorado Politics (formerly the Colorado Statesman), Colorado Public News, the Colorado Springs Gazette, the Colorado Springs Independent, the Colorado Statesman (now Colorado Politics), the Colorado Times Recorder, the Cortez Journal, the Craig Daily Press, the Curry Coastal Pilot (Oregon), the Daily Trail (Vail), the Del Norte Triplicate (California), the Denver Daily News, the Denver Gazette, the Denver Post, the Durango Herald, the Eagle Valley Enterprise, the Eastside Journal (Bellevue, Washington), ESPN.com, Explore Big Sky (Mont.), the Fort Morgan Times (Colorado), the Glenwood Springs Post-Independent, the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, the Greeley Tribune, the Huffington Post, the King County Journal (Seattle, Washington), the Kingman Daily Miner (Arizona), KUNC.org (northern Colorado), LA Weekly, the Las Vegas Sun, the Leadville Herald-Democrat, the London Daily Mirror, the Moab Times Independent (Utah), the Montgomery Journal (Maryland), the Montrose Daily Press, The New York Times, the Parent’s Handbook, Peaks Magazine (now Epic Life), People Magazine, Powder Magazine, the Pueblo Chieftain, PT Magazine, the Rio Blanco Herald Times (Colorado), Rocky Mountain Golf Magazine, the Rocky Mountain News, RouteFifty.com (formerly Government Executive State and Local), the Salt Lake Tribune, SKI Magazine, Ski Area Management, SKIING Magazine, the Sky-Hi News, the Steamboat Pilot & Today, the Sterling Journal Advocate (Colorado), the Summit Daily News, United Hemispheres (United Airlines), Vail/Beaver Creek Magazine, Vail en Español, Vail Health Magazine, Vail Valley Magazine, the Vail Daily, the Vail Trail, Westword (Denver), Writers on the Range and the Wyoming Tribune Eagle. Williams is also the founder, publisher and editor of RealVail.com and RockyMountainPost.com.
Colorado lawmakers split on impeachment as state’s Dems play pivotal role
As the full floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday debated the impeachment of President Donald Trump, Colorado lawmakers were in the spotlight in prominent roles. The state’s…
Nobody is Above the Law impeachment rally set for 5:30 today in Edwards
A “Nobody is Above the Law” protest will be held at the main Edwards roundabout at 5:30 p.m. today (Tuesday, Dec. 17) to support the U.S. Constitution on the eve…
After huge snow cycle, dry conditions until Christmas in Vail Valley
Well that was fun. Vail and Beaver Creek got hammered with more than 2 feet of snow Friday through Sunday, and I got out all three days. Vail was the…
Edwards’ freeride skier Leonardo lands invite to Junior Worlds in Austria
To say Joey Leonardo of Edwards is a rising star of big mountain, freeride skiing misses the point of the sport, which is to actually descend, taking the most breathtaking…
Shiffrin poised to pass Moser-Proell more than 5 years faster than Vonn
It was less than five years ago (January of 2015) that Austrian ski-racing legend of the 70s and 80s Annemarie Moser-Proell was all alone at the top of the women’s…
Fresh snow falls on Vail Valley ahead of Birds of Prey races
A nice little shot of snow rolled into the Vail Valley overnight Wednesday, dropping a few inches by Thursday morning and some flakes throughout the first part of the day.…
Vail Daily housing series goes in-depth on crisis unfolding for 50 years
Editor’s note: A version of this story first appeared earlier this week in the Vail Daily as part of its Home Economics series. The front page of the very first…
Paradise paradox: Vail, Eagle County’s struggle with suicide, depression
By now, if you’re a regular RealVail.com reader, you’ve seen social media posts of my front-page story in Sunday’s Colorado Springs Gazette on mental health issues in mountain towns –…
The bare truth in Vail: Naked skiing, ice bears getting jiggy wit it
I love nudity and skiing, although I’ve only ridden snow partially clothed a couple of times – and I’m pretty sure it was either getting dark or by accident after…
Olympics, World Cup races in China could lead to NBA-style blowup over Hong Kong, Xinjiang
A recent headline on an Associated Press story previewing the World Cup season that kicked off in Austria last month and continues in Finland on Saturday told us “[Mikaela] Shiffrin…