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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.
Vice President Pence in Vail for Memorial Day weekend, sources confirm
Vice President Mike Pence arrived in Vail on the Friday afternoon kicking off Memorial Day weekend, according to several sources who requested anonymity. A motorcade with a police escort got…
Donovan declared ‘big winner’ in 2018 Colorado legislative session
State Sen. Kerry Donovan, D-Vail, did some good work this past state legislative session despite a tough working environment for women. RealVail.com kicked off the session back in January talking…
Local lawmakers celebrate Colorado Public Lands Day
Saturday, May 19, is Colorado Public Lands Day — an annual celebration made possible by Vail state Sen. Kerry Donovan — and a sentiment deemed all the more important by…
State Senate kills red-flag bill supported by local police
A state Senate committee late Monday killed a so-called “red flag” bill that had the support of local law enforcement and would have allowed police and family members to petition…
Fending off the vultures: Can journalism be saved?
Two stories I spent a lot of time on recently drew some of the best traffic on Colorado Politics in the last couple of weeks, with my print-version cover story…
CD3 poll finds Tipton vulnerable on health care
The national Health Care Voter organization on Friday released a poll showing a statistical dead heat between the Democrat who lands Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District nomination and incumbent Republican Scott…
Colorado corn growers pumped Trump may boost ethanol sales
Colorado corn growers were all ears recently when President Donald Trump said his administration will likely allow for the year-round sale of gasoline containing 15 percent corn ethanol (E15) at…
Local cops, politicians back controversial red-flag law on mental health, guns
In case you missed it, the Vail Daily on Tuesday ran a Real Vail story on a controversial red-flag law working its way through the Colorado House of Representatives in…
House approves two Roberts’ bills aimed at lowering rural health-insurance rates
Eagle Democratic Rep. Dylan Roberts saw two of his bills aimed at lowering runaway Western Slope health-insurance rates pass out of the state House on Wednesday, with both measures now…
Mitsch Bush secures top line in CD3 primary as both Hanlon, Menconi make ballot
The Democratic battle to challenge U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton for his sprawling 3rd Congressional District seat is coming into focus, with former Eagle and Routt County state Rep. Diane Mitsch…