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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.
The ebb and flow of energy extraction on Colorado’s Western Slope
Editor’s note: A version of this story first appeared on RouteFifty.com in March of 2015: U.S. Route 50 is a two-lane backroad in Colorado, scenic and charming but far from…
Should the Broncos seriously consider benching Peyton Manning?
The question has to be asked: Is it time to consider benching Peyton Manning — the greatest quarterback in Denver Broncos’ history not named John Elway — in favor of…
New local control oil and gas drilling rules blasted by both industry, ‘frack-tivists’
Editor’s note: A version of this story first ran in The Colorado Statesman: Colorado’s chief regulatory agency for oil and gas drilling on Tuesday released new rules to give local…
As snow dusts peaks around Vail, Epic Pass deadline looms
The first new snow of the 2015-16 ski season hit the high peaks around Vail earlier this week, although it wasn’t much more than a dusting in Colorado’s central and…
Gambling industry rolls out Gaming Votes initiative in Nevada, Colorado during debates
Editor’s note: A version of this story first ran in The Colorado Statesman: The casino gaming industry is doubling down on political events next week, looking to flex its economic…
Jason Chaffetz just keeps kicking away at the conservative core of the country
If you’re Utah Congressman Jason Chaffetz, you vengefully kick people while their down. It’s what you do. Chaffetz has been making headlines all week by piling on presumptive Speaker of…
Gun-control debate polarizing, even in Eagle County
A Bushmaster AR-15 assault rifle was used in a massacre of 20 elementary school students at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., in late 2012. That weapon has been…
Nearly three years after Sandy Hook, U.S. endures 142 more school shootings
Editor’s note: Following last week’s Umpqua Community College shooting in Oregon, Real Vail is re-posting a series of articles that were first published in early 2013 in the wake of…
Revisiting Vail assault weapon ban in wake of latest school shooting
Editor’s note: Following last week’s Umpqua Community College shooting in Oregon, Real Vail is re-posting a series of articles that were published in early 2013 in the wake of the…
Wildfires, shrinking Forest Service budget put premium on trail volunteers
Editor’s note: A version of this story first appeared in The Colorado Statesman. On any given weekend in many popular parts of Colorado’s national forest, you’re just as likely to…