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The O. Zone: Bold Colorado sports predictions for remainder of 2024
Editor’s note 1: One of these predictions already came true, albeit in on the high side. Vail was reporting 8 new at 6 this morning and it’s still snowing hard…
Opinion: It’s up to Coloradans to protect themselves, others against fascist feds
Many people in Colorado are scared. Unified Republican control in Washington, D.C., the result of last week’s election of former President Donald Trump to another term in the White House…
Opinion: Trump win may spark recession if he delivers on deportations, tariffs
As I watched Donald Trump arrive at an astounding victory election night, I was struck by his strong turnout in both rural and urban parts of the country. But I…
Opinion: Keep on Rockin’ in the (Colorado) Free World
Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park (U.S. Park Service photo). Across the country this week, voters sided with fascism, criminality and schoolyard cruelty. But the picture is different in Colorado, which…
Analysis: What would second Trump term mean for Colorado’s energy transition?
Colorado aims to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions 50% by 2030 and achieve net-zero by 2050. Would a second Donald Trump presidency frustrate those ambitions? Not entirely. The energy transition…
The O. Zone: Billionaire publishers scared to endorse, but not RealVail.com
I recently put my Eagle County ballot into a local drop box and a day or two later got a BallotTrax notice from the Colorado Secretary of State’s office letting me know…
The O. Zone: Winter tease, Vonn revival, Birds of Prey blow, more natural snow
Blowing snow at Beaver Creek on Tuesday (Vail Resorts photo). Vail-area residents woke Monday morning to a blast of overnight snow, and by Wednesday it was 65 degrees and sunny.…
Opinion: Convicted felon Trump rides MAGA crime wave into Aurora
At a candidate forum in January, GOP candidates for Colorado’s 4th Congressional District, including U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, raise their hands when asked if they’ve ever been arrested (screenshot from…
The O. Zone: Please consider supporting more local news, signing up for alerts
The two questions I get the most from Real Vail readers are can you please cover a particular local issue, and is there a way for me to know when…
Opinion: CELL’s dishonesty about violent extremism on Jan. 6 fuels threat to Nov. 5 election
Visitors at the CELL terrorism exhibit in Denver view a video monitor at which 1 of 7 segments addresses the Jan. 6 insurrection (Quentin Young/Colorado Newsline). When the CELL first…