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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…
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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…
The O. Zone: Paddleboarding past oil trains like whistling past graveyards
A pair of paddleboarders navigate the Upper Colorado River between Roundup River Ranch and Dotsero over Labor Day weekend with a Burlington Northern Santa Fe oil train in the background…
Opinion: Election denial has morphed into democracy denial in Colorado
“It’s not over on Election Day, it’s over on Inauguration Day,” Chris LaCivita, a top Trump campaign official, said about the upcoming election during the Republican National Convention in July…
The O. Zone: Silencing discussion of political violence is not how we end it
The Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in 2021. So you don’t think Donald Trump’s well documented and closely studied War on the Press is a big deal? In fact, you…
Opinion: Colorado property tax special session shines light on undue influence of dark money groups
There are very few people with the power to force a whole state government to get to work. In Colorado, the governor is one of those people. We know his…