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Opinion: Boebert vapes as Colorado high country could burn without firefighter pay
Fall is one of the most magical times to visit and live in the Colorado high country, especially as human carbon emissions causing climate change continue to scorch lower-elevation parts…
‘Write it when I’m gone’: Sorry, Rod, the Slifer book couldn’t wait for you to be done skiing
Rod Slifer, 88, ripping down Lost Boy in Vail’s Game Creek Bowl with Mount of the Holy Cross on the horizon on March 19, 2023 (David O. Williams photo). Some…
Opinion: Will Aspen end Boebert? If so, Vail (and the world) owes its ski-town rival
Boebert and friend in action at the Buell Theater in Denver on Sept. 10. Could the elitist liberal enclave of Aspen be where Republican right-wing U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s tumultuous…
Remembering John Fielder and his endless photographic fight to conserve Colorado’s wild place
I didn’t know photographer John Fielder was battling pancreatic cancer until I received the following email statement on Saturday from Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and then read this story in the…
Opinion: Time to hit the brakes on Utah’s Uinta Basin oil trains heading toward Colorado River
So much harm would result from the Uinta Basin Railway, but there’s still a chance to block its construction, and it’s not a stretch to say that lives could depend…
Opinion: Fighting for freedom this Fourth of July, and combating censorship and authoritarianism
Image courtesy of United States Holocaust Memorial Museum In May of 1933 in Berlin, Nazis gathered in the streets, built a gigantic bonfire, and burned thousands of books. The books…
Remember when Colorado was the ‘Hate State’?
Eagle County voters in 1992 voted against Amendment 2 (Wiki Commons map). As Republican-led legislatures across the country marshal unprecedented attacks against the rights and livelihoods of transgender people, Colorado…
Opinion: Boebert lied to constituents about why she missed critical debt limit vote
U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, who represents part of Eagle County and most of Colorado’s Western Slope, speaks during a House Freedom Caucus debt limit deal press conference on May 30…
Opinion: Colorado lawmakers, including 3 Dems, kill assault weapon ban in committee crib
Editor’s note: This column first appeared on Colorado Newsline. In Vail and surrounding Eagle County, RealVail.com has for the past decade documented the ongoing debate over private ownership of military-style,…
Opinion: Constitution requires Trump be kept off ballots for engaging in insurrection
There is no serious dispute about it: Former President Donald Trump while still in office engaged in insurrection when he impelled a mob to storm the U.S. Capitol. Also not…