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This is the rare entreaty from a journalist this time of year not asking for financial contributions to continue my reporting. Instead, I’m asking loyal RealVail.com readers to give to other media…
Opinion: Colorado lawmakers must act to end relentless cycle of mass shootings
The hate-motivated massacre in Colorado Springs last month changed the gun violence conversation in Colorado, and new gun measures will almost certainly be enacted during the legislative session that begins…
To EV or not to EV: That is the new car question
A full disclosure. I bought a car recently, and I had hoped it would be all electric. But I’m a tough cookie to satisfy. Teslas are out of my price…
World Cup weirdness is a way of life this time of year on Beaver Creek’s famed Birds of Prey course
Apparently there’s a World Cup going on somewhere else on the planet the first week of December, which is weird because the vast majority of Earth’s now more than 8…
Opinion: Democracy deniers are just digging in deeper after midterms, Trump 2024 announcement
The midterm elections this month brought widespread failure to election deniers on the ballot. The most toxic of these dishonest Republicans all went down in stinging losses. Losers included: Governor…
As Ogden pulls plug on endorsements in our local papers, RealVail.com fills the Nov. 8 voting void
I don’t remember when the Vail Daily first started endorsing political candidates. I know they weren’t doing it when I started there as sports editor in June of 1991. In…
Ogden steps in it again with political search disparity on Colorado ski-town newspaper websites
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with a comment from Vail Daily Publisher Mark Wurzer, who says the problem with the search function has been fixed as of 4:40…
Shame on Senate GOP for blocking CORE Act, forcing Biden’s Camp Hale designation
Mainstream media reporting on Wednesday’s announcement by President Joe Biden of a new Camp Hale National Monument have portrayed it as an election gift to Colorado U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet,…
Camp Hale’s darker side worth preserving, daylighting in national monument debate
The U.S. military and intelligence services have accomplished some truly momentous … and truly messed-up … things throughout our nation’s 246-year history. Take, for example, Camp Hale, at 9,200 feet…
Opinion: Camp Hale needs monument status to stave off extractive industries, protect our water
The Camp Hale-Continental Divide is the proposed site of a national monument encompassing the historic site of Camp Hale and the area surrounding Colorado’s Continental Divide. As a former military…