Vail CO Local News

Honoring the fallen and their families

Sun, 27 May 2012 06:05:00 +0000

EAGLE COUNTY, Colorado - All of our three-day weekends were created with a higher purpose in mind than just barbecues and quick road trips. Memorial Day may have the loftiest goal - honoring those who died in the military

Thinking like a watershed

Sun, 27 May 2012 06:05:00 +0000

Editor's note: This is the second in a monthly series of stories about the National Forest Foundation and restoring Colorado's forests.

EAGLE COUNTY, Colorado - Fresh water is a finite global resource becoming scarcer with in

Campsite of missing hiker discovered near Holy Cross

Sun, 27 May 2012 06:05:00 +0000

VAIL, Colorado - Authorities said they have found the campsite of missing hiker James Nelson, who disappeared in October 2010 during a planned five-day hike in the Holy Cross Wilderness.
Human remains were found near the campsi

Police reports: Worried for her mom

Sun, 27 May 2012 06:05:00 +0000

Editor's note: The following excerpts were taken from Eagle County law enforcement officers and police reports.

GYPSUM, Colorado - A 25-year-old woman called deputies on May 6 to report that her 45-year-old mother was intoxic

Minturn clean-up day June 2

Sat, 26 May 2012 06:05:00 +0000

MINTURN - The town of Minturn will hold its annual Town Clean-Up Day on Saturday. This year, the event will be held in a new location, the upper parking lot of Little Beach Park on Cemetery Road.
The annual clean-up event provi

Vail bus service starts its summer schedule

Sat, 26 May 2012 06:05:00 +0000

VAIL - Town of Vail buses will transition from the spring schedule to the summer schedule beginning Memorial Day, Monday. The summer schedule, which will run through mid-December, will provide free 40-minute to one-hour service

Have Eagle County streamflows peaked?

Sat, 26 May 2012 06:05:00 +0000

EAGLE COUNTY, Colorado - Here's one straight from the irony files:
As of May 24, Gore Creek in the middle of Vail was flowing a bit higher than the same date last year. Of course, there were countless tons of snow still on the

The Vail Daily Weekly

Sat, 26 May 2012 00:10:56 +0000

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Slacklining in Vail: Time to line up

Fri, 25 May 2012 23:07:34 +0000

VAIL, Colorado - Tightrope walking's great-grandchild has been born, and like many of his generation, he's a slacker.
And now he's coming of age.
Slacklining - the act of balancing and doing tricks along a narrow, flex

Gilman Gorge litter frustrates boaters

Fri, 25 May 2012 22:51:12 +0000

EAGLE COUNTY, Colorado - Local boaters want to know who put a strain on Gilman Gorge.
Vail Valley kayaker Robbie Smith was one of the first people this season to venture through the scenic canyon near the old abandoned mining t