Former CU Buff runner and Footlocker cross-country All-American wins inaugural Bighorn Road Strava segment title
The inaugural Bighorn Road’s gran fondo format was perfect for Strava segment slayer Seth Hirsch. “It was awesome. The route was really cool,” the former DI distance running star said after posting the fastest combined...
Large cocaine bust on I-70 in Eagle County results in prison sentences for 2 men
Erik Manuel Garcia Maradiaga, the second of two defendants charged with smuggling 43 pounds of cocaine through Eagle County, was sentenced to eight years in the Colorado Department of Corrections in August, closing the case...
How to prevent conflict with hungry bears as they pack on the calories for winter
As the days shorten, temperatures drop and trees start to change color, Colorado’s black bear population is packing in the calories for winter. Each fall, bears start to ramp up their daily caloric intake, seeking...
Eagle County cyclist wins combined Bighorn Gravel and Bighorn Road title
Good things come to those who wait. After finishing one place off the podium at Bighorn Gravel the last two years, Haley Dumke took the top prize at the inaugural Bighorn Road event on Saturday....
Colorado troopers issue 49 chain law violations, stop 2 drivers without commercial driver鈥檚 licenses on I-70 during enforcement operation聽
With the winter season right around the corner, Colorado law enforcement officers this week began enforcing the state’s commercial vehicle chain law. The Colorado State Patrol and Colorado Port of Entry Officers conducted the first...
Oktoberfest, live music, classic cars and more in the Vail Valley this weekend
The Black Crowes at The Amp The Gerald R. Ford summer concert series is winding down but not before AEG Presents and the Vail Valley Foundation brings the debut of The Black Crowes to The...
New short-term rental organization wants to address regulatory issues in Colorado鈥檚 resort towns
Editor’s note: This story was updated to correct the spelling of Julia Koster’s name. The Colorado Short-Term Rental Alliance, a nonprofit volunteer organization known as COSTRA, officially launched in September, promising to be a unified...
Vail community celebrates the life of John Dakin, the legendary PR specialist and ski racing fixture
When ski media legend John Dakin died in April, many tributes focused on his impressive career. Dakin, who was inducted into the Colorado Snowsports Hall of Fame in 2022, served as the chief of press...
Colorado鈥檚 highest peaks are starting to see snow 鈥� but summer isn鈥檛 over yet
Colorado’s highest peaks are starting to get dustings of snow as wetter, colder weather has pushed into the mountains after a hot, dry summer. Meteorologist Seth Linden 鈥� who runs Seth’s Weather Report, a popular...
Vail Social Community Potluck brings together a ‘cast of characters that nobody can match’
Hundreds of people from all over Eagle County donned creative costumes and brought homemade food to the streets of Vail Tuesday night for the Vail Social Community Potluck. The idea for the event hearkens back...
Minturn to reexamine its exposure to wildland fire potential from shooting range
The Two Elk Target Range in Minturn causes the town’s mayor to lose sleep, and not just because he’s heard automatic weapons being fired there at 1 a.m. “When Stage-1 fire restrictions go into place,...
For Eagle County’s health care providers, federal, state funding cuts will take a toll
Federal and state changes to health care funding and accessibility will impact Eagle County residents’ ability to access care. Vail Health and Mountain Family Health Centers, two health care systems that serve patients in Eagle...