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Vail Valley businesses see strong final weekend
EAGLE COUNTY, Colorado - Concerts, events, and, oh yes, a foot of new powder helped put an exclamation mark on the 2012-13 ski season in the Vail Valley. And the season as a whole has been a good...
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Spring storm pounds mountains
EAGLE COUNTY, Colorado - Let the record show that on the first day of Colorado Severe Weather Awareness Week, we got lots and lots of severe weather.In fact, the storm pounding the state is forecast...
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Valley native narrowly misses Boston blasts
EAGLE COUNTY, Colorado - Luck and a quick chat with some family and friends were all that separated local runner Keegan Garnsey from the horrific bombings that rocked this year's Boston Marathon.If...
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Vail Mountain will reopen this weekend
VAIL, Colorado - Vail Mountain said today it will extend its season for one more weekend, reopening Friday, Saturday and Sunday.The mountain has received 2 feet of snow since its official closing day...
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Minturn set to hire new top cop
MINTURN, Colorado - Town officials are ready to hire a new police chief.After longtime chief Lorenzo Martinez resigned in February, the town started an extensive search for a new chief. That search...
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Bears ready to rouse from naps
EAGLE COUNTY, Colorado - While a blast of wintry weather has extended the ski season for a weekend, recent snow has also delayed bears' emergence from their winter slumber.At the end of last year's...
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Vail Mountain to extend ski season
VAIL, Colorado - Vail Mountain announced Tuesday it would reopen this weekend following 2 feet of snow that has fallen at the resort since Sunday's closing day.Chatter spread on social media Monday as...
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Shreddin' Gore Creek
A 'handmade' mobile winch made from a Honda engine was rolled on to the Covered Bridge on Monday evening between 5-7 p.m. It pulled Hunter Schleper about 200 feet, 'upriver' on Gore Creek.Copyright...
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Avalanche danger is 'considerable'
EAGLE COUNTY - Snowfall measured in feet is a good thing, but can bring hazards, especially in the backcountry.The Colorado Avalanche Information Center's website Wednesday warned of "considerable"...
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Albino Ortiz Monge, 1988-2013
Albino Ortiz Monge's life was cut short in a car accident on April 14. He enjoyed spending time with the two people that meant more to him than anything in the world, his two sons. If he wasn't...
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Despite snow, drought conditions remain
EAGLE COUNTY - With snowfall measured in feet the past few days, you might think the Vail Valley has turned the corner on its persistent drought. Think again.Despite enough recent snowfall for Vail...
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Weather continues to snarl I-70 traffic
VAIL - Highway traffic was stop and go - mostly stop - Wednesday as the second wave of storms this week rolled through the valley.Eastbound I-70 closed around 1 p.m. and stayed closed most of the...
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'Food Freedom, Organics, and The Dangers of GMO's' event taking place today...
This evening, Freedom and Liberty Eagle County; That's Natural, a Colorado-based company teaching people about how their dollar affects the outcomes of local markets; and GMO Free Colorado join forces...
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Extra weekend takes preparation
VAIL - An extra weekend of skiing at Vail is a treat. But the bonus weekend has created some new, although welcomed, challenges for local businesses.A lot of businesses shut down for a few weeks after...
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Cannabis game routes through Aspen
ASPEN - Aspen has evolved into a hub of Colorado's marijuana industry, at least in a homegrown board game called Colorado Cannabis Craze.The game was created by two partners in Louisville-based...
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Chance of snow for Vail's bonus ski days
VAIL - Vail Mountain has been buried under almost three feet of snow since Sunday, and could get another foot or so by the time the lifts officially close for the second time this season on...
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Local UPS store stops pot shipment
VAIL - To the latest guy who tried to ship dope from a UPS store, Brown won't be shipping your green.Vail Police office Kevin Luse got the call from a local UPS store reporting that yet another...
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300-foot slide killed Westminster man
VAIL - A Westminster man became Colorado's sixth avalanche death this winter when he was swept away in a huge slide Thursday afternoon.Mark McCarron, 38, died when he was caught in an avalanche on...
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Former valley resident spent Friday on lockdown near Boston
WATERTOWN, Mass. - A former valley resident spent his Friday locked in his home in Watertown, Mass., in the heart of the search for a suspected terrorist.Joe F. - he didn't want his last name...
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'You can't buy that kind of publicity'
VAIL - Reopening Vail Mountain for an extra weekend is pretty cool. Reopening it six weeks after closing day is really cool.Vail Associates, the precursor to Vail Resorts, reopened Vail Mountain in...
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