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A call for stories of Vail's ghosts and haunted houses

Permanent link to A call for stories of Vail's ghosts and haunted houses Jun 9, 2009 — A new housing project in West Vail has raised old rumors about a haunted house which used to sit at 2657 Arosa Drive. The old A-frame home was creaky, drafty, and emanated gloom from its eye-like windows.

The Town of Vail bought the property in 1995 for employee housing, but had trouble renting the place – partly because of the condition of the house...

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Was it an alien ship, a UFO, or God who evaporated Air France flight 447?

Permanent link to Was it an alien ship, a UFO, or God who evaporated Air France flight 447? Jun 1, 2009 — Nothing gets the imagination pumping quite like the instant disappearance of a 188-foot, 8-inch-long aircraft over the ocean in the middle of the night. Our blood rushes empathetically as we imagine what it was like for the 228 people aboard Air France flight 447, who streaked above the ocean on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris when, without warning, around...

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Part II: Large Hadron Collider will likely spell end to String Theory

Permanent link to Part II: Large Hadron Collider will likely spell end to String Theory May 1, 2009 — Editor’s note: This story was originally posted in September 2008, but after seeing The Daily Show With Jon Stewart on April 29, 2009, and John Oliver's fantastic report on the issue, we couldn't help but re-post.

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Part I: Don't expect CERN's Large Hadron Collider to reveal new dimensions of space and time

Permanent link to Part I: Don't expect CERN's Large Hadron Collider to reveal new dimensions of space and time May 1, 2009 — Editor’s note: This story was originally posted in September 2008, but after seeing The Daily Show With Jon Stewart on April 29, 2009, and John Oliver's fantastic report on the issue, we couldn't help but re-post.

Today was perhaps the most exciting day in a more than a decade for scientists and science lovers around the world. Not since the...

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Vail Mountaineer vs. Vail Daily Starbucks-gate: no wonder newspapers are dying

Permanent link to Vail Mountaineer vs. Vail Daily Starbucks-gate: no wonder newspapers are dying Apr 22, 2009 — OK, I’ve been purposefully withholding comment because the whole episode is so damned amusing, but I finally have to weigh in on the Vail Daily vs. Vail Mountaineer Starbucks-gate scenario.

The details don’t really matter, but here’s a quick encapsulation because the Luddite Mountaineer, Vail’s nearly one-year-old addition to the local...

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Report: Hasan's moderate views catch conservative confab off-guard in D.C.

Permanent link to Report: Hasan's moderate views catch conservative confab off-guard in D.C. Mar 5, 2009 — No shoes were thrown, but Ali Hasan did put his foot in his mouth last week at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., baffling the arch-conservative crowd with some decidedly moderate views.

“The problem with Republicans and the conservative movement right now,” he said, according to Sarah Posner in the American...

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The presidential politics of skiing: Did snow sports get the right guy?

Permanent link to The presidential politics of skiing: Did snow sports get the right guy? Jan 25, 2009 — I’ve been accused over the course of my career of letting skiing creep into everything I write. The politics of skiing. The business of skiing. The crime and punishment of skiing. Even, occasionally, the skiing of skiing.

Our old joke at the local paper was that no matter who we interviewed the last two questions were always, “What do you think of...

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Happy New Year … but wait a second: scientists turn back time in 2008

Permanent link to Happy New Year … but wait a second: scientists turn back time in 2008 Dec 9, 2008 — It’s been a long year – but it’s about to get longer.

The economy isn’t the only thing slowing down; it seems the earth itself is screeching to a halt (albeit very, very, very slowly) and therefore the world’s timekeepers must artificially tack one second onto the end of the year to keep their atomic clocks accurate, according...

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Happy trails to the valley's greatest weekly paper: The Vail Trail

Permanent link to Happy trails to the valley's greatest weekly paper: The Vail Trail Nov 30, 2008 — So the e-mails have been pouring into RealVail.com (actually only two or three, and those were from past employees), wondering where my sense of outrage is over the shuttering of the venerable Vail Trail weekly newspaper by Colorado Mountain News Media.

As a former editor of both the Trail and its short-lived daily incarnation, the Daily Trail, I’m...

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The Vail Trail: saying goodbye to an integral part of the valley's journalistic history

Permanent link to The Vail Trail: saying goodbye to an integral part of the valley's journalistic history Nov 15, 2008 — By Robert Kelly-Goss

When I read the obituary for The Vail Trail, Vail’s once greatest newspaper, my spirit sunk low. The newspaper, the people and the community were an integral part of my life for many years.

In 1997, when I strolled into the Vail Valley after selling my community newspaper in Arkansas, I took on the role as...

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 Headline  Author  Post Date
A call for stories of Vail's ghosts and haunted houses realvail.com  Jun 9, 2009
Was it an alien ship, a UFO, or God who evaporated Air France flight 447? Tom Boyd Jun 1, 2009
Part II: Large Hadron Collider will likely spell end to String Theory Tom Boyd May 1, 2009
Part I: Don't expect CERN's Large Hadron Collider to reveal new dimensions of space and time Tom Boyd May 1, 2009
Vail Mountaineer vs. Vail Daily Starbucks-gate: no wonder newspapers are dying David O. Williams Apr 22, 2009
Report: Hasan's moderate views catch conservative confab off-guard in D.C. David O. Williams Mar 5, 2009
The presidential politics of skiing: Did snow sports get the right guy? David O. Williams Jan 25, 2009
Happy New Year … but wait a second: scientists turn back time in 2008 Tom Boyd Dec 9, 2008
Happy trails to the valley's greatest weekly paper: The Vail Trail David O. Williams Nov 30, 2008
The Vail Trail: saying goodbye to an integral part of the valley's journalistic history realvail.com  Nov 15, 2008
GOP tax fantasy: Reality check from the Eagle County Democratic Party realvail.com  Oct 26, 2008
Vegas odds are (heavily) in Obama's favor Tom Boyd Oct 21, 2008
Palin polar-bear pin peeves some in the environmental community David O. Williams Oct 19, 2008
An elementary explanation of the symbiotic relationship between tax relief and bailout Kent Van Vleet Sep 27, 2008
New poll has Obama ahead in Colorado Tom Boyd Sep 23, 2008
An invitation to Republicans: answer questions raised by Matt Damon about Sarah Palin Tom Boyd Sep 20, 2008
Creationism, deadly black holes, 9/11 conspiracies, global warming hoaxes, and other myths, Part II Tom Boyd Sep 11, 2008
Creationism, deadly black holes, 9/11 conspiracies, global warming hoaxes, and other myths, Part I Tom Boyd Sep 11, 2008
Adding injury to injury in an orthopedic oasis David O. Williams Aug 22, 2008
Michael Phelps is truly great, but not the 'greatest Olympian ever' Tom Boyd Aug 13, 2008
Prepare to be stood up by August 1 total solar eclipse Tom Boyd Jul 28, 2008
Boyd: 'Drunken shrew brings me one step closer to my dream of a beer-swilling monkey bar' Tom Boyd Jul 18, 2008
Litany of Vail Valley tragedies underscores debate over personal responsibility in the wilderness David O. Williams Jul 1, 2008
Assessing Vail’s next presidential prospects David O. Williams Jun 17, 2008
McClellan book steals spotlight from Obama as education gets pushed to the background Tom Boyd May 28, 2008
Earth Day: Is climate change really our nation's biggest challenge? Tom Boyd Apr 22, 2008
For this hunter, ducks make a worthy cause Tom Boyd Mar 25, 2008
What does it take to be dubbed a 'longtime local'? David O. Williams Feb 21, 2008
Giving more than just lip service to skier safety week David O. Williams Jan 17, 2008
Jensen will be missed, but all is not lost David O. Williams Jan 9, 2008
The best and worst of the Vail Valley in 2007 David O. Williams Jan 3, 2008
Thomas Wolfe was wrong: you can go home again David O. Williams Dec 11, 2007
If a tree falls in the forest, can it be deadly? Tom Boyd Dec 6, 2007
When it comes to Vail's new mayor, life is just a bowl of peaches Tom Boyd Nov 19, 2007
Hey Europe, don't be so quick to judge America Tom Boyd Oct 26, 2007
Risk a relative thing in Colorado's high country David O. Williams Oct 24, 2007
Busting a few ski-town, Vail Valley myths David O. Williams Apr 15, 2007
Vail: world-class criminals only, please David O. Williams Mar 20, 2007
The Vail Valley: forever Ford country David O. Williams Jan 3, 2007
Crossroads a MOPFOM (Money Pit Full of Memories) David O. Williams Aug 24, 2006
Fear and loathing in Torino David O. Williams Jan 25, 2006
A critical mass of critters David O. Williams Nov 18, 2004
Patriotic pratfalls in paradise David O. Williams Aug 15, 2004
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