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Beaver Creek has made the decision to close Royal Elk Glade this week due to the presence of moose in the area.

Beaver Creek has made the decision to close Royal Elk Glade this week due to the presence of moose in the area.

Two Tuesdays ago, Eagle County resident Jay Pepitone was made aware of an interesting fact.

Week of Feb.16, 2017

Travelers through Dowd Junction have probably noticed the new pier and abutment walls erected on the banks of the Eagle River just upstream of the Gore Valley Trail bridge.

The Eagle River Water and Sanitation District and the Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority have started taking the first steps toward unification — a move that could have big benefits in preventing water shortages in…

A biker makes his way down the Eagle Valley Trail near Wolcott on a warm winter day. The trail is popular with walkers and bikers and this week the Eagle County Board of Commissioners approved a financing plan to fund contruction of the final 12 miles of the paved path. Daily file photo Construction of the Eagle Valley Trail — a paved recreation path that stretches from the top of Vail Pass to the mouth of Glenwood Canyon — has been a marathon endeavor in terms of timing and dollars. And, l...

RS&H/Special to the Daily The road diet underway in front of the EagleVail business center is expected to be complete by the fall, with the county already scheduling a Sept. 13 ribbon cutting for the new trail it will provide. The highway is in the process of being condensed from five lanes to three lanes near mile markers 172 and 173 to create a new hard surface recreation path for pedestrians and bikers. Milling operations began in June from mile marker 170 in Dowd Junction through mile marke...

An Aurora man has been charged with felony assault and domestic violence after he allegedly choked his then-girlfriend in Minturn. Jamie Quintana will appear in Eagle County court next week on charges of assault by strangulation, a class 4 felony, and misdemeanor domestic violence, according to prosecuting documents. Quintana’s charges are from the rainy night of June 23 into the early morning hours of June 24, when he and his girlfriend were staying at the Christie Lodge in Avon after she wa...

Vail Daily The Kayak Freestyle, or rodeo, is always one of the highlights of the GoPro Mountain Games for spectators. The final is at 4 p.m. Saturday, June 12, at International Bridge. Vail Daily archives EAGLE — In the old days, when dinosaurs roamed the earth and when one had to walk uphill in the snow in both directions to a kayaking event — back in the late 1990s — the Jeep Whitewater Festival was a rather simple affair. On Memorial Day weekend, kayakers gathered in the Vail Village f...