Author: By DAVID O. WILLIAMS Special to The Gazette
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Habitat for Humanity houses a gamechanger in Vail
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VAIL • When Doug Alexandre moved here in 2009 to work as a lift mechanic on Vail Mountain, he never thought he’d be able to afford to buy a home in this world-famous ski town, where the median home price is more than $2 million. “I never expected to be a homeowner in the Vail…
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Mental health in the mountains: Eagle County opens western Colorado’s first psychiatric beds
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EDWARDS • Dr. Paige Baker-Braxton is a clinical psychologist who moved to Eagle County three and a half years ago after living in downtown Chicago for about eight years, where she was a trauma therapist. “I’ve worked with some really marginalized, sick populations — veterans, sexual assault survivors, LGBTQ populations — and (Eagle County) has…