eagle county
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Supreme Court finds error in Eagle County’s valuation of luxury Vail resort
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Eagle County improperly included income from separately-owned condominium units when it estimated the property value of a luxury Vail resort, the Supreme Court decided on Tuesday. The county had valued The Lodge at Vail at roughly double what its owner, Vail Resorts subsidiary Lodge Properties, Inc., believed it was worth. The discrepancy stemmed from how…
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Health officials brace for Omicron after suspected surge in Eagle County
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Eagle County reported more COVID-19 cases Monday than on any other day during the pandemic, and the average number of daily cases confirmed there has tripled in a week, local data show. It is “highly likely” that the surge is being caused by the omicron variant, the state health department said Monday. The county averaged about…
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What is one hotel worth? State Supreme Court wades into dispute over luxury Vail hotel
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Vail Resorts and Eagle County hold different views about how much a luxury hotel property in the core of Vail Village is worth – specifically, a difference of $24 million. Now, the Colorado Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether the Fortune 500 company and the state of Colorado are correct that the disputed property should…
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Local officials throw support behind Democrat Phil Weiser’s attorney general bid
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Touting his commitment to issues important to rural Colorado, five current and former county commissioners and the mayor of Telluride on Wednesday endorsed Democratic attorney general candidate Phil Weiser, his campaign said. “Phil Weiser is a nationwide leader on broadband and worked under President Obama on a successful bipartisan initiative to encourage wireless broadband and…
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Trump rekindled Roberts’ political fire, but housing is newest state rep’s burning issue
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Former Obama field organizer and state legislative policy analyst Dylan Roberts wasn’t planning to jump back into politics after he got his law degree from the University of Colorado and landed a job as a deputy district attorney in Eagle County. Then Trump happened. “I was going to take a break from politics for a…
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Eagle County Commissioner Jill Ryan jumps in Democratic primary for House District 26 seat
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Eagle County Commissioner Jill Ryan, a Democrat serving her second term, announced Friday she’s running for the House District 26 seat held by state Rep. Diane Mitsch Busch, who is running for Congress. Ryan joins Eagle County Deputy District Attorney Dylan Roberts, also a Democrat, in the race. The Democrats might have a candidate for…
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Veterans group backs wilderness bill after Bennet adds Camp Hale
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When Garett Reppenhagen, an honorably discharged cavalry scout and a sniper with the U.S. Army First Infantry Division, returned to his home state of Colorado in 2005 after serving in Kosovo and Iraq, the wilderness advocate recovered by spending time on public lands. “When I came home I looked to the outdoors kind of instinctively…
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Colorado’s Western Slope counties back Sanders
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Colorado’s Western Slope has been bone dry of late, but on Super Tuesday the state’s mountain counties were really feeling the Bern as big crowds of Democrats turned out for Bernie Sanders. From the ski towns in Summit and Eagle counties west to the mining and drilling towns of Mesa and Garfield counties, the Vermont…
