Scott N. Miller

A bull Elk puts out his tongue, a courting maneuver, during the rut in a meadow near Moraine Park on Sept. 24, 2023 in Rocky Mountain National Park near Estes Park.

Colorado wildlife officials say elk herd numbers may not be sustainable over the next 20 years

November 13, 2023 at 2:42 p.m.

There are places in Eagle County where there seem to be plenty of elk. But the long-term survival of those herds is in question.

Early morning sunlight touches on golden aspens after an early winter storm in the Collegiate Peaks near Buena Vista on Oct. 1, 2022. (Photo by Dean Krakel/Special to The Denver Post)

This Colorado mountain town is producing the future of workforce housing

June 19, 2023 at 3:37 p.m.

The Eagle County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday visited the factory building some of the new homes in the valley.

Driving times on Interstate 70 decreasing

January 6, 2019 at 1:14 p.m.

This might be hard to believe, but the average peak-period travel time on eastbound Interstate 70 from Vail to C-470 on the west end of the Denver metropolitan area has...

While Congress finally acted on approving this year's seasonal-work visa program, the delay hurt businesses that depend on those workers.

Shortage of seasonal-work visas affects operations at Vail Valley businesses

September 3, 2018 at 7:32 p.m.

EAGLE COUNTY -- It's been a tough summer for businesses that depend on seasonal workers.

Whitney Lake in the White River National Forest has seen increased use over the past decade, even as the budget has been slashed for summer recreation and management.

Eagle County, local towns are being asked to help fund U.S. Forest Service operations

July 18, 2018 at 10:18 a.m.

VAIL -- Around the country, parent-teacher groups help schools pay for extras. It may be time for a similar group to help the local U.S. Forest Service pay for essentials.

Vail Resorts on Thursday, June 7 reported increases in skier visits and revenue during the third quarter of its fiscal 2018. That period includes February, March and April.

Vail Resorts third quarter shows positive results from ski season, pass sales

June 8, 2018 at 1:36 p.m.

Vail Resorts' acquisition and pass-sales strategies seem to have weathered a snow-short winter in the Colorado Rockies.

Juan Herrera of Singing Hill Landscape ...

Colorado businesses hurting while feds delay issuing seasonal work visas

May 22, 2018 at 2:45 p.m.

Eagle County companies that are busy in the summer with landscaping, paving and other work were supposed to have some additional seasonal help by now.聽 It hasn鈥檛 arrived yet.

Steel nets do the best do protect roadways like Highway 24 on Battle Mountain Pass on Saturday, April 14, in Minturn. Spring brings about an uptick of earth movement.

Colorado’s hazard team is using some new technology as rockslide season opens

April 16, 2018 at 8:55 a.m.

The same time of year that brings blossoming daffodils and singing birds also brings something more dangerous: rock slides. Now, technology is helping crews better identify slide zones.

Vail resident Stan Friedberg was happy to set a world record earlier this year as the world's oldest heli-skier. But he was happier to take the trip with this three granddaughters. From left are Mariel Knauss, Friedberg and Emma and Lilly Oimette.

91-year-old Vail man sets heli-skiing world record — maybe

April 13, 2018 at 1:51 p.m.

Guinness Book of World Records hasn't ruled yet, but Stan Friedberg, 91, is likely the world's oldest heli-skier.

An all-electric bus manufactured by BYD was in Vail for a test the week of March 20. Three more electric buses will be tested this year and evaluated for battery life and other factors. The town could purchase its first electric bus as soon as 2020.

Vail tests electric buses

April 4, 2018 at 8:11 a.m.

For a few weeks this year, four largely silent buses will ferry passengers between the town's soccer fields and the west end of Lionshead Village.

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