John Laconte

1 week ago | vaildaily.com | John Laconte

The Vail Town Council, in a special session on Monday, approved the creation of 268 new town-owned rental units on a parcel of undeveloped land on the north side of North Frontage Road. The project will be located between the Middle Creek apartment complex and Red Sandstone Elementary School, and will consist of 84 studios, 100 one-bedroom and 48 two-bedroom units spread across three buildings. Construction is expected to begin this summer.

1 week ago | vaildaily.com | John Laconte

Good help is hard to find in the newspaper business, and that’s also proving true for the most famous play about the newspaper business, as a local rendition of the Disney musical “Newsies” could use a few more kids to fill out its cast. The Vail Performing Arts Academy has obtained the rights to put on “Newsies” on July 26-27, and while it will be a shortened version of the popular play, (the official title is “Newsies Junior”), it still contains every lead role. All 42 of them.

1 week ago | vaildaily.com | John Laconte

The Vail Town Council, on Tuesday, will hear a plan from the town’s public works department to update and expand the Vail Transportation Center to accommodate current and future needs. The $1.5 million plan, which is currently being called “Arrive Vail,” will be funded, in part, by a $750,000 grant from the Colorado Department of Transportation, which the town of Vail received in 2022.

1 week ago | vaildaily.com | John Laconte

May 12, 1995A condition called Whirling Disease was killing fish in local waterways, the Vail Trail reported. “Only a year ago. Whirling Disease was virtually unheard of,” the Trail reported. “Now the topic is on the lips of every serious angler in the state, many of whom are downright scared.”The disease was coming from a parasite selectively attacking the cartilage surrounding the brain and unformed bone structure of immature trout, causing head and skeletal deformities.

1 week ago | vaildaily.com | John Laconte

Hundreds of volunteers got out and cleaned up trash along the roadways of Eagle County on Saturday. The annual Community Pride Highway Cleanup is put on by the Eagle River Coalition, and attracts teams of volunteers throughout the valley. While it’s mostly local volunteers who join in, the event attracts some out-of-town families as well, like the Vogels, of Denver, who wanted to participate with their 5-year-old twins, Emilia and Jack.