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RockyMountainPost.com is a digital news platform that focuses on politics, the environment, business, opinions, and outdoor lifestyles. It provides an independent perspective on the happenings and individuals influencing Colorado’s Western Slope, the broader state, and the Rocky Mountain area. Established in 2013 by experienced journalist David O. Williams, who is based in Vail, the site aims to deliver insightful coverage. Additionally, it is connected to RealVail.com, which was founded in 2007.

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Western Rail Coalition looks to revive passenger rail service on long-dormant line connecting Colorado mountain towns

Jan 22, 2025 | rockymountainpost.com | David O. Williams

Passengers or petroleum products? That’s one of the key questions being bandied about in a renewed effort to revive part of the long-dormant Tennessee Pass rail line linking southern Colorado to the state’s Western Slope.
Colorado ski town looks to dig deep, diversify energy sources as climate change threat looms

Jan 10, 2025 | rockymountainpost.com | David O. Williams

Holy Cross Energy CEO Bryan Hannegan, left, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, center, and Vail Mayor Travis Coggin at a geothermal event in Vail last summer (David O. Williams photo).
Trump's promised mass deportations, global tariffs could trigger crippling recession

Dec 30, 2024 | rockymountainpost.com | Dave Marston

As I watched Donald Trump arrive at an astounding victory election night, I was struck by his strong turnout in both rural and urban parts of the country. But I couldn’t stop thinking: Do voters understand what Trump’s sweep means for the price of eggs, housing and cars? As it became clear that enthusiasm for Kamala Harris was waning leading up to the election, bond markets were already going down. That’s important, because the bond market is a predictor of the future.
State of Colorado strikes deal with Union Pacific to increase passenger rail service through Moffat Tunnel

Dec 30, 2024 | rockymountainpost.com | David O. Williams

The Moffat Tunnel in Winter Park (Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline photo). The state of Colorado last week announced a new 25-year lease deal with Union Pacific Railroad for the state-owned Moffat Tunnel connecting the state’s Front Range with the Western Slope. As revealed by Real Vail in 2023, UP has been paying the state $12,000 a year to use the 6.2-mile Moffat Tunnel – a 99-year deal set to expire next month.
Texas rail company eyeing Colorado passenger service no longer involved with Utah oil trains

Dec 30, 2024 | rockymountainpost.com | David O. Williams

An oil train near the Grand Mesa in Colorado in 2023 (David O. Williams photo). The Texas-based railroad company that holds a passenger-service lease with Union Pacific on the Tennessee Pass Line through Eagle County is no longer involved with the controversial Uinta Basin oil train proposal in Utah … and hasn’t been since last year.
Colorado-Utah battle over oil trains could wind up tied in U.S. Supreme Court following recusal

Dec 30, 2024 | rockymountainpost.com | Chase Woodruff

With thousands of pages of briefs filed and two hours of oral argument completed on Tuesday, Chief Justice John Roberts of the U.S. Supreme Court declared the case known as Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v.
As Trump targets ACA, Colorado officials, advocates brace for healthcare cost spikes

Nov 10, 2024 | rockymountainpost.com | David O. Williams

Healthcare and health insurance costs could skyrocket under the second coming of a Trump administration still seemingly bent on eliminating or at least undercutting Obamacare, consumer advocates warn, while the profits of large, corporate health systems are likely to grow.
Rural Colorado police chief looks to spread community awareness, bust myths on fentanyl

Nov 10, 2024 | rockymountainpost.com | David O. Williams

M30 pills containing fentanyl (U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency photo). Rick Brandt, who’s the police chief in the northeastern Colorado town of Evans, considers himself a bit of a myth buster on the fentanyl front – a battle he’s been in the trenches of since 2007 when he took over as top cop in this city of 22,000 south of Greeley following 26 years with the Aurora Police Department.
U.S. Supreme Court to hear Colorado county suit to stop Utah oil trains along Colorado River

Nov 9, 2024 | rockymountainpost.com | David O. Williams

An oil train passes some paddle boarders on the Colorado River in August. Eagle County, Colorado, will get its day in the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, Dec. 10, when the justices will hear arguments in a petition by Utah oil interests seeking to reverse a lower court decision that at least temporarily derailed a Utah oil train project with huge implications for Colorado.
Western Rail Coalition formed to explore passenger rail expansion in Colorado mountains

Nov 9, 2024 | rockymountainpost.com | David O. Williams

A newly formed group of passenger rail advocates has launched a new website, produced a new video, landed some local support, and will present before the Minturn Town Council tonight in an effort to urge the state to help revive the Tennessee Pass Line through Eagle County.