David O. Williams is an award-winning freelance reporter based in the Vail Valley of Colorado, writing on health care, immigration, politics, the environment, energy, public lands, outdoor recreation and sports. His work has appeared in 5280 Magazine, American Way Magazine (American Airlines), the Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), Aspen Daily News, the Aspen Times, Beaver Creek Magazine, the Chicago Tribune, the Colorado Independent, Colorado Politics formerly the Colorado Statesman), Colorado Public News, the Colorado Springs Gazette, the Colorado Independent (formerly Colorado Confidential), the Colorado Springs Independent, the Colorado Statesman (now Colorado Politics), the Daily Trail (Vail), the Denver Daily News, the Denver Post, the Durango Herald, the Eagle Valley Enterprise, the Eastside Journal (Bellevue, Washington), ESPN.com, the Glenwood Springs Post-Independent, the Greeley Tribune, the Huffington Post, the King County Journal (Seattle, Washington), KUNC.org (northern Colorado), LA Weekly, the London Daily Mirror, the Montgomery Journal (Maryland), The New York Times, the Parent’s Handbook, Peaks Magazine (now Epic Life), People Magazine, Powder Magazine, the Pueblo Chieftain, PT Magazine, Rocky Mountain Golf Magazine, the Rocky Mountain News, Atlantic Media's RouteFifty.com (formerly Government Executive State and Local), SKI Magazine, Ski Area Management, SKIING Magazine, the Summit Daily News, United Hemispheres (United Airlines), Vail/Beaver Creek Magazine, Vail en Español, Vail Valley Magazine, the Vail Daily, the Vail Trail and Westword (Denver). Williams is also the founder, publisher and editor of RealVail.com and RockyMountainPost.com.
Swirling ICE roundup rumors causing fear, confusion in Colorado ski country
The Eagle County sheriff and district attorney say they’re not seeing increased Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests locally, despite persistent rumors, but both are worried community concerns about a…
Colorado business leaders push for common-sense immigration reform
A common theme at a business roundtable discussion of the nation’s broken immigration system Thursday in Denver was that recent Trump administration orders have created an environment of fear throughout…
Congress works to repeal federal methane rules modeled after Colorado regulations
Depending on which side of the issue you talk to — oil and gas industry advocates or members of Colorado’s conservation community — Congress is about to gut crucial and…
Hickenlooper, Houses Dems call on Trump to rescind divisive Muslim travel-ban order
Colorado House Democrats on Tuesday joined Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper in condemning the Trump administration’s travel ban executive order barring refugees and citizens from seven majority-Muslim countries where President Donald…
Colorado lawmakers slam, support Trump travel-ban order
Members of Colorado’s congressional delegation from both sides of the aisle continued to criticize President Donald Trump’s executive order imposing a travel ban on citizens from seven majority-Islamic nations, although…
Trump throws water on Mexico firestorm, tosses gas on debate over Muslim refugees
President Donald Trump on Friday took steps to cool off his anti-immigration battle with Mexico but just as quickly enraged practitioners of the world’s second-largest religion by targeting Muslims seeking…
Colorado leaders condemn Trump executive action on border wall with Mexico
The head of Colorado’s foremost environmental group today lambasted the Trump administration for moving ahead with a projected $25 billion border wall with Mexico that at least initially will be…
The swamp keeps getting deeper in Trump’s first week … who’s going to drain it now?
It’s remarkable to me what kind of character flaws American voters will ignore if they agree with their candidate’s overarching ideology. More than 62 million voters overlooked Donald Trump’s obvious…
Trump may work with Congress rather than repeal Obama’s DACA protections
While he’s already plunged ahead signing orders to keep a slew of campaign promises – from gutting the Affordable Care Act without a replacement in place for millions of American,…
Donovan vows to resist Trump administration, Colorado GOP on public lands, climate issues
State Sen. Kerry Donovan was carrying her skis through Vail Village during a rare December rainstorm when RealVail.com interviewed her to preview the 2017 Colorado legislative session and talk about…
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