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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.

GOP should have tossed Trump into ‘basket of deplorables’ months ago

GOP should have tossed Trump into ‘basket of deplorables’ months ago

Following the revelation by the Washington Post on Friday that Republican Donald Trump is exactly who we thought he was — a sexist, philandering scumbag — GOP leaders are finally…

Wild Goose Canning opens its doors to mark National Manufacturing Day

Wild Goose Canning opens its doors to mark National Manufacturing Day

Today marks National Manufacturing Day, a celebration of modern manufacturing meant to inspire the next generation of American manufacturers, and Wild Goose Canning in Boulder honored the day by opening…

Could Colorado revive ski train concept beyond Winter Park?

Could Colorado revive ski train concept beyond Winter Park?

Some of the biggest applause of the evening at the annual Colorado Ski & Snowboard Museum Hall of Fame induction dinner in Vail on Saturday came when the revived Winter…

Tipton, Schwartz race heats up with dueling charges of false ad campaigns

Tipton, Schwartz race heats up with dueling charges of false ad campaigns

Colorado’s sleepy 3rd Congressional District – a mostly uncompetitive and politically off-the-radar race in recent years – has suddenly become much more heated in recent weeks, with incumbent Republican Scott…

National respect grudgingly coming to Siemian, Denver Broncos

National respect grudgingly coming to Siemian, Denver Broncos

Finally, the East Coast-biased national sports news network ESPN showed that its analysts are actually capable of opening their collective eyes and accurately assessing the defensive and now to some…

Outdoor industry manufacturing jobs seen as sustainable economic solution for struggling rural areas

Outdoor industry manufacturing jobs seen as sustainable economic solution for struggling rural areas

The outdoor recreation industry will be under a microscope this week in Denver, with three different conferences focused at least in part on the economic viability of manufacturing jobs that…

Millennial voters must not elect climate-denier Trump by backing Green Party’s Stein

Millennial voters must not elect climate-denier Trump by backing Green Party’s Stein

So if you’re a millennial voter either deadest against or on the fence about voting for Democrat Hillary Clinton for president, you probably won’t read this because it’s being posted…

Brandon Marshall deserves praise, not punishment, for social-justice protest

Brandon Marshall deserves praise, not punishment, for social-justice protest

Instead of burning Denver Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall’s jersey and vilifying him for his ongoing national anthem protest in the name of social justice, I think it’s time we start…

State Sen. Baumgardner blasted by Dem challenger for misusing public resources at CDOT

State Sen. Baumgardner blasted by Dem challenger for misusing public resources at CDOT

For an obscure rural district encompassing the vast northwestern corner of Colorado, state Senate District 8 has certainly seen its share of nasty politics over the past four years. Look…

Visionary affordable housing solutions may be too little, too late to save Vail

Visionary affordable housing solutions may be too little, too late to save Vail

A few weeks ago I wrote a blog post calling for true vision in dealing with parking, housing and transportation problems in Vail. The piece was well-read and elicited a…