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.
Bill to lower Western Slope health insurance rates clears Senate committee
A bipartisan bill to lower Western Slope health insurance rates sponsored by state Sen. Kerry Donovan, D-Vail, made it out of the Senate Committee on Health & Human Services late…
Public Lands Day bill clears House committee as police powers bill killed
A bill to create a Public Lands Day and honor the importance of federal lands to the economic and environmental health of Colorado got an important nod from a state…
Campaign finance, dark money debate take center stage in presidential race
The topic of campaign finance reform got some serious airtime Sunday as actor George Clooney admitted the amount of money he’s raised for presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is “obscene,” and…
Sanders stays strong at Democratic state assemblies in Colorado
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on Friday continued to pile up Democratic presidential delegates the way snow stacked up across Colorado this weekend, scooping up 10 more to six for former…
Story is great but Colorado Rockies show us baseball is tough in a state so snowy and high
Friday morning well before the first pitch in the Colorado Rockies home opener I wrote a blog for RealVail.com lamenting the team’s lack of pitching and bemoaning the fact that…
EPA moves forward with Superfund listing for abandoned mines near Silverton
A little over eight months after EPA contractors accidentally released 3 million gallons of toxic wastewater into the Animas River near the scenic ski town of Silverton in Southwestern Colorado,…
Could Kaepernick see his NFL career resurrected by both Elway and Steadman Clinic?
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has been spending a lot of time in Vail this winter, but not because of the excellent ski conditions. The 28-year-old has reportedly been…
Native Roots bid to rename Mile High likely to fire up debate over pot, youth, sports
Could Sports Authority Field soon be called Native Roots Field at Mile High? Officials at legal marijuana retailer Native Roots, founded by Vail developer Peter Knobel, definitely think so, triggering…
Late-March powder builds Colorado snow-pack, extends ski season
Another week, another foot-plus of new snow in the Rockies. Not only has the recent blast of seemingly continuous snow been good for the snow-pack in the upper Colorado River…
As Denver prices soar, more Front Range home buyers are eyeing mountain markets
With ski season winding down in Colorado’s high country and the Denver-Boulder housing market so strong, real estate experts say Front Range buyers appear to be turning their attention to…
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