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.
During National Small Business Month, Target, DreamSpring put funding bullseye on underrepresented communities in Denver area
Bodies by Perseverance owner Courtney Samuel (DreamSpring.org photo). As May’s National Small Business Month winds down, Minneapolis-based retail giant Target is celebrating year-round “inclusive economic growth by supporting small businesses…
Colorado senator urges Supreme Court to hold Trump administration in contempt on deportations
EAGLE, Colo. — Colorado U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper Tuesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to start holding Trump administration officials in contempt of court and “lock them up” if they…
Conductor who brought back Colorado ski train wants to use rail to save state’s highways for skiing
Former Winter Park Ski Trail conductor Brad Swartzwelter. The longtime Amtrak train conductor credited with crafting a business plan that helped revive the mothballed Winter Park Express ski train in 2017 now…
Democratization or ruination? A deep dive on impacts of multi-resort ski passes on ski towns
A massive lift line on a powder day in Vail in 2020 (Reddit photo). Sadly, Mary Bono will always be synonymous with the dangers of skiing. Her globally famous former…
Western Rail Coalition looks to revive passenger rail service on long-dormant line connecting Colorado mountain towns
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…
Colorado ski town looks to dig deep, diversify energy sources as climate change threat looms
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). Editor’s…
State of Colorado strikes deal with Union Pacific to increase passenger rail service through Moffat Tunnel
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…
Texas rail company eyeing Colorado passenger service no longer involved with Utah oil trains
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…
As Trump targets ACA, Colorado officials, advocates brace for healthcare cost spikes
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…
Rural Colorado police chief looks to spread community awareness, bust myths on fentanyl
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…
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