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VAIL DAILY
Award-winning articles and columns written for the Vail Daily
NEWS COLUMNS
First Place, Best News Columns, Colorado Associated Press Editors and Reporters 2017; Awards, Division II, “Be Like Marilla” and “Going deep.”
VAIL DAILY | 2017
SPORTS STORY
Third Place, Best Sports Story, Class 7, Colorado Press Association 2014 Awards, “7 Mountains, One Day.”
VAIL LIFESTYLE | SPRING 2014
BUSINESS FEATURE STORY
Second Place, Best Business Feature Story, Class 7, Colorado Press Association 2012 Awards, “‘A ‘brew’ with your buddy.”
VAIL DAILY HIGH LIFE | 9.3.12
SUMMIT DAILY
Special sections created for the Summit Daily
A NEW CHAPTER
Wrote all articles, shot construction photos and produced 24-page commemorative section on Breckenridge community center and library for Summit Daily News
SUMMIT DAILY NEWS | 1.10.15
A CULTURAL HUB IN THE HEART OF BRECK
Wrote cover story; shot all photos, including cover photo
EXPLORE SUMMIT | 9.26.14
ARTICLES & COLUMNS
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A ‘brew’ with your buddy
My dog’s first taste of beer came at an early age. Ever the curious puppy, she knocked over a can of Pabst Blue Ribbon at a kickball game and took a few cautious licks of the golden stuff that beaded up on some blades of grass.
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7 mountains, 1 day
The alarm clock goes off and I stare at it stupidly, wondering why the thing is beeping at me at such an ungodly hour. I hit the snooze bar.
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Going deep
It’s dark. Not the normal sun-splattered quasi-dark that touches the river deep within the canyon, but dark like thick, black tar has been spackled across the thin veils of my eyelids.
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Be Like Marilla
Marilla McCain was untiringly dedicated to the interests of the people of Eagle County, with an admirable work ethic and a spunky, tell-it-like-it-is writing style that made people sit up and listen.
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Mountain of statistics
Skiers and snowboarders took their last turns at Beaver Creek on Sun- day, April 10, and will follow suit at Vail Mountain on Sunday, April 17, signaling the end of the ski season in our little valley. Here, we’ve rounded up a collection of statistics to help you visual exactly…
Krista M. Driscoll 