an international investigation is now underway into the deceased attacker and members of his family. and later, what s next in the fight against covid as the u.s. finally gets ready to begin distribution of those free at-home rapid tests later this week as the surgeon general warns the country is likely still weeks away from the omicron peak. welcome to meet the press daily . as the nation honors the life and legacy today of dr. martin luther king junior with the events across the country, the president and leaders in his party are ramping up their calls for action on voting rights. we heard from nancy pelosi at a press conference in washington ha features martin luther king iii and other activists. vice president harris delivered remarks today virtually. and president biden delivered some remarks in a prerecorded said owe released by the white house this morning. all of them using the moment to cast a spotlight on the urgent need for voting rights protections. today o
PEARCY Lake Hamilton High School s Wolf Arena was the site of Draft Day 2023 on Tuesday, in which over 1,800 students, 17 schools, and 57 employers gathered for a two-day in-person hiring and career fair that wraps up this afternoon.
Their own speeches on the 2020 election and this idea of election integrity. essentially the former president is commanding loyalty from these individuals and demanding they have fidelity to the big lie, these 2020 conspiracies. state senator wendy rogers was going off on tangents about rigged machines. of course there s no merit behind that. callie townsend, another state senator, was leading the chants to bring on indictments. kari lake saying that election officials should be jailed. these are individuals who hold legitimate office in the state of arizona. the attorney general of arizona was not here but he s running for the u.s. senate seat to take on mark kelly. donald trump s words were very pointed, that he should, quote, do his job.
Officials from Vail Resorts and the U.S. Forest Service dig up some wet dirt Thursday morning at the top of the new McCoy Park area at Beaver Creek. From left are Bill Kennedy, Carl Orlowski, Kyle Griffith, Gary Shimanowitz, Nadia Guerriero, Leanne Veldhuis, Carl Eaton, Dan Ramker and Addy McCord. Guerriero, Beaver Creek’s chief operating officer, got to hold on to her gold shovel as a keepsake.
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Beaver Creek and U.S. Forest Service officials broke ground Thursday on the ski area’s new McCoy Park project, a 250-acre expansion of lift-served terrain that will include two new quads and 17 new trails.
Opening ceremonies for Beaver Creek were held on Dec. 15, 1980. From left to right: Brain Rapp, president of Beaver Creek Resort Company; Harry Bass, chairman of Vail Associates; unidentified Forest Service representative; Jack Marshall, president of Vail Associates; then-governor Dick Lamm; former U.S. president Gerald Ford. (Vail Resorts
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Editor’s Note: The Vail Daily’s Tricia Swenson has compiled this information from talks with longtime locals, her own experience as a Beaver Creek Children’s Ski and Snowboard School instructor and from books from the Avon Public Library.
The first known inhabitants of the Beaver Creek Valley were primarily the Utes as well as hunting parties from the Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribes. The Utes were called “Blue Sky People” by other tribes. They called the peaks that surrounded them “The Shining Mountains.”