Vail Daily
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| Type | Free daily newspaper |
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| Format | Tabloid |
| OwnerTemplate:Pluralize from text | Swift Communications |
| FounderTemplate:Pluralize from text | Jim Pavelich Jon Van Housen |
| Publisher | Mark Wurzer |
Managing editor | Krista Driscoll |
| Founded | 1981 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 40780 US Hwy 6 & 24 Avon, Colorado 81620 |
| Country | United States |
| Website | vaildaily |
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The Vail Daily is a newspaper in Eagle County, Colorado first published in 1981.[1] Its primary digital platform is VailDaily.com, and it also publishes a 15,000-circulation, free-distribution newspaper seven days a week. The newspaper covers the Colorado communities of Vail, Avon, Edwards, Beaver Creek, and Minturn, the area ski resorts, and greater Eagle County.
Publishers
On June 15, 1981, the first edition of The Vail Daily was published.[2] It was founded by Jim Pavelich and Jon Van Housen with $3,000 in tip money as a successor to the recently defunct Vail Daily Mail.[2] At that time, The Daily was a competitor of the Vail Trail. After a few years, Pavelich bought out Van Housen.[2]
In 1992, Pavelich refused to run an ad from a gay man in The Daily. The ad advocated for a boycott of Colorado in response to the passing of the 1992 Colorado Amendment 2.[3] In 1993, Pavelich sold The Daily and the Summit Daily News to Swift Communications.[4] In 2021, the company was acquired by Ogden Newspapers.[5]
In 2025, The Daily became the newspaper of record for Eagle County following the closure of the Eagle Valley Enterprise.[6]
References
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Heicher, Kathy (June 14, 2021). "Before the Vail Daily: Newspapers 'keep the record' for Eagle County since 1881". Vail Daily. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.LaConte, John (June 15, 2021). "Vail Daily turns 40: Co-founder Jim Pavelich looks back on publishing his first paper". The Vail Daily. Retrieved April 21, 2026.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Vail newspaper refuses ad supporting boycott". Pueblo Chieftain. Associated Press. December 28, 1992. p. 9.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Swift Colorado buys Vail, Summit papers". The Daily Sentinel. Grand Junction, Colorado. October 13, 1993. p. 14.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Miller, Scott (November 30, 2021). "Parent company of Vail Daily sells to Ogden Newspapers". Vail Daily.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Goldstein, Zoe (November 18, 2025). "Eagle County names Vail Daily as newspaper of record". Retrieved May 9, 2026.
External links
- Vail Daily Website
- Swift Communications (official website)
- Colorado Mountain News Media
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