Lynne Blake found the cause she wanted to champion with all her heart after she suffered a sudden cardiac arrest in 2007.

She was 27 years old, newly married, fit and otherwise healthy when the heart attack struck. A bystander who knew how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) helped save h...

Eagle County commissioners are leery about paying $80,000 for a feasibility study on a proposed passenger rail service from Leadville to Dotsero. The Rio Grande Pacific Corporation is proposing the rail service with HDR Engineering doing the feasibility study. Among other things, the study would research the viability of a “commuter and excursion services between Leadville, Vail and Dotsero with potential intermediate stations at Minturn, Avon, Eagle and Gypsum.” The plan anticipates using some of Union Pacific Railroad's out-of-service tracks. Last week, the county commissioners expressed hesitation to sign on for the study but will wait to hear input from area municipalities at a meeting tomorrow, Feb. 3, before they respond to HDR and RGPC. One issue is how the proposed railway might fit in with a possible Interstate-70 corridor “advance guideway system” that would provide connectivity to the front range. A...