Vail Daily

Vail Daily
TypeFree daily newspaper
FormatTabloid
OwnerSwift Communications
Founder(s)Jim Pavelich
Jon Van Housen
PublisherMark Wurzer
Managing editor
Krista Driscoll
Founded1981
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters40780 US Hwy 6 & 24
Avon, Colorado 81620
CountryUnited States
Websitevaildaily.com

The Vail Daily is a newspaper in Eagle County, Colorado first published in 1981. 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. 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. At that time, The Daily was a competitor of the Vail Trail. After a few years, Pavelich bought out Van Housen.

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. In 1993, Pavelich sold The Daily and the Summit Daily News to Swift Communications. In 2021, the company was acquired by Ogden Newspapers.

In 2025, The Daily became the newspaper of record for Eagle County following the closure of the Eagle Valley Enterprise.

References

  1. ↑ Heicher, Kathy (June 14, 2021). "Before the Vail Daily: Newspapers 'keep the record' for Eagle County since 1881". Vail Daily. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 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.
  3. ↑ "Vail newspaper refuses ad supporting boycott". Pueblo Chieftain. Associated Press. December 28, 1992. p. 9.
  4. ↑ "Swift Colorado buys Vail, Summit papers". The Daily Sentinel. Grand Junction, Colorado. October 13, 1993. p. 14.
  5. ↑ Miller, Scott (November 30, 2021). "Parent company of Vail Daily sells to Ogden Newspapers". Vail Daily.
  6. ↑ Goldstein, Zoe (November 18, 2025). "Eagle County names Vail Daily as newspaper of record". Retrieved May 9, 2026.