David O. Williams is an award-winning freelance reporter based in the Vail Valley of Colorado, writing on health care, immigration, politics, the environment, energy, public lands, outdoor recreation and sports. His work has appeared in 5280 Magazine, American Way Magazine (American Airlines), the Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), Aspen Daily News, the Aspen Times, Beaver Creek Magazine, the Chicago Tribune, the Colorado Independent, Colorado Politics formerly the Colorado Statesman), Colorado Public News, the Colorado Springs Gazette, the Colorado Independent (formerly Colorado Confidential), the Colorado Springs Independent, the Colorado Statesman (now Colorado Politics), the Daily Trail (Vail), the Denver Daily News, the Denver Post, the Durango Herald, the Eagle Valley Enterprise, the Eastside Journal (Bellevue, Washington), ESPN.com, the Glenwood Springs Post-Independent, the Greeley Tribune, the Huffington Post, the King County Journal (Seattle, Washington), KUNC.org (northern Colorado), LA Weekly, the London Daily Mirror, the Montgomery Journal (Maryland), The New York Times, the Parent’s Handbook, Peaks Magazine (now Epic Life), People Magazine, Powder Magazine, the Pueblo Chieftain, PT Magazine, Rocky Mountain Golf Magazine, the Rocky Mountain News, Atlantic Media's RouteFifty.com (formerly Government Executive State and Local), SKI Magazine, Ski Area Management, SKIING Magazine, the Summit Daily News, United Hemispheres (United Airlines), Vail/Beaver Creek Magazine, Vail en Español, Vail Valley Magazine, the Vail Daily, the Vail Trail and Westword (Denver). Williams is also the founder, publisher and editor of RealVail.com and RockyMountainPost.com.
Trump sowing seeds of fear in Latino communities living in Colorado mountains
It’s important to call out and stand up to bullies, even just verbal ones, no matter where you find them. That’s a lesson I’ve been imparting to my three sons…
Colorado counties lining up to oppose state control of public lands
At least 12 of Colorado’s 64 counties have weighed in on the highly contentious issue of whether the state should take over control of federal lands within its borders, with…
Trump contradicts himself on state control of federal public lands
The heated rhetoric in recent years aimed at the federal government for its ownership and management of public lands in the West – a trend Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper last…
Denver Broncos say sayonara to Brockweiler but fans shouldn’t panic
So long to the Brockweiler. While Brock Osweiler helped the Denver Broncos get home-field advantage in the playoffs by subbing for the retired Peyton Manning last season and going 5-2…
Super Tuesday channels anger, anti-establishment sentiment in Colorado
Colorado’s Western Slope experienced somewhat of a landslide on Super Tuesday last week as Democratic caucus-goers came out in force for far left-leaning social Democrat Bernie Sanders. Anger continued to…
Poll: Wealthy investors find Denver housing market overpriced, unaffordable
A recent Morgan Stanley poll of more than 1,000 high net-worth investors revealed that they overwhelmingly feel the Denver housing market is both overpriced and unaffordable for first-time homebuyers. Morgan…
Ford looks to Denver drivers for input on updating SUV model
Ford will be rolling out a significant update of one of its existing SUVs in the near future, but before it takes such a major step the company is seeking…
Public Lands Day bill sparks partisan debate in Colorado Legislature
A feel-good Public Lands Day bill meant to proclaim Colorado’s love of its vast swaths of federal land and how they’re managed has sparked a partisan debate over the role…
Colorado House District 59 race likely to be costly, nasty and close
Editor’s note: A version of this story first appeared in The Colorado Statesman: In 2014, the race for Colorado House District 59 in Southwest Colorado was one of closest, nastiest…
Colorado lawmaker looks to daylight high cost of prescription drugs with transparency bill
A bipartisan bill aimed at compelling pharmaceutical companies to disclose to the state the costs of producing certain prescription drugs will have its first hearing before the Colorado House Committee…
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