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Get ready for local football. The Battle Mountain Huskies (2-0) football team takes on the Coal Ridge Titans (1-1) live on High Five Access Media on Sept. 15 at 7 p.m.

All Battle Mountain varsity home football games are televised live, on cable Channel 5 or your smartphone, tablet or computer on Live on Five at www.highfivemedia.org/live.

Mark your calendars for games on the following dates:

Can’t make it to the Vail America Days Parade? Want out-of-town family to check out your float? High Five Access Media has you covered.

We’ll be live from Lionshead with hosts Holly Trickel and Gabe Hogan with a short preshow from 10:30 to 10:45 a.m., when the parade is expected to reach Lionshead. At that point, we’ll toss our play-by-play coverage over to local radio voice Tony Mauro.

Viewers may watch live on local cable HFAM Channel 5 or Live on Five on the web at www.highfivemedia.org. Subsequent replays will air on cable and the web and also will be available on demand on our website. 

The Alliance for Community Media, which represents 3,000 public, educational and governmental (PEG) access stations, awarded High Five Access Media’s J.K. Perry best documentary for production of “Heart of Vail.”

High Five Access Media worked with the Eagle River Watershed Council to create “Heart of Vail,” which seeks to educate Vail residents, streamside property owners, and government officials of the peril the creek faces because of pollution, and persuade the community to do its part to clean Gore Creek. Funding for production was granted by the Forrest and Frances Lattner Foundation.

Folk rock group Many Mountains joins The Community Project on May 26, live from the Avon Public Library. In this episode, which airs live from 2 to 3:30 p.m. on cable Channel 5 and Live on Five, we've got The Haps for June, a discussion of summer library programs, an interview with the Freddy Jones Band and and a showcase of the artist gallery in the Avon Public Library. The community is welcome to attend, enjoy the show, and learn more about High Five Access Media and the library.

The latest episode of The Community Project drops live March 17 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. In this episode, local band The Platonics perform live in Studio 203 at the High Five Access Media Center. We've also got The Haps for March, a history of Vail's Great Race, Neat News with Max America and DJ Scratch 'n' Sniff, and more! You can watch The Community Project live on cable on Channel 5 or on the web at Live on Five.

We accomplished much in 2016. Among many other successes, High Five Access Media launched a new name and community outreach effort that includes a new website. Our work is not done. We've plans to improve your experience with High Five Access Media in the coming year, and beyond. Stay tuned!

Be the first to know! You can now be notified when new videos are available from High Five Access Media. 

You can select from several categories including, Vail Town Council, Avon Town Council, Lunch with the Locals as well as the newly added Vail Design Review Board, Vail Planning and Environmental Commission and many more!

Simply visit our Newsletter page, fill in your email, select your categories, and click submit. Voila. You’ll get an email the morning the video is available.

By Drew Kartos

I think it’s fair to say the Vail Valley is no longer the hidden gem it used to be, that is, when peering in from the outside. However, as a local, I’ve learned that there is still much to be discovered about its mixed bag of interesting people. That’s why I turned to digital storytelling, and with the help of High Five Access Media (HFAM), I’ve been able to share my own powerful stories. 

High Five Access Media invites you to support our efforts to Watch, Create, Educate and Advocate by donating to us on Colorado Gives Day, Dec.6, 2016. Your donation ensures we can continue to provide free media education workshops, free video production equipment for the community, and low-cost video production services so nonprofits can advance their cause.

Presented by Community First Foundation and FirstBank, Colorado Gives Day is an annual statewide movement to celebrate and increase philanthropy through online giving. To donate to High Five Access Media, visit Colorado Gives.

High Five Access Media announces a public forum featuring candidates for the 2016 Avon Town Council election.

The campaign season is expected to be lively with five candidates on the ballot to fill three slots. The event takes place Oct. 17 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Avon Town Council chambers at 1 Lake Street, Avon, Colorado. The forum will offer an opportunity for the Avon electorate to evaluate candidates in a side-by-side forum. Each candidate will have equal time to answer questions on a variety of topics, which will be presented by moderator Brian Sipes.