The driver of a stolen vehicle led officers on a chase across Eagle County on Sunday morning, reaching speeds of 120 miles per hour and traveling the wrong way down the interstate, according to police.
The interstate was closed in various places between Vail and Glenwood Canyon as the vehicle exited the highway and got back on it again, causing officers to change tactics between active pursuit on the interstate and passive monitoring on town streets.
Officers directed bystanders off the interstate out of safety concerns and in an attempt to deploy tire deflating devices to stop the vehicle. The vehicle, an older model Mercedes SUV, had been affixed with stolen license plates in an effort to conceal that it was stolen, said Trooper Jacob Best with the Colorado State Patrol.
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For more than five years now, the Vail Police Department, the Eagle County Sheriff’s Office and the Gypsum Fire Department have worked with a national company called FirstNet to evaluate its high-speed broadband emergency communications platform.
Now other agencies can view their testimonials regarding the service and associated equipment in a series of YouTube videos produced by the company to promote its product. The videos were filmed in February and went live on YouTube in late March.
In the segments, Vail Police Chief Dwight Henninger, Eagle County Sheriff’s Deputy Kevin Kromer and Gypsum Fire Chief Justin Kirkland share their experiences with using FirstNet, Built with AT&T a public-private partnership with the First Responder Network Authority
Rick Spitzer special to the Daily
Vail’s first bear report of 2020 came on April 20 last year. The animals seem to be sleeping in a bit this year.
As of Tuesday, no bear sightings had been reported in Vail. But those reports are coming.
Brian Gadberry at the Vail Police Department said it may be a while before Vail’s first bear reports start to trickle in. But the animals are starting to stir in lower, warmer areas of Colorado.
“We’re starting to see them out and about,” Colorado Parks and Wildlife spokesperson Randy Hampton said.
In higher elevations, and places with more snow cover, Hampton said bears might wake up during a warm week, then head back to their dens until there’s more vegetation to eat.
Religious leaders who serve the six congregations at the Vail Interfaith Chapel break ground Monday to launch the first phase of a years-long $7 million renovation project. From left are Father Jose Maria Quera, Rev. Brooks Keith, Rabbi Joel Newman, Rev. Tim Wilbanks, Rev. Matthew Wyatt and Rev. Scott Beebe.
Chris Dillmann/cdillmann@vaildaily.com
VAIL The Vail Interfaith Chapel needs a new roof in a bad way. Considering all of the different congregations and community organizations that come together under that one roof, the need is great.
On Monday, leaders of the six congregations that share the chapel, along with an array of town officials, donors and community members, came together at the front steps of the Vail landmark to officially kick off the first phase of a $7 million renovation project.
Police on skis lend friendly mitten at 2 Colorado resorts
By JASON BLEVINSApril 4, 2021 GMT
VAIL, Colo. (AP) Det. Greg Schwartz spies a couple in need and skis up to them in front of the bright yellow “Slow Skiing” sign on Vail’s Northwoods run.
“Can I take it for you?” he asks, reaching for the phone balancing in Lowell Zarzuela’s hand as he snaps selfies of himself and his wife, Angie.
“Catch any bad guys today?” Lowell asks, realizing after a few seconds that he’s talking to a cop on skis.
“It’s not really about catching the bad guys,” Schwartz says. “It’s more about chatting with folks like you. Just letting you know we are around.”