By John LaConte, The Vail Daily Colorado State Patrol Trooper Jacob Best encountered one of the most unique situations he’s seen in 15 years of duty in a high-speed horse pursuit on Interstate 70 near Eagle Friday night. The horses escaped from the Eagle County Fairgrounds, where the annual fair and rodeo was wrapping up […]
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Bob Lazier, a Vail pioneer, dies at 81 after battling coronavirus
By Randy Wyrick, The Vail Daily Vail pioneer Bob Lazier spent 22 days in the hospital fighting COVID-19 before succumbing to complications from the virus at 1 p.m. Saturday. Diane, Lazier’s wife of 58 years, kept a journal of all the things his doctors and nurses at Lakewood’s St. Anthony Hospital told her while Lazier […]
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Man who delighted Vail apres-ski crowds for decades dies from coronavirus; El Paso County man also killed by disease
By Randy Wyrick, The Vail Daily The pandemic sweeping the globe has claimed the life of a Vail musical icon. Rod Powell, who delighted apres-ski crowds for decades in Vail with his musical talents, died on Saturday morning from complications of the new coronavirus. He is the fifth person in Colorado to be killed by […]