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A high-speed transit system through the mountain corridor could serve as a major economic boon to communities on the Western Slope, according to a new study recently published by Development Research Partners. A high-speed transit system — likely in the form of a train that would carry passengers and light freight between Denver International Airport and Eagle County Regional Airport — was listed in the 2011 Record of Decision issued by the Colorado Department of Transportation and the Federal Highways Administration as a potential long-term solution to dealing with congestion on Interstate 70. Late last year, stakeholders — including the...

Although the Colorado Department of Transportation has its eyes on the future, as seen in its advocacy of the Rocky Mountain Hyperloop project that recently won a global challenge, the agency is also trying to innovate when it comes to current highways. Hence the planned installation of variable speed limit signs in Glenwood Canyon that can either speed up or slow down traffic in response to weather and traffic conditions. VSL has already gotten a tryout near Boulder, and if the system works in Glenwood, among the trickiest sections along the Interstate 70 corridor, after installation set to begin during...

At one point the lions were within about 10 feet of their patio door looking right into their dinning room... “They were meandering around the house, just lollygagging, not in a hurry at all,” Jan explained. “They just kind of hung out in the yard for a while.” In July 2007, a colt was attacked by a mountain lion near Silt but later recovered from its injuries. Several other incidents involving mountain lions have occurred in the area, according to Hampton, but there’s definitely been an increase this year. What frightened Jan about the lions near her home was that...

Sergio Estebon Ramirez, 20, was taken into custody late tonight and arrested on multiple charges including first-degree attempted murder of a police officer. A $1 million warrant was issued for his arrest. Ramirez is accused in the July 29 shooting of Glenwood Springs Police officer at an automobile impound lot near the Glenwood Springs Airport. The officer gave verbal commands to two men when they were walking away, but one of the men turned and fired multiple gunshots from a handgun, hitting the officer once in the chest from around 10 to 20 feet away. The officer returned gunshots as...

Police in Glenwood Springs released a sketch Thursday of a man they would like to talk with regarding the shooting of their officers earlier this week. Authorities said a police officer was shot in the chest late Sunday but survived because he was wearing a bulletproof vest. Police said the officer had spotted two men walking near some businesses and storage areas south of the Glenwood Springs Airport at about 11 p.m. Sunday and repeatedly ordered them to stop... They kept going, but one turned and fired several shots at the officer. Police said the officer returned fire, but it...

Vest likely saved officer's life; $2,000 reward offered for information. Authorities are still searching for two suspects in the shooting of a police officer Sunday night just south of the Glenwood Springs Airport late Sunday night. The bullet was stopped by a bulletproof vest and the officer did not sustain serious injuries. The officer’s name hasn’t been released. According to police, a Glenwood Springs Police Officer was doing a visual check of a storage area just south of the airport. He observed someone jump down off of a fence. He then noticed two males walking away from him. He gave...

When Lee Kirk found her 3 1/2-week-old colt cut and bloodied in its Silt Mesa corral the morning of July 4, it raised two questions. The answer to the first — what went after the foal — appears to be a lion. The deeper mystery is how the colt managed to avoid being killed in the attack, which happened after it got out of its corral. “Before (the lion) could reach the jugular and bite him, something stopped him,” Kirk said. Kirk has a hunch that something involved a herd of seven horses in the field surrounding the corral. One...