Craig Press
Colorado State Patrol arrested a female driver and a male passenger Monday around noon following a high-speed pursuit that began near Vail with a report of a stolen vehicle.
Vail officers initiated the pursuit around 7:30 a.m. Monday after locating the stolen vehicle. However, Vail PD discontinued pursuit after the stolen vehicle accelerated to a high rate of speed on Interstate 70 and headed west.
Later in the morning, Rifle police officers and Colorado State Patrol troopers were able to locate the same vehicle in Rifle, leading to the stolen vehicle heading north on Colorado Highway 13 in an attempt to escape.
The Moffat County School Board has entered into negotiations with interim Superintendent Scott Pankow to make him the full time superintendent.
The President of the board, Jo Ann Baxter, is writing up the contract and taking the lead on negotiations with Pankow. Baxter’s goal is to get the contract signed and delivered to the school board for approval by the Jan. 28 meeting.
The negotiations were first discussed during executive session of the Dec. 10 school board meeting. The decision on whether or not to negotiate was then voted on after a motion by Vice President JoBeth Tupa, with the entire board voting “yes“, allowing for Baxter to enter into discussions with Pankow. Baxter and Pankow plan to meet on Jan. 8 to start negotiations.
Tony St. John has been a man of many hats in the Moffat County community for over 30 years now. St. John is a Moffat County bus driver, a sponsorship representative for the local balloon festival, an ardent supporter of local athletics and a one-time political candidate. He also worked for the Holiday Inn, he was an AAU basketball coach, and he worked at the ColoWyo coal mine.
Tony St. John shakes his iconic Bulldog cowbell from the driver s seat of his Moffat County School District bus.
St. John’s journey to Craig was first brought about by his brother in law now a fellow bus driver living here working at the ColoWyo coal mine. St. John says that he was visiting his brother in law and was immediately smitten with the beauty of the landscape.