TLN December 19, 2024

Telluride to expand metered parking zones and step up enforcement, Daniel Zemke to replace Susanne Ross as Telluride's municipal court judge following her retirement, San Miguel County Commissioners are looking to support legislation that would exempt some employers from the cap on H2-B work visas, and wolves will be reintroduced on the Western Slope beginning in January of 2025.

San Miguel County finalizes its 2025 budget, COTREX app to include avalanche information, cattle from local ranch is missing or stolen, and county sheriffs are holding a unique type of food drive.

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at the Local News Network Telluride.

Telluride Arts pauses construction of Transfer Warehouse, Forest Service to cut budget and not hire seasonal workers, Telluride Foundation to launch pilot program for down payment assistance, and next week is opening day for the ski resort's 2024-2025 season.

Tri-County Health Network releases the local results from the 2023 Healthy Kids Survey, Mountain Village parking passes for the winter season are on sale, Colorado Parks and Wildlife studies mountain lion density on the Western Slope, and Red Mountain Pass rockfall closure allows for moose crossing.

Galena Gleason and Anne Brown win San Miguel County Commissioners seats, county voters approve gondola funding, tax reallocation to affordable housing, and a mill levy for the Norwood Fire Protection District, Colorado approve amendments to the state constitution adding abortion protections and remove the same-sex marriage ban, and the Free Box opens at its new spot in the Voodoo building.

San Miguel Power Association is seeking another fee increase and a tiered rate structure for electricity used during peak hours, Kathleen Merritt and Paul Major receive lifetime achievement awards from El Pomar Foundation, Bruin to offer compost pickup service to HOAs and businesses in Telluride, and speaking of compost...you can recycle those pumpkins for free in Mountain Village.

Early voting is underway in San Miguel County, arrest is made in 25-year-old cold case involving Nucla man, KOTO turns on new transmitter and KOOK signal in Ouray and Ridgway, and season's first significant snowstorm also results in its first avalanche incident.

This week we are taking a look at the local and regional ballot questions: tax increases to support the gondola and transportation, lengthening term limits for San Miguel County Commissioners, and using part of the existing parks and open space revenue to fund affordable housing in the county.