(TELLURIDE, CO) What’s going on in Telluride? Here’s a roundup of the top stories in the area today.
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LOCAL HEADLINE
Officials recognize public health advisory panel
Telluride has long been a hotbed of innovation, progressive thought, and a welcoming home for every era’s great thinkers, professionals and experts in numerous fields. When the COVID-19 pandemic muscled its way into the national consciousness last March, San Miguel County Public Health Director Grace Franklin, who was hired a little over a month before, was thrust into one of the more extreme aspects of her profession — that of guiding emergency policies designed to protect the health of county citizens. She hardly acted alone. Not only did her department and others throughout Colorado have a pipeline to state public health officials, but in her own backyard emerged a cadre of uniquely qualified individuals who were, and still are, willing and able to impart their knowledge to the mission of protecting the county’s citizens from the virus that has so far claimed more than 700,000 live in the U.S. Those six people, all volunteers, were honored at Wednesday’s Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) meeting. Read more
TRENDING NOW
By the people, for the people
Robin Kondracki grew up in Telluride, and has served as an Americorps Vista volunteer in this region. Those two facts offer this amateur artist a unique perspective on the local landscape. She gets the big picture: “My work is heavily inspired by the San Juans,” she says. Kondracki also has... Read more
TOP VIEWED
Short-term rentals ballot questions discussed
Chairs quickly filled during Tuesday night’s debate at the Sheridan Opera House SHOW Bar. The purpose of the debate was to discuss the two upcoming Town of Telluride ballot initiatives regarding short-term rentals, 2D and 300. The Telluride Housing Initiative, which hosted the event and is the group behind Question... Read more
LOCAL FAVORITE
Thursday, October 21
Birthdays: PATRICK HUGHES, EMERALD YOUNG, DOUG JONES, GENE TICE, DAVE FARNY, GENE McGLAMERY, MARTHA KOCH, MAURA COLTER, LAYLA CHESEBORO, MIA McLAUGHLIN, CARRIE FISHER, ELVIN BISHOP, JADE JAGGER, GEORGE BELL, DIZZY GILLESPIE. The Palm Arts Met Opera series presents Terence Blanchard’s “Fire Shut Up In My Bones” at 11 a.m. on... Read more