TLN December 20, 2020

Snowboarders face charges in 2020 avalanche, CORE Act heads to the Senate again, San Miguel County gets Johnson & Johnson vaccine, and Telluride Theatre streams "High History."

COVID-19 variant detected, Colorado's power grid is vulnerable, Boebert votes against stimulus funding, endangered black-footed ferret cloned, and Colorado companies helped make parts for Mars rover.

Mountainfilm festival online, county's east end on Orange Extreme COVID restrictions, Telluride Foundation rural affordable housing project, COVID outbreaks at ski resorts, and Elon Musk's Starlink satellites.

Telluride Foundation CEO steps down, Rep. Boebert cancels local event, 3 skiers killed in avalanche, Sheridan Opera House theatre in person and online, and mountain lions on the prowl.

Telluride Fire Protection District adds staff, legendary local Bill “Senior” Mahoney passes, Lake Powell levels trigger Colorado River drought management, Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante boundaries to be reviewed, and feeling the Bern in Telluride.

Expanded COVID-19 testing, Citizens of the Year award, Rep. Lauren Boebert, county in exceptional drought, and notorious con man James Hogue arrested again.

San Miguel County moves to level orange and restaurants reopen, vaccinations roll out to residents, Colorado State Park visitation high this year, and skijoring goes virtual (for spectators). 

Vaccine Day in San Miguel County—health care workers receive first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Ski resort pandemic rules, Telluride Angel Baskets, COVID spike, and the Moab Monolith.