TLN January 15, 2026

Ski resort reopens Lift 1 while ski patrol strike continues, Telluride and Mountain Village collaborate on support for workers and businesses facing the economic fallout from the strike, Trump administration freezes funding for crucial social programs in Colorado, and San Miguel County gets its own free poetry box.

A brief report on the Telluride Ski Resort closure and the ski patrol union strike.

This week, we're taking a look back at the top news stories from 2025.

From all of us at Local News Network Telluride, we wish you peace and joy this holiday season.

Man found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound on top of Keystone Hill, Telluride Town Council appoints Marya Stark and approves bigger Jazz Festival crowds and additional summer concert, ski patrol contract negotiations continue, and gray wolf captured in New Mexico and returned to Colorado.

San Miguel County Commissioners approve Society Turn development plan, Telluride Ski Patrol rejects resort's contract offer, Telluride Town Council interviews candidates for open seat on the board, and missing Norwood cat comes home—after SIX YEARS.

Telluride Ski Resort opens amid contract negotiations with ski patrol, Trump administration proposes new rules that would weaken Endangered Species Act protections, San Miguel County Commissioners to consider final plan for Society Turn development, and Colorado Parks and Wildlife releases study on the brown-capped rosy finch.

The election results are in. From Prop 300 to the Norwood school bond, here is a roundup of what the voters decided.

Rep. Jeff Hurd visits with San Miguel County Commissioners, Telluride makes amendments to its employee rental housing policy, county needs more time to consider logistics and plans for joint administrative facilities in the Fruen building, and Election Day is fast approaching.