TLN January 8, 2021

Fatal bear attack, vaccine rollout continues, Fourth of July festivities cancelled, and library extends its hours.

Pfizer vaccine available for people 16 and older, Telluride Film Festival picks another Academy Award winner, town mulls reopening the Free Box, and watch out for bears and porcupines.

Lizard Head Youth Hockey wins states, Colorado opens vaccinations to all adults, Telluride Brewing Company honors Boulder victims, 2020-21 ski season comes to a close, and Telluride AIDS Benefit student fashion show is online.

Colorado plastic bag ban, Bear Creek rescue, Society Turn proposal, powder day on COVID closure one-year anniversary.

State Land Board could sell Wilson Mesa parcel, HB 1161 would limit standardized testing for students, Colorado is adding more firefighting aviation resources, and Daffodil Days are almost here.

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.