KOTO Community Radio News

- Cautious optimism from Dr. Diana Koelliker

- A Cinderella season for Telluride Hockey

- Historical Museum looks back on 2020

Dr. Diana Koelliker, Medical Director of Emergency & Trauma Services at the Telluride Medical Center and Telluride EMS Director, discusses her cautious optimism about the state of COVID-19 in San Miguel County. Claudia Garcia Curzio provides Spanish interpretation.

- Public health to loosen COVID restrictions

- San Miguel County moves forward with vaccine distribution

- Telluride looks to extend open container laws through summer

Why is mental health important and how can we all learn practices to cultivate our own mental health and that of those around us? Jenny Wheeler, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with the Center for Mental Health, Corinne Cavender, Behavioral Health Operations Coordinator with Tri-County Health Network, and Henry Mitchell, San Miguel County Emergency Manager, discuss their experiences with mental health and the resources available to everyone in our region.

The phone number for the national suicide prevention lifeline is 800-273-8255. It is available 24/7 in English and Spanish.

- San Miguel plans for second COVID summer

- G is for Government previews Telluride Town Council

- Young People’s Theatre asks what it means to live

- Remembering Hannah Smith

- Colorado lawmakers push for gun reform

- A Day in the Life of a Miner with Fintan Cole

- San Miguel County in nebulous phase of pandemic response

- Increased demand for support services continues through COVID

- Director Matt Skerritt discusses his film “Angst”

San Miguel County Public Health Director Grace Franklin discusses the latest local updates on the coronavirus pandemic. Claudia Garcia Curzio provides Spanish interpretation

- San Miguel County moves to Level Blue on the COVID dial

- UK variant in San Miguel wastewater

- TAB shares “The Stories That Make Us”

The Telluride region would be nothing without the women who have shaped it and kept it running for as long as there have been people in this valley.

This hour highlights the ladies past and present who have graced the area. Theresa Koenigsknecht, Director of Programs and Exhibits at the Telluride Historical Museum, discusses the women of the region's past. Then, Franny Patricio, one of the first women to work in the mines, and Annie Savath, former Director of the Ski School, talk about their first-hand experiences in the area. Local writer Kierstin Bridger also contributes some of her poetry about the women of the Red Light District.