{"id":3153,"date":"2025-03-10T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koto.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=3153"},"modified":"2025-03-11T17:59:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T23:59:45","slug":"newscast-3-10-25","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/koto.org\/es\/news\/newscast-3-10-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Telediario 3-10-25"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mountain Village Turns 30<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Commissioners Talk Local Funding Requests for Congress<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lawmakers Hit Halfway<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Telluride Loses a Community Member<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Telluride lost a member of its community over the weekend. Ross Martin was found dead in his Lawson Hill home on Saturday morning. He was 49 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Martin was a dreamer. He loved the mountains and the outdoors \u2013 hiking and skiing. He was a pro at serving up great food and drink. But the greatest love of his life was his girls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cause and manner of death are under investigation. Crippin Funeral Home will attend to services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Martin is survived by his parents, Jack and Nina; his brother, Derek; and his daughters, Ava, Sofia, and Lyla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mountain Village Turns 30<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Thirty years ago today, the Town of Mountain Village officially incorporated itself as a home-rule municipality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMountain Village is one of the younger communities in all of Colorado, and for being as young as we are, I think we\u2019re punching above our weight in how much we\u2019ve been able to accomplish over the last thirty years,\u201d said Mountain Village Mayor Marti Prohaska.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen I moved here with my family in 1992, there was one house on Benchmark Drive \u2013 which was ours. There were very few full-time, year-round residents, and in the time since we\u2019ve evolved into a robust local community that has a lot of its own character and motivation to be a player in the regional conversations of making our whole destination as great as it is,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mountain Village was born out of the ski resort in the 1970s, became a San Miguel County planned neighborhood in the 1980s, and officially became a town on March 10, 1995.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mountain Village held its first Town Council meeting on March 29. KOTO News\u2019 Debra Goldberg was there to report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMayor Darryl Huschke presided over the first Mountain Village Town Council meeting last night, presenting a vision of government organization he compared to a Chief Executive Officer, and his board of directors. Huschke handed out descriptions of seven proposed town departments and nominated individuals to head each department, including Cathy Goodwin as Town Manager,\u201d Goldberg reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prohaska notes the grit and vision it took to make Mountain Village what it is today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat took a lot of work from the folks that were boots on the ground back in the day (which there were very few of those people). They had the vision and motivation to turn it into an actual town. In the thirty years since, there\u2019s been a lot more work to turn it into a true community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prohaska points to work on affordable housing, regional projects, and the relationships the town has made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMountain Village started as the underappreciated village up on the hill that people were skeptical of or didn\u2019t trust. The town councils and the staff have worked really hard to show that we\u2019re here and we\u2019re part of this regional community, wanting to be engaged and involved and collaborating on some of the problems we all face in this part of the state.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking ahead to the next 30 years, Prohaska says she\u2019s excited for what\u2019s in store \u2013 more affordable housing, involvement with the wastewater treatment plant, and the gondola.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut also, I would really love to see our resort destination evolve and change in positive ways and I think that will take a lot more work moving forward, really visioning how we want not just our communities, but the ski resort that supports our communities, what we want that to look like, and how we all want to support what that becomes in the next three decades,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the heart of it all, Mayor Prohaska emphasizes it\u2019s the people who have made Mountain Village what it is today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe staff is not what brought me to the job, but keeps me wanting to do it. They are going to work on a day-to-day basis. I\u2019m just really blessed and lucky to be part of that. And to be part of a town council that\u2019s really high-functioning and motivated and brings so much dedication,\u201d Prohaska said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mountain Village plans to celebrate the 30-year milestone all year long and hold a community celebration later this summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Commissioners Talk Local Funding Requests for Congress<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite sweeping federal funding cuts, local governments still have opportunities to advocate for more funding during this Congressional session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These opportunities are called congressional spending requests. As San Miguel County Manager Mike Bordogna says, Colorado Senators Michael Bennett and John Hickenlooper are willing to help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese are local projects that the Senators have the ability to put in as riders to other legislation that is, or will be, passed throughout the year,\u201d Bordogna said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commissioners and staff discussed local congressional spending requests during their March 5 meeting. Requests are due to the Senators on March 24, and while there\u2019s no limit to the number of requests, Senators have suggested three requests, with an expectation of one full award. Bordogna said awards are unlikely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn previous years, I know that the Town of Telluride also applied for a million dollars for a new water line, and that was also not funded. We\u2019ve locally seen where projects were awarded, such as Rico\u2019s wastewater treatment plant. Unfortunately, the ballot measure to fund the matching funds for that was not successful, so that project didn\u2019t move forward,\u201d Bordogna said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While federal dollars can help with larger capital projects, Bordogna cautioned that they also come with federal reporting requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m always reticent to take federal funds, especially given where we are nationally as far as federal funding goes,\u201d Bordogna said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commissioner Galena Gleason advocated for Norwood area projects, some of which had past congressional funding requests, including Norwood Water infrastructure, the Uncompahgre Medical Center, and the Norwood Fire Protection District.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is a need there. I would highly recommend we support that. Because the potential of that project is really hinging on these federal dollars, and from my perspective, it\u2019s a real high priority countywide. I did also hear from Uncompahgre Medical Clinic\u2014they reached out to me asking to write a support letter for their ask for a transportation van,\u201d Gleason said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gleason noted that requests are required to be shovel-ready and that the Norwood Water Commission\u2019s redundant water line project is pretty close to that status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWithout directing the ask, one thing I did notice reading through this is projects will be prioritized that are shovel-ready. I think that the Norwood project, I\u2019ve just been listening to water commission meetings. There\u2019s some alignment that this project would be shovel-ready, and I think they could get there,\u201d Gleason said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Norwood Water Commission received a Colorado Water Conservation Board grant to fund planning for a secondary backup water delivery line for the Town of Norwood. Congressionally directed funding would help get the project across the finish line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWith that application deadline of March 24, the funding\u2014if the project was awarded\u2014would be available after Q2 of 2026. So, realistically, it would be Q3 or Q4, so the end of 2026. I think that hopefully would assist those projects in being more shovel-ready,\u201d Bordogna said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bordogna and Commissioners agreed that there are no countywide projects to include in spending requests. For the Norwood projects, they\u2019ll help shepherd the requests to Senators and decide on prioritization at a later meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lawmakers Hit Halfway<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Colorado\u2019s General Assembly is officially halfway through its 2025 legislative session. This week on <em>Capitol Conversation<\/em>, Statehouse reporter Lucas Brady Woods shares what\u2019s in store for the second half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Story beings at 9:35.<\/em><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Skidola to Benefit Avalanche Education Fund<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Get your snowshoes or skins ready\u2026the Telluride Foundation\u2019s fifth annual <em>Skidola<\/em> is coming to town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The winter equivalent of the <em>Rundola<\/em>, the <em>Skidola<\/em> is an uphill race starting from the base of the Gondola in Telluride and finishing at the top of the ridge by San Sophia Station. Racers gain nearly 2,000 feet in elevation\u2014any way they can on snow, whether by snowshoe or skis and skins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The race is a fundraiser for the Telluride Mountain Club\u2019s Peter Inglis Avalanche Education Fund, which aims to create opportunities for avalanche education and backcountry awareness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <em>Skidola<\/em> will take place on Friday, March 14, starting at 5 p.m. Everyone is encouraged to participate. There are prizes for \u201cfastest overall,\u201d \u201cbest costume,\u201d and \u201cmiddle place.\u201d Registration is available at runsignup.com \u2013 search for <em>Skidola<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rallies Call for Continued Funding of Science<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Stand Up for Science&#8221; rallies took place at state capitols and on college campuses around the country last Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About 150 people participated in a walkout on the University of Colorado campus in Boulder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Organizers say they are calling for continued federal funding of science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Right now the proposed budget includes things like a 50 percent workforce reduction at the National Science Foundation, which is basically the committee that really oversees like scientific spending and oversees a lot of the grants that even my lab works with,&#8221; they said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Organizers are also calling for an end to political censorship of science and protections for diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives\u2014arguing that science should be accessible to everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Salt Lake City, people gathered at the Utah State Capitol. One of them was Dr. Hilary Hewes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe as pediatricians strongly believe in science. We strongly believe in vaccinations. 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