{"id":6147,"date":"2025-08-13T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koto.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=6147"},"modified":"2025-08-13T16:51:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T22:51:51","slug":"newscast-8-13-25","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/koto.org\/es\/news\/newscast-8-13-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Newscast 8-13-25"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rico Community Gathers for Stoner Mesa Wildfire<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Council Previews New Gondola Station<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It\u2019s a New Apres Nova<\/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\">Rico Community Gathers for Stoner Mesa Wildfire<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Rico and surrounding communities gathered at the Rico Firehouse the evening of Aug. 12 for a community update on the growing Stoner Mesa wildfire, which started from a lightning strike on July 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fire has grown to more than 7,000 acres with zero percent containment, placing Rico \u2014 a town of about 200 residents \u2014 on \u201cready\u201d evacuation status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emergency management, law enforcement and wildfire incident command officials addressed a packed room. Their message: the wildfire is in complex and difficult terrain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI tell you I have a lot of guys with decades of experience and come back to me and tell me you have a rough country out there,\u201d said U.S. Forest Service Dolores District Ranger Nick Mustoe. \u201cAnd this is folks that aren\u2019t surprised by seeing rough country. They go around the country and internationally working on wildfires.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Incident command officials said higher humidity and lower winds have allowed hotshot teams to establish fire lines and prepare a plan of attack if the fire attempts to move west over Stoner Creek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the first week, the fire doubled in size every day due to dense dead and standing conifer trees. Officials said the fire has since reached stands of healthy aspen, which has slowed its progress toward County Road 38.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pat Seekins, lead incident commander for San Juan Team 8, said a more complex incident team has been ordered to provide additional on-the-ground capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going to be challenging and it\u2019s going to likely be on the landscape for quite a while,\u201d Seekins said. \u201cSo as we continue, it\u2019s just going to maintain the importance of relationships, the key communication and what we strive to do is be proactive not reactive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dolores County Sheriff Don Wilson stressed the importance of readiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo today I spoke with Sheriff Covault and Sheriff Nowlin,\u201d Wilson said. \u201cWe do have a way of making sure if we have to evacuate you we can send you either direction. So if you want to go to Telluride, we\u2019ll have Telluride set up, and Sheriff Covault will have that set up for us. Sheriff Nowlin said the same, we just have to give them time. So time is not 5 seconds, it means it\u2019s going to take about 2 hours for us to get everything set up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wilson said both Telluride and Montezuma County evacuation centers can hold about 50 to 60 people. He acknowledged that some Rico residents may prefer to go toward Telluride because they work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Montezuma County Sheriff Steve Nowlin said he personally called every resident along Highway 145 in the evacuation area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe most important thing is being ready to evacuate if you need to,\u201d Nowlin said. \u201cDon\u2019t leave until the evacuation notice comes out. You should be ready to go. So have a pre-plan already. Plan on what you\u2019re going to do with whatever vehicles, livestock, animals, things like that. We can assist with those evacuation locations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the sun set, an orange glow filled the Rico Firehouse. Air quality in Rico has been impacted by the Stoner Mesa Fire, though officials say less wind and higher humidity in the coming days may improve conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo right now Rico is sitting really well,\u201d said Incident Command Operations Manager Brad Pietruska. \u201cWith the weather forecast, with the change in fuels that\u2019s out there and with seriously diminished fire behavior. Even through the past several red flag days.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The last major wildfire in the Rico area was the 2018 Burro Fire. Wilson said Rico has never been evacuated due to a wildfire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re all going to be OK,\u201d Nowlin told residents. \u201cI\u2019m telling you that because I\u2019m going to be there with you, all right? So we\u2019ll make sure that everybody is fine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further information on the Stoner Mesa Fire is available at inciweb.wildfire.gov or on the Stoner Mesa Fire Information Facebook page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Council Previews New Gondola Station<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Telluride Gondola Plaza and Station project is one step closer to becoming reality after the Town Council received a final design draft Tuesday following nearly six months of community and stakeholder outreach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Allison Cote of Design Workshop presented the preferred alternative plan, which blends community feedback to include increased modalities in the plaza and improved transit access along San Juan Avenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnd what we heard from all of you is that this portal to Telluride, right, that big idea we had is really important, and that this needs to be grounded in the community&#8217;s vibe,\u201d Cote said. \u201cOverall, there was a support for this idea of a second-level terrace \u2026 but we don&#8217;t want it to feel like a sky bridge. So really feeling is that it&#8217;s one building facade and really connected, rather than two separate spaces. There was, overall, overwhelmingly from council and the community, a preference for a street-level gondola and ensuring that that&#8217;s a covered space that is safe and comfortable for accessing that really important transit connection. The other thing that was really critical is the idea that San Juan Avenue has an improved transit drop-off area for buses, for personal vehicle drop-off, and that that is really seamless with the connection to the gondola.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The final design includes street-level gondola access, a second building for food and beverage businesses or community space, and a second-story terrace that connects to the main gondola building. Cote said increased transit access will allow for better connectivity for buses and cars to drop off passengers and will include enough space for up to 400 queuing gondola riders. The existing lawn for Chair 7 and year-round events will remain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAll of that will get wrapped into a final deliverable, a package that will be shared with the town and with all of you,\u201d Cote said. \u201cAnd we&#8217;re really excited to present that final to you on Sept. 9, to kind of complete this phase of work and look to work with the town as to where to move this concept in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Councilmembers were generally supportive. Councilman Dan Enright pushed for more bike parking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy biggest comment, really, is \u2026 I think we are under accounting the amount of bike parking we need,\u201d Enright said. \u201cStill 21 spots, I think, is what was said here. I&#8217;m looking at it, and that just \u2026 I think that&#8217;s less than what we currently have. And especially if we&#8217;re increasing our programming and the usage of this area, that needs to be substantially increased.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other councilmembers echoed the call for more multi-modal use of the planned ski lockers, a feature that may see limited year-round use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Councilwoman Elena Levin emphasized maintaining public spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI also want to make sure that we&#8217;re creating open public spaces that do not require someone spending money to feel like they can use them,\u201d Levin said. \u201cEven if this technically isn&#8217;t \u2026 private like rented space from the food and Bev establishments, the way that it looks makes it feel like you would have to go in and buy something in order to use some of those spaces.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consultants are meeting with Telluride Ski and Golf, the Parks and Recreation Commission, and other stakeholders before the final design presentation to Town Council on Sept. 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">It&#8217;s A New Apres Nova<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Telluride\u2019s own jazz house band, Apr\u00e8s Nova, is out with a new album \u2013 Nueva Nova. In the album, the band is looking to take jazz out of the elevator and onto the dance floor. Apr\u00e8s Nova stopped by the Purple House on Pine to chat with K-O-T-O\u2019s Julia Caulfield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apr\u00e8s Nova&#8217;s new album Nueva Nova is out now. The band will play the Telluride Mushroom Festival\u2019s after party at the Alibi on Sunday, August 17<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;at 9 p.m. Tickets are available at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/alibitelluride.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">alibitelluride.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Story begins at<\/em> 8:06<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alibi Hosts Mushroom Festival After-Party Featuring Quattlebaum and Fungi Flows<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The Alibi will once again transform for a Telluride Mushroom Festival after-party on Thursday, Aug. 14. Returning with his signature blacklight psychedelic mushroom art installation, Quattlebaum will bring a 75-minute set of genre-bending folk, humor and storytelling steeped in Southern roots and cosmic weirdness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, he will be joined by the energy of viral mushroom rapper Fungi Flows for a night of  funky fungal magic. Attendees can expect wild visuals, stomping banjo licks and mycelium-powered beats in downtown Telluride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Officials Report \u2018Unprecedented\u2019 Behavior From Lee Fire<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Officials say they are seeing \u201cunprecedented\u201d fire behavior from the Lee Fire in northwest Colorado. Rocky Mountain Community Radio\u2019s Caroline Llanes reported Monday on a community meeting in Rifle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Story begins at<\/em> 15:02<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Colorado Democrats to Hold 2026 State Convention in Pueblo<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Colorado Democrats will hold their state convention in Pueblo next year \u2014 the first in-person gathering for the party in eight years. \u201cIt\u2019s an opportunity to energize our base and connect face-to-face,\u201d a party spokesperson said. For the Colorado Capitol News Alliance, Bente Birkeland has more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Story begins at<\/em> 16:05<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Democrats Launch Campaigns in Colorado\u2019s 3rd Congressional District<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The 2026 midterm elections may be more than a year away, but candidates are already on the campaign trail \u2014 especially in some of the most contested districts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alex Kelloff is one of two Democrats who have officially launched campaigns in Colorado\u2019s 3rd Congressional District, hoping to unseat Republican Jeff Hurd. \u201cI\u2019m running because our district deserves strong representation and a focus on working families,\u201d Kelloff said. 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