Gavin McGough
Gavin McGough is a reporter at KOTO in Telluride.
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It can be hard to recycle on vacation, but just how bad are tourists at putting their waste in the right bin? The Environmental Protection Agency took this question to Telluride with a study that sorted through a week’s worth of trash from a slope-side short-term rental building.
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Since the pandemic began in 2020, Food Stamp recipients in Colorado have received an additional Emergency Allotment on top of their regular grocery benefit.At the end of February, that extra benefit came to an end, and food banks across Colorado are bracing for an increase in demand.
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As more and more skiers are trekking up into the backcountry, first-timers are turning to avalanche courses to learn about snow science, risk management, and best practices to protect themselves and other skiers.
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On Tuesday Adam Frisch announced he would again challenge Lauren Boebert to represent Colorado's third district in congress. The 2024 race will be a rematch of last November's midterm.
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An affordable-housing community outside of Telluride has disallowed dogs since its inception in 1992 in an effort to protect area wildlife.Over the last half decade, an increase in emotional support animals has become a source of tension in the community of Lawson Hill, and ESA dog owners are beginning to speak out about what they say is an issue of housing discrimination and disability rights.
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Senator Michael Bennett made a push for legislation to protect the Dolores River in the final days of the 2022 Congress.
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For much of the last fifteen years, a working group in southwest Colorado has been putting together legislation to conserve the Dolores River.
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In 2017, San Miguel County planted its first pollinator garden in collaboration with the Xerces Society, an organization working to promote international pollinator health. Deep in a valley near Telluride, the garden has been growing ever since.
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If you recently went to one of the many harvest festivals held across Colorado at this time of year, you might’ve come away with more produce than you can handle. How to preserve all the fresh fruit and veggies? Chef and food enthusiast Galit Korngold talks about her current culinary inspirations.
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For many, the monsoon season in Colorado's highest peaks means one thing, mushrooms. This month, the late summer rains are filling high elevation forests with a diverse array of fungi, and mushroom enthusiasts are headed out to get their fill.