Jan. 29, 2026: Red flag gun law expansion, Telluride ski area drama, new Colorado Poet Laureate

Schools and health care facilities could ask a judge to remove someone’s gun, under an expansion of Colorado’s Red Flag law being considered at the state Capitol. The idea is to head of suicides or violent attacks before they can happen, but opponents are worried about how the law could be used. Then, city officials in Telluride and neighboring Mountain Village have had to resign over off-the-books negotiations with the owner of Telluride Ski & Golf. We catch up on all the mountain town drama. And Colorado has a new Poet Laureate: Crisosto Apache.Email us at [email protected]. Colorado Today is supported by CPR’s members.Read more on the stories in today’s show: Colorado Matters’ interviewed author Shelley Read. KUNC’s Lucas Brady Woods on the effort to expand Colorado’s Red Flag gun law. CPR’s Tom Hesse on the drama around local officials’ meeting with the owner of Telluride Ski & Golf. CPR’s Rae Soloman on Crisosto Apache, Colorado’s 11th Poet Laureate. Win tickets to Yo-Yo Ma’s concerts in Colorado. This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Bazi Kanani. It’s edited and produced by Mateo Schimpf, Arlo Pérez Esquivel, Megan Verlee and Tyler Bender. The executive producer is Megan Verlee. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.