By Caleb Stento
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It’s time to ring in another school year. Preparations are well under way in the Ouray School District. The excitement was palpable in Ouray Superintendent/Principal Scott Pankow's voice, as he talked about staff additions and new course offerings. He can’t wait to get the year started.

By Jessi Marlatt and Beecher Threatt

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Three-hundred sixty-four days (accounting for leap year) after a flash flood dislodged over 1,000 tires from the property of Laurence “Butch” Gunn, Ouray Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday decided enough is enough with continuances and directed the county attorney to initiate an administrative action to enforce the state Solid Waste Disposal Sites and Facilities Act. A hearing on the county's enforcement of its own rubbish ordinance is set for Aug. 14, as is the new administrative action. Both actions are directed at the thousands of tires still buried on the Gunn property.
Commissioners expressed hope that the parties will negotiate a settlement before then.