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By News Staff, on November 6, 2019
Voters OK cemetery de-Brucing

 

Voters in the Cedar Hill Cemetery District agreed to let the cemetery keep money collected through property taxes for improvements and upkeep to the grounds.

The measure passed easily, with 66 percent of voters approving the measure (508 votes) and 34 percent of voters opposing the question (261 votes), according to unofficial election results this week. There were approximately 1,300 voters in the district.

The ballot measure proposed letting the cemetery district keep taxes already collected, ...

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Telluride-based Rural Homes is entering a new era of affordable housing work across the state after bringing on a new CEO and looking beyond pilot projects in Ouray and San Miguel counties. The afford...
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Dear Editor: With the departure of Interim Police Chief Daric Harvey, Ouray once again faces instability in its police department. Rather than automatically rebuilding the same structure, this feels l...
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Ouray County commissioners have appointed a current employee to replace outgoing Clerk and Recorder Cristy Lynn when she leaves her position in January. Commissioners unanimously approved appointing c...
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