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By MarcusonNovember 3, 2023
Ouray Halloween 2023
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    Hickenlooper hopeful for fire disaster order
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    Hickenlooper hopeful for fire disaster order
    Senator tours flood-damaged areas, surveys planned fire mitigation efforts
    By By Chart Riggall chart@ouraynews.com 
    September 2, 2026
    U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper said Friday he was optimistic the Trump administration will declare the Gold Mountain Fire a federal disaster, arguing Congress “wouldn’t settle for” the White House withho...
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    County employees remain on paid leave
    EMS paramedic, deputy emergency manager sent home days after fire started
    By By James Hanlon james@ouraynews.com 
    September 2, 2026
    Ouray County has had two emergency-related employees on paid administrative leave since the early days of the Gold Mountain Fire. A third employee, Road and Bridge Superintendent Ty Barger, was placed...
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    Businesses share struggles with senator
    'You guys are in crisis,' Hickenlooper tells proprietors wrestling with aftermath of Gold Mountain Fire
    By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
    September 2, 2026
    Ouray County business owners bent the ear of U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper on Friday, sharing stories of declining profits and mass cancellations in the wake of the Gold Mountain Fire in the hopes the D...
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    Cleanup project at former mine site to take until 2028, Thorin says
    By By Chart Riggall chart@ouraynews.com 
    September 2, 2026
    A representative from Thorin Resources, the owner and operator of the Revenue-Virginius Mine, told Ouray County commissioners last week the company expects to complete a federally supervised cleanup p...
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    Mining proposal faces unanimous scrutiny
    Finance managers get cool reception from commissioners in bid for $110M federal grant to revive gold and silver mine in Governor Basin
    By By Chart Riggall chart@ouraynews.com 
    September 2, 2026
    Kris Peterson and Alex Klemt said it was an algorithm that led them west from Colorado Springs, up a rough dirt road past the Camp Bird Mine, and into the lofty tundra of Governor Basin. With the help...
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    Who is the MTN Lodge?
    By SUE HUSCH 
    September 2, 2026
    Dear Editor: I opened the letter received last Wednesday and was a bit confused as to the intent, since the photos leading the letter are of the True Grit and several businesses that no longer exist i...
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    OHVs have made trail access more difficult
    By Jennifer Cram 
    September 2, 2026
    Dear Editor: I am writing in response to Jeff Lindberg’s letter in the Aug. 27 edition. My husband and I live in Ouray County primarily because we love to hike. We have lived here for eight years, but...
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    LETTER TO THE EDITOR
    Tree thinning vital to managing wildfire
    September 2, 2026
    Dear Editor: This letter pertains to an article by Chart Riggall in the Aug. 27 edition. I thought it was an excellent article on the history of fire in the San Juans, etc. However, there was, in my o...
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    Wind played major factor in Gold Mountain Fire
    September 2, 2026
    Dear Editor: It was the wind. I read with great interest the in-depth article by Chart Riggall in the Aug. 27 edition of the Ouray County Plaindealer. He cited the history of our forests and the reaso...
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    County asks CDOT for help with noxious weeds
    By By James Hanlon james@ouraynews.com 
    September 2, 2026
    Ouray County would like the Colorado Department of Transportation to do more to take care of noxious weeds growing out of control along U.S. Highway 550 and Colorado Highway 62. County commissioners s...
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    Fire restrictions downgraded to Stage 1
    Stage 2 fire ban rescinded
    September 2, 2026
    Ouray County and the town of Ridgway have rescinded Stage 2 fire restrictions and dropping down to less-restrictive Stage 1 restrictions, citing recent moisture that has helped reduce fire danger. The...
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