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Calls for chief’s resignation grow
Ouray Police Chief Jeff Wood, pictured in December 2019 after he was hired to lead the department. Plaindealer file photo
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By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com, on April 17, 2024
Calls for chief’s resignation grow

A group of citizens is calling for the resignation of Ouray Police Chief Jeff Wood, who remains on paid administrative leave in the wake of allegations that his stepson and two other men sexually assaulted a 17-year-old girl at Wood’s home while the chief and his family slept.

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Daily dedication of Ouray County's weather observers helps sustain decades of data, inform region's climate history
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
September 4, 2024
Every morning, Karen Risch drinks a cup of coffee, puts on a sun, rain or snow hat and heads to her yard. She checks eight different instruments to collect weather data: gathering temperature highs an...
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Athletic field halfway to fundraising goal
Backers of Ridgway soccer field, track and field space have raised $1.8M of $3.3M project cost
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
September 4, 2024
When Ridgway Secondary School students returned to class last week, they did so once again without a soccer field outside the back door of the school or a publicly available track within 30 miles. But...
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Ex-police chief to sue Ouray
Wood alleges city violated free speech, due process rights
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
September 4, 2024
Former Ouray Police Chief Jeff Wood plans to sue the city of Ouray, alleging city leaders violated Wood’s constitutional rights when then-City Administrator Silas Clarke fired Wood in June. In a notic...
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Developers required to remove road
Luxury housing builders revegetating area where unpermitted road ran parallel to CR5
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
September 4, 2024
Nearly a year after developers built unpermitted roads and driveways including a road running parallel to County Road 5, Ouray County leaders said they must remove that road, revegetate the area and b...
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Ouray Police blotter, Aug. 27-Sept. 2, 2024
September 4, 2024
OURAY POLICE The following is an excerpt of cases handled by the Ouray Police Department from Aug. 27-Sept. 2: AUG. 27 Officer responded to a reported disturbance in the 400 block of Fourth Avenue. Of...
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Ouray County Sheriff’s Blotter, Aug. 26-Sept. 1, 2024
September 4, 2024
OURAY SHERIFF The following is an excerpt of cases handled by the Ouray County Sheriff's Office from Aug. 26-Sept. 1: AUG. 26 Deputy conducted a walk through of Ridgway Elementary and Ouray School. De...
Ex-police chief to sue Ouray
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Ex-police chief to sue Ouray
By Erin McIntyre 
September 4, 2024
Former Ouray Police Chief Jeff Wood plans to sue the city of Ouray, alleging city leaders violated Wood’s constitutional rights when then-City Administrator Silas Clarke fired Wood in June. In a notic...
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