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Deb Hurley Brobst Special to the Plaindealer

Ambitious project aims to reduce wildfire risk
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Ambitious project aims to reduce wildfire risk
Dozens of acres of dead, diseased trees ringing Ouray slated for removal next year Nearly 93 acres of land containing dead, diseased and dying trees e...
June 12, 2024
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Board supports child care tax ask
County 2% lodging tax may go before voters in November Ouray County voters may find a question on the November ballot about creating a lodging tax wit...
June 12, 2024
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County reaches compromise on flag flying at 4-H Center
Pride, church flags both allowed; commissioners say they're open to displays for public events, not private functionsOuray County commissioners have f...
June 5, 2024
Changes coming to county departments
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Changes coming to county departments
County hires new human services director, starts interviews with public health director candidatesThings are changing in two Ouray County departments....
June 5, 2024
County hires second attorney
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County hires second attorney
Marita B. Robinson of Ridgway has become Ouray County's first deputy county attorney.Robinson, who has lived in Ridgway for five years, most recently ...
May 29, 2024
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Top of the Pines, county proceed with prairie dog control plan
Eradication at recreation area to take place this fall A plan to eradicate prairie dogs at Top of the Pines will wait until fall. Ouray County commiss...
May 22, 2024
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County appoints trio to Planning Commission
Randy Parker and Patsy Miller will serve on the Ouray County Planning Commission for another three years along with new member Jennifer Cram.Ouray Cou...
May 22, 2024
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County delays staff salary study
Ouray County will not hire a consultant to perform a pay and staffing review for county employees this year because commissioners said it was too soon...
May 22, 2024
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County probing gate above Ouray
Owner of property where blasting occurring says it's on private land; county disagreesThe owner of property on Queen Street above Ouray that has been ...
May 22, 2024
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Commissioners consider planning board applicants
The six candidates for three seats on the Ouray County Planning Commission have lived in the area for between six and 30 years, and they say they have...
May 15, 2024
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Bright start, cloudy future for bus service
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Bright start, cloudy future for bus service
Two years after launch, OurWay ridership has doubled. It’s unclear if grant money and matching local funds will help it keep running
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
February 25, 2026
Georgia Evans greeted the bus driver with jugs of milk and water in her hands and boarded the 11-seater OurWay shuttle, headed home from work in Ridgway to Montrose. She noticed it was a different bus...
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Backcountry road closure eyed
County to shut off portion of Yankee Boy Basin to vehicles this summer due to environmental damage
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
February 25, 2026
Ouray County commissioners on Tuesday directed staff to pursue closing an upper section of Yankee Boy Basin this summer to motorized traffic, in response to a resident’s request to reduce environmenta...
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Councilor seeks relaxed in-person attendance policy
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Councilor seeks relaxed in-person attendance policy
Doherty claims job keeps him out of town; council to decide whether to change cap on remote participation
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
February 25, 2026
A newly appointed Ouray city councilor who has attended just half of the city council’s meetings in person so far this year has asked the council to relax an attendance policy and allow him to govern ...
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Go-away-finding: Ouray to nix project, remove signs
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Go-away-finding: Ouray to nix project, remove signs
After spending more than $100K on branding, design and fabrication, council halts wayfinding initiative that could have cost up to $800K
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
February 25, 2026
Large maroon wayfinding signs installed on Main Street in Ouray last summer, triggering protests from residents and business owners detesting their appearance and size, will soon be gone like they wer...
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Wet snow, later sunsets mark spring’s approach
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Wet snow, later sunsets mark spring’s approach
By Karen Risch 
February 25, 2026
Thanks to warming sun, wet snow showers, spells of shirtsleeve weather, earlier sunrises and later sunsets, meteorological spring (March 1) is upon us. It’s been an a-ha moment these last two weeks as...
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