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Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com

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City alters police overtime policy
The city took its first step Monday night toward helping Ouray police officers who have complained they’re overworked and underpaid, approving a polic...
March 5, 2025
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Ouray joins effort to preserve housing
The city of Ouray will give $100,000 to the Home Trust of Ouray County to help it purchase a triplex and maintain it as affordable housing.City counci...
March 5, 2025
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Council pledges to help police
Ouray city councilors vowed Tuesday night to pursue measures to boost police officer pay and hire more sworn help as quickly as possible, even while a...
February 26, 2025
New ownership brewing at Colorado Boy
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New ownership brewing at Colorado Boy
There’s one word Matthew Beyer keeps coming back to when he talks about Colorado Boy. Community. The brew pub that has anchored downtown Ridgway for 1...
February 26, 2025
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Tax revenue strong for Ouray in 2024
It wasn’t record-breaking, but the city of Ouray closed out another year of strong sales tax collections in 2024. The city pulled in just shy of $3.06...
February 26, 2025
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Outfitter settles wildfire claims
A San Miguel County hunting outfitter will pay the U.S. Forest Service $500,000 to resolve allegations it was liable for a 2019 wildfire east of Ridgw...
February 19, 2025
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In Ouray, the thin blue line could narrow even further
The ranks of the Ouray Police Department, frayed by a delay in hiring a new police chief and an inability to find another police officer, appear to be...
February 19, 2025
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Judge: Teen to be tried as adult due to severity, impact of alleged sex assault
A judge who ruled that a teenager will stand trial as an adult for alleged sex assault at the former Ouray police chief nearly two years ago largely b...
February 19, 2025
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Board awards $4M contract for athletic field
The Ridgway School Board agreed Tuesday night to award a nearly $4 million contract to a Grand Junction construction company to build a new multipurpo...
February 12, 2025
A TOAST TO WINTER IN OURAY
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A TOAST TO WINTER IN OURAY
There are wine festivals where tasters are herded like cattle, where swollen crowds jostle for space, where there’s no time or ability to visit with w...
February 12, 2025
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Dispute over extended background check leads to Ouray police chief’s last day
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Dispute over extended background check leads to Ouray police chief’s last day
City administrator declines to make interim chief permanent
By Mike Wiggins 
December 17, 2025
Ouray Interim Police Chief Daric Harvey is leaving his job over his objections to City Administrator Michelle Metteer’s insistence that he undergo a second, more extensive background check to determin...
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Commissioners fight over board leadership position
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Commissioners fight over board leadership position
Niece to serve as chairperson after he, Nauer reject requests from Padgett's backers to appoint her
By By Lia Salvatierra and Erin McIntyre lia@ouraynews.com erin@ouraynews.com 
December 17, 2025
For the second year in a row, Ouray County commissioners fought over who should serve as board chairperson, rejecting requests from supporters of Commissioner Lynn Padgett to appoint her to the positi...
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Space to Create owner, management address complaints, pledge fixes
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
December 17, 2025
Space to Create’s owner and property management company are pledging to remedy issues with Ouray County’s first affordable housing project and re-establish strong communication with residents after re...
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Council qualifies homebuyer for deed-restricted unit
December 17, 2025
The Ridgway Town Council approved qualifying a homebuyer for a deed-restricted unit in the Vista Park Commons neighborhood after discussing whether the unit was advertised fairly. The council, acting ...
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Following concerns, town delays adopting anti-idling ordinance
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
December 17, 2025
Ridgway town councilors decided to delay final approval of a new anti-idling ordinance after hearing public concerns and discussing other issues related to the new rules during a Dec. 10 regular meeti...
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