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Carolina Brown

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School board mutes public input
The Ridgway School Board approved a contract for its new secondary school principal in a meeting last week, during which limited public comment was al...
April 16, 2020
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Ridgway athletic director resigns
Ridgway Secondary School Athletic Director Tony Erickson submitted his letter of resignation to the Ridgway School Board last month. Erickson told the...
April 16, 2020
Covid
Bruin drops recycling during virus
Last month’s sudden cancellation of recycling services by Bruin Waste Management has left Ridgway residents with a choice: Let plastic bottles, cans, ...
April 16, 2020
Despite virus, the show goes on
Covid
Despite virus, the show goes on
In these bleak times of canceled classes, a scuttled prom and uncertainty around high school graduation, social distancing has led to inevitable feeli...
April 9, 2020
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Commissioners prioritize road projects
Ouray County commissioners on Monday identified three road projects as their top priorities, choosing to proceed ca utiously given the potential of CO...
April 2, 2020
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Ridgway selects new principal
Ridgway Secondary School will have a new principal next year, selected from a pool of 11 applicants and three finalists. Russell Randolph has been cho...
April 2, 2020
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New principal selected for Ridgway High School, interim principal not selected despite student campaign
Ridgway Secondary School will have a new principal next year, selected from a pool of 11 applicants and three finalists. Russell Randolph will lead th...
March 31, 2020
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Local law enforcement clarifies statewide “stay at home” order
Mandatory stay-at-home orders from the governor may have some imagining roadblocks and officers pulling people over asking for proof showing that what...
March 26, 2020
Teachers go the extra mile in transition to virtual learning
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Teachers go the extra mile in transition to virtual learning
Students in the Ouray School kindergarten class show off their stuffed animals, stick out their tongues and make silly faces before class gets started...
March 26, 2020
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Board launches superintendent search
The Ouray School Board has officially begun its search for a new superintendent, choosing to make the listing broad in the hopes of attracting more ca...
March 26, 2020
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Will Coloradans choose the ‘right to hunt’?
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Will Coloradans choose the ‘right to hunt’?
Proposed constitutional amendment asks who should dictate wildlife policy
By Chart Riggall 
October 14, 2026
Colorado’s vote next month on whether to amend the state Constitution by codifying the right to hunt and fish has intensified debate among hunters, conservationists and legal experts over exactly who ...
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City hit with another police suit
Ex-admin assistant claims Ouray lost personal info, violated policies
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
October 14, 2026
The city of Ouray faces another lawsuit from an ex-employee of the police department. In a complaint filed last week in district court, former Ouray Police Department administrative assistant Lucy Ree...
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County OKs police deal
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
October 14, 2026
Ouray County commissioners approved a revised contract Tuesday that would make the Ouray County Sheriff’s Office the full-time provider of police services in the city of Ouray — but at a higher cost t...
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In light of budget cuts, Padgett takes 10% salary reduction
By James Hanlon 
October 14, 2026
Ouray County Commissioner Lynn Padgett will take a voluntary 10% salary reduction next year in a show of solidarity with other departments that took cuts for the 2027 budget. Padgett said budget reduc...
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School district to sell workforce unit
Pay raise bumps Ridgway staff out of affordable housing income bracket
By James Hanlon 
October 14, 2026
The Ridgway School Board plans to sell the school district’s last affordable housing unit and rejected a land donation that could have been used to build more housing at a board meeting Oct. 8. No sta...
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