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Arson ruled out as cause of clubhouse fire
Nearly four months after a fire destroyed the empty Fairway Pines clubhouse on Log Hill, investigations into its cause are still ongoing, but arson ha...
March 22, 2023
In face of rising costs, labor shortages, modular homes offer popular alternative
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In face of rising costs, labor shortages, modular homes offer popular alternative
Modular homes, which have components built off-site in factories, are becoming more popular in Colorado as home-building prices and material costs hav...
July 21, 2022
DIVIDED RANCH
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DIVIDED RANCH
[tecnavia_gallery slug='divided-ranch-gallery' view='carousel']Brian Mueller watched as the crane lifted part of his new dream home into the air, over...
July 21, 2022
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Brewery owner acquitted in sex assault case
After more than eight hours of deliberations, a jury unanimously found Red Mountain Brewing Co. owner John Warren not guilty on three charges of sexua...
July 7, 2022
Mine lays off most employees
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Mine lays off most employees
Ouray Silver Mines, which had almost 200 employees four months ago, has laid off almost all of them, with fewer than 20 remaining. At the same time, t...
March 3, 2022
County hit with attorney complaint
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County hit with attorney complaint
Ouray County is facing an allegation of age discrimination in selecting its new county attorney from an unsuccessful applicant seven years older than ...
December 24, 2021
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Seeking flexibility, Ridgway drafts new landscape rules
Ridgway Town Council voted unanimously to approve new proposed landscape regulations Aug. 11, clearing the way for a public hearing and possible adopt...
August 18, 2021
County seeing ‘breakthrough’ virus cases
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County seeing ‘breakthrough’ virus cases
A woman in her 80s who tested positive for COVID-19 a day before she died is the county's fourth fatality connected with the virus. She had been fully...
July 21, 2021
Covid
Outbreak takes out Ouray PD
When Ouray Police Chief Jeff Wood started feeling sick on Monday, Feb. 1, he brushed it aside as a sinus infection. The mild fever, muscle ache and mi...
February 24, 2021
Covid
Up next? Seniors
Ouray County’s oldest residents could begin receiving COVID-19 vaccines next week if more doses arrive from the state. The county has administered abo...
January 7, 2021
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Ridgway hotel to convert to housing
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Ridgway hotel to convert to housing
MTN Lodge owner: Change needed to sustain operations; town leaders worried
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
September 10, 2025
Ridgway’s largest hotel plans to convert to construction and hotel workforce housing for a new Four Seasons development in Mountain Village for at least the next four years. MTN Lodge signed an agreem...
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With federal funds in limbo, Ouray seeks options to reduce wildfire danger
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With federal funds in limbo, Ouray seeks options to reduce wildfire danger
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
September 10, 2025
Ouray city leaders are exploring other ways to address dead, fallen trees littering neighborhoods and hillsides now that it's unclear when a large-scale, federally funded wildfire mitigation project w...
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Interim police chief retained through Dec. 31
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
September 10, 2025
Ouray City Administrator Michelle Metteer has extended the contract of Interim Police Chief Daric Harvey through the end of the year. Harvey was hired as the interim chief in March, replacing Sgt. Gar...
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City to hear public input on wayfinding sign solutions
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City to hear public input on wayfinding sign solutions
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
September 10, 2025
The Ouray City Council will hold a work session Monday to discuss possible solutions to concerns raised by residents and business owners about new wayfinding signs installed along Main Street earlier ...
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Article about Space to Create too negative
September 10, 2025
Dear Editor: The origin and theory behind the Space To Create movement is tied to the common phenomenon where creative individuals, looking for affordable and functional space, move into semi-industri...
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