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Liz Teitz

Covid
County to offer more vaccine perks
Ouray County Public Health may increase gift card incentives to $100 in an effort to improve COVID-19 vaccination rates, especially among school-aged ...
March 23, 2022
Veteran wants to put military, civilian experience to use for Ridgway
Veteran wants to put military, civilian experience to use for Ridgway
Editor’s note: Ridgway will hold an election on April 5 for three town council seats and mayor. In the coming weeks before the election, we will publi...
March 23, 2022
News
Ridgway developer gets 7th extension
Ridgway Town Council voted to give a seventh twoyear extension to complete the Ridgway Industrial Park, where developers say they hope to begin work t...
March 17, 2022
THE PANDEMIC AT 2
Covid
THE PANDEMIC AT 2
[tecnavia_gallery slug='the-pandemic-at-2-gallery' view='carousel']As he began a monthly multi-agency command meeting last week, Ouray County Emergenc...
March 17, 2022
News
County narrows plans for federal funds
Ouray County, which is set to receive almost $1 million from the American Rescue Plan Act, is planning to spend the first of those dollars on a fiber ...
March 17, 2022
News
The question of an authority
The debate over how to make housing more affordable – or even attainable – in Ouray County has been going on for decades. But in the past few years, i...
March 9, 2022
Covid
Mask mandate dropped in county facilities
Masks are no longer required in Ouray County facilities, after commissioners voted to repeal the mandate in alignment with recent changes from the 7th...
March 9, 2022
Space to Create set to open this summer
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Space to Create set to open this summer
[tecnavia_gallery slug='space-to-create-set-to-open-this-summer-gallery' view='carousel']Applications for Ridgway’s Space to Create building, with 30 ...
March 3, 2022
Covid
Schools to ditch mask mandates
Ridgway and Ouray school districts will make masks optional in classrooms and on buses starting Monday. The change is in line with new guidance from t...
March 3, 2022
Ridgway town council candidate feature: Polly Enochs
Ridgway town council candidate feature: Polly Enochs
Polly Enochs was keeping a journal when she made her first trip to Ridgway, jotting down her observations as she made her way around the Western Slope...
March 3, 2022
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Ridgway girls run down state title
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Ridgway girls run down state title
Young team blows past competition to hoist Class 2A cross country trophy
By By Matt Meyer Special to the Plaindealer 
November 5, 2025
There isn’t a perfect translation for “hill” in Chinese. That's something Natasha Hessler discovered when she arrived at the famous creek crossing during the Colorado State Cross Country Championship ...
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Underwood elected mayor
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ELECTION 2025
Underwood elected mayor
Hart joins council, which needs to fill two spots
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
November 5, 2025
Ouray City Councilor Michael Underwood won election to the mayor’s seat Tuesday night, succeeding on a campaign that emphasized fiscal conservatism and a vow to fix what he perceives as a disconnect b...
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Property tax hikes pass for cemetery, fire districts
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
November 5, 2025
Voters Tuesday night approved tax increases for the Cedar Hill Cemetery District and the Ouray Fire Protection District. A measure to increase the cemetery district’s mill levy from 0.33 mills to 1 mi...
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ELECTION 2025
Voters approve new county lodging tax
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
November 5, 2025
Voters in unincorporated Ouray County approved a new 6% lodging tax that is expected to provide more than $182,000 in additional funding during a tight 2026 budget year and into the future. The measur...
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ELECTION 2025
Fagrelius, Meruelo win school board seats
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
November 5, 2025
Ouray voters have chosen two former educators to join the Ouray School Board, according to unofficial results from Tuesday’s election. Three candidates competed for two open seats on the school board,...
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