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Virus cases worsen in county
Covid
Virus cases worsen in county
Public Health Director Tanner Kingery sees the emails and the invitations: campaign events, gatherings, events urging people to “meet your neighbors p...
October 28, 2021
COVID surge taxes Montrose Memorial Hospital
Covid
COVID surge taxes Montrose Memorial Hospital
Montrose Memorial Hospital is reporting a surge of COVID-19 cases and record patient numbers in the Emergency Department, forcing more patient transfe...
October 21, 2021
Covid
County plans mask discussion
Ouray County Public Health Director Tanner Kingery asked county commissioners Tuesday to schedule a conversation about a mask mandate, prompted by a r...
October 21, 2021
‘Our way to create affordable housing’
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‘Our way to create affordable housing’
[tecnavia_gallery slug='our-way-to-create-affordable-housing-gallery' view='carousel']As soon as Dolgio Nergui and Dan Hughes started looking at house...
October 21, 2021
Ouray County health tax would be unique in state
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Ouray County health tax would be unique in state
      Ouray County voters will be asked next month to approve a 2 mill tax to support the Ouray County Public Health Agency, an unusual approach in th...
October 13, 2021
Covid
Ouray School quarantines elementary class
Ouray School has quarantined the first grade class after a COVID-19 exposure, the first time the school has done so since classes resumed in August.  ...
October 8, 2021
Attorney took job before public decision
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Attorney took job before public decision
Ouray County’s new attorney received an offer letter, accepted the job and signed an employment contract before the Board of County Commissioners vote...
October 7, 2021
Covid
Youth account for half of new COVID cases in county
Ouray County has reported 17 new COVID cases in the last 10 days, half of whom were children and teenagers. Public Health Director Tanner Kingery said...
October 7, 2021
Town toasts Space to Create construction
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Town toasts Space to Create construction
More than five years after the town of Ridgway was selected by the state for an affordable housing project, current and past town leaders and state of...
September 30, 2021
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Deed-restricted housing proceeds
The Ridgway Planning Commission voted Tuesday to approve a sketch plan for the Telluride Foundation’s proposal to build “Yellow Brick Lane,” a develop...
September 30, 2021
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Police investigating fireworks shot at homes
City plans to enact ban on personal use of pyrotechnics
By Mike Wiggins, Erin McIntyre, Deb Hurley Brobst Special to the Plaindealer 
June 17, 2025
Police are searching for suspects who shot a barrage of fireworks onto homes on Sunday night, sparking fires in the southern part of Ouray. The explosions startled residents just after 9 p.m., with fi...
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MURAL IN BLOOM
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MURAL IN BLOOM
By Erin McIntyre 
June 12, 2025
Artist Yulia Avgustinovich works on the mural she was commissioned to paint on the southeast side of the Space to Create building in Ridgway on Monday. Avgustinovich, who has been a professional mural...
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Prison ordered in sex assault
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Prison ordered in sex assault
Judge: Crime shows 'true character' of Ridgway man alternately commended, castigated
By Mike Wiggins and Erin McIntyre mike@ouraynews.com erin@ouraynews.com 
June 11, 2025
A judge has sentenced a Ridgway man to three years in prison for sexually assaulting a 28-year-old woman in 2023 after he claimed he was drunk and thought she was his wife. Brian Scranton, 49, hugged ...
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Road, retaining wall fixes nearing $300K
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
June 11, 2025
The cost of repairing County Road 361 and a retaining wall following a large rockfall is nearing $300,000, a sum Ouray County is paying in full. When commissioners declared the event an emergency in F...
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Trail closures could trigger domino effect
With Blue Lakes, part of Imogene Pass off limits,other areas could see more wear and tear
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
June 11, 2025
Closures of beloved hiking and off-highway vehicle trails in and around Ouray County this summer could congest and pressure other areas. The popular Blue Lakes trailhead is closed through August due t...
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