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A NEW CHAPTER FOR OURAY LIBRARY
Covid
A NEW CHAPTER FOR OURAY LIBRARY
[tecnavia_gallery slug='a-new-chapter-for-ouray-library-gallery' view='carousel']Every other week, first responders and policy makers from around Oura...
March 18, 2021
Covid
One shot vaccine arrives
Ouray County Public Health Agency has received and started administering 600 doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to eligible resident...
March 11, 2021
County settles public records lawsuit
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County settles public records lawsuit
Ouray County will pay $7,500 to settle a case involving a public records request from the Plaindealer, after filing suit against the newspaper’s co-pu...
March 11, 2021
Covid
County receives 600 one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccines
Ouray County Public Health Agency has received 600 doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, which eligible people will begin receiving ne...
March 4, 2021
Covid
Vaccine priority phases change again
    Colorado announced more changes to its vaccination prioritization phases last week, cutting down the number of people who will become eligible whe...
March 4, 2021
News
District won’t donate land for housing
The Telluride Foundation is looking elsewhere for land for its affordable housing initiative, after the Ridgway School District decided not to donate ...
March 4, 2021
No shutdown ‘a small miracle’
Covid
No shutdown ‘a small miracle’
[tecnavia_gallery slug='no-shutdown-a%c2%80%c2%98a-small-miraclea%c2%80%c2%99-gallery' view='carousel']Craig Spearman sat in his garage, bundled up in...
March 4, 2021
Covid
Grocery workers, 60-plus and high-risk Coloradans up next for vaccines
Colorado announced more changes to its vaccination prioritization phases Friday, cutting down the number of people who will become eligible when the n...
February 26, 2021
Covid
Move to fewer restrictions delayed
Ouray County’s move to a lower level of pandemic restrictions has been delayed by a spike in positive cases and a decrease in testing, pushing the rat...
February 24, 2021
News
Town OKs key Space to Create agreements
The Ridgway Town Council voted on Feb. io to approve key agreements for the Space to Create development, in what Town Manager Preston Neill called a “...
February 24, 2021
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Pilot dies in reservoir crash
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Pilot dies in reservoir crash
Accident under investigation; man honored with procession
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
July 15, 2026
An experienced firefighting pilot who was pulling water from Silver Jack Reservoir to battle the Gold Mountain Fire died Sunday when his helicopter plunged into the reservoir northeast of Ridgway. Nic...
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Heights, heat add to firefighters’ strain
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Heights, heat add to firefighters’ strain
By By Chart Riggall chart@ouraynews.com 
July 15, 2026
Hotshot Jesse Eaves calls it “The Great Race.” At the small tent city along U.S. Highway 550, Eaves starts each day with a 5 a.m. wakeup call. Thus begins an eight-minute sprint for him and his Califo...
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County approves hiring fire recovery manager — if it can find funding
By Mike Wiggins and Deb Hurley Brobst mike@ouraynews.com 
July 15, 2026
Ouray County intends to hire an employee who can help lead the county’s efforts to recover from the Gold Mountain Fire — assuming it can find funding. County commissioners on Tuesday unanimously agree...
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Trust, county close to conserving open space park
Grants, donations put nonprofit on brink of acquiring Silver Mountain Mine property
By Deb Hurley Brobst Special to the Plaindealer 
July 15, 2026
Ouray County is much closer to getting a new open space park on the Silver Mountain Mine property. The Trust for Land Restoration has received a $180,000 Great Outdoors Colorado grant. Couple that wit...
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Man gets probation, community service in sex assault case
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Man gets probation, community service in sex assault case
One of three defendants, Whittington admits to giving alcohol to minor
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
July 15, 2026
A former Ouray County man was sentenced Monday to one year of unsupervised probation for providing alcohol to a then-17-year-old girl who said she was sexually assaulted by two others at the former Ou...
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