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Forest Service eyes Atlas Mill cleanup
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Forest Service eyes Atlas Mill cleanup
Federal forest officials are looking to partner with conservation groups and others on a project to remove contaminated mine tailings from the Atlas M...
March 5, 2020
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Gulf remains between city, tourism office
The Ouray City Council on Monday officially awarded one-year contracts to the Ouray Tourism Office to manage the Visitors’ Center and market the town ...
March 5, 2020
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Council to interview 4 for interim manager
Ouray city councilors will interview four candidates for the interim city administrator job, hoping they can select an experienced leader who will gui...
March 5, 2020
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Council pivots to replace manager
The Ouray City Council is moving quickly to find a replacement for City Administrator Justin Perry. Councilors agreed in a special meeting on Feb. 20 ...
February 27, 2020
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Bill seeks to offer lifeline to search and rescue crews
Before moving his family to Ouray 11 years ago, Tim Pasek served in the U.S. Coast Guard and participated first-hand in well-funded search and rescue ...
February 27, 2020
Laundromat back in the fold
Laundromat back in the fold
Jason and Amber Perkins have wanted to open a laundromat to the public since they bought the Ouray RV Park and Cabins in 2015. But city officials at t...
February 27, 2020
SMPA to benefit from renewable plan
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SMPA to benefit from renewable plan
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association’s recent announcement that it will build a series of solar and wind projects to help replace the pow...
February 12, 2020
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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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