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Setting the record straight on July 4 water fights
Dear Editor: Last month, I wrote that I was disappointed about a few things that happened during the water fights on the Fourth of July. Since then, I...
August 11, 2021
A tax solution in search of a problem
Dear Editor: It was suggested by an audience member at last week’s Ouray City Council meeting that second homeowners in Ouray be assessed an additiona...
August 11, 2021
Thanks, commissioners, for supporting public lands
Dear Editor: Wildlife and public lands advocates couldn’t be more thrilled to learn that the Ouray Board of County Commissioners unanimously endorsed ...
August 11, 2021
Covid
County reports fifth COVID-positive death
A fifth Ouray County resident has died after testing positive for COVID-19, Emergency Manager Glenn Boyd said Wednesday.  The man, who was in his 80s ...
August 11, 2021
Smoke returns to area from distant wildfires
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Smoke returns to area from distant wildfires
Hazy conditions and smoke are expected to return to the skies today and over the weekend, as an air quality advisory has been issued by the state heal...
August 6, 2021
LOOKING BACK
50 YEARS AGO August 5, 1971 - The Gunnison Forest Advisory Council toured the roads adjacent to and road corridors through the Uncompahgre Primitive A...
August 4, 2021
Priscilla Ely Warren
Obituaries
Priscilla Ely Warren
Born in San Mateo, California, Priscilla worked in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, setting chokers for a logging company and serving as a firefighter the...
August 4, 2021
Harry Raymond Noland
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Harry Raymond Noland
Harry was born October 24, 1972, to Bill and Marilyn Noland of Ridgway, Colorado where he was raised. He loved the outdoors and enjoyed living and wor...
August 4, 2021
Covid
More COVID cases reported
As of Tuesday, Ouray County had four new COVID cases, according the the Ouray County Public Health Agency. Those included two fully vaccinated individ...
August 4, 2021
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AROUND THE REGION
GUNNISON Colorado Parks and Wildlife on Thursday held a public open house for the Colorado Wolf Restoration and Management Plan, encouraging Gunnison ...
August 4, 2021
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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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