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Landscaped areas need a little TLC
Dear Editor: I would like to appeal to those businesses, church I would like to appeal to those businesses, churches and/or homeowners, who are adjace...
July 28, 2021
Proud to live in welcoming town
Dear Editor: I just wanted to say that I have heard some amazing things about the town/county being more openly supportive of the LGBTQ+ community! Al...
July 28, 2021
Storm triggers rockfall, mudslides on Red Mountain Pass
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Storm triggers rockfall, mudslides on Red Mountain Pass
Another day of monsoonal moisture brought heavy rains to Ouray County and triggered mudslides and rockfall on Red Mountain Pass Wednesday afternoon. S...
July 28, 2021
Log Hill haystack fire burns overnight
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Log Hill haystack fire burns overnight
The Log Hill Volunteer Fire Department extinguished a haystack fire that burned for more than 13 hours overnight on Snow Bush Drive.  After responding...
July 22, 2021
LOOKING BACK
50 YEARS AGO July 22, 1971 - Dear Editor, My honeymoon here in Ouray has been very memorable for several reasons. Married Saturday morning, my new wif...
July 21, 2021
Obituaries
Jack Eugene Clark Sr.
Jack Eugene Clark Sr. Born November 20, 1925, passed away at his home in Ouray, Colorado, on July 8th, 2021 at the age of 95 years. Jack was proceeded...
July 21, 2021
H. Daryl Klein
Obituaries
H. Daryl Klein
H. Daryl Klein was a Dust Bowl baby, born July 17, 1930. His family farmed in eastern Colorado until he was 5. After years of drought, a bank failure,...
July 21, 2021
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NEWS BRIEFS
Blue Lakes input sought The Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison national forests is collecting public input on management of the Blue Lakes area, wit...
July 21, 2021
PEAK PERFORMANCE
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PEAK PERFORMANCE
Yankee Boy Basin’s wildflowers are hitting their peak after a dry spell and some nourishing rains. In the foreground of this photo on the left, the fl...
July 21, 2021
Time to release body cam video
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Time to release body cam video
[tecnavia_gallery slug='time-to-release-body-cam-video-gallery' view='carousel']By the time you read this, at least 59 days will have passed since Mon...
July 21, 2021
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Ridgway sues MTN Lodge
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Ridgway sues MTN Lodge
Town seeks payment of sales, lodging taxes; hotel calls lawsuit 'misguided'
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
April 1, 2026
The town of Ridgway is suing the owners of MTN Lodge over their plans to use the hotel as workforce housing for the next several years, aiming to suspend operations and demanding they pay lodging and ...
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Board rebukes commissioner
Niece, Nauer censure Padgett for secretly recording closed-door meeting
By By Lia Salvatierra and Erin McIntyre lia@ouraynews.com erin@ouraynews.com 
April 1, 2026
Two Ouray County commissioners publicly reprimanded their fellow commissioner after discovering she secretly recorded an executive session last week. Portions of the audio from that executive session ...
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Proposed merger could make fire chief highest paid official
Latest draft bases members' voting power on financial contributions
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
April 1, 2026
The current proposal to combine fire and emergency medical services entities in Ouray County could eventually make the new fire chief the highest-paid public official in the county and may base partic...
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Jury convicts mother in retaliation case
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Jury convicts mother in retaliation case
By Erin McIntyre and Mike Wiggins erin@ouraynews.com mike@ouraynews.com 
April 1, 2026
A jury has convicted a former Ouray woman of retaliating against another woman who accused her son of sexual assault in 2023. Jurors deliberated for about an hour on March 26 before finding Kristyn Tr...
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EMS moves overnight quarters with help from chamber grant
By Deb Hurley Brobst Special to the Plaindealer 
April 1, 2026
Ouray County Emergency Medical Services is moving its sleeping quarters for on-call staff in Ouray into the former Public Health office location, with donations providing rent assistance. An EMT will ...
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