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LOTTERY WINNERS
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LOTTERY WINNERS
Nine get first dibs at Ouray's Waterview affordable housing project
By Mike Wiggins and Erin McIntyre mike@ouraynews.com erin@ouraynews.com 
July 24, 2024
In the past decade, Kaili Hansen's living situation has been precarious to say the least. The Ouray Brewery cook lived in a house on Second Street for a while, and then moved into another apartment in...
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Unaffiliated candidate withdraws
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Unaffiliated candidate withdraws
Torrey: Doubtful I can pull ample votes from Dems, GOP
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
July 24, 2024
Unaffiliated Ouray County commissioner candidate Jacob Torrey is dropping out of the District 1 race, leaving voters to choose between Democrat incumbent Commissioner Lynn Padgett and Republican chall...
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Fire volunteers ask county for help
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Fire volunteers ask county for help
Commissioners supportive of Horsefly Volunteer Fire Protection, which is seeking $30K a year
By Lia Salvatierra and Deb Hurley Brobst lia@ouraynews.com 
July 19, 2024
The Horsefly Volunteer Fire Protection organization is small but mighty. Its 16 firefighters have the weighty task of being first responders for lightning strikes and other hazards that could potentia...
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SOUNDS OF SUMMER
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SOUNDS OF SUMMER
By Erin McIntyre 
July 18, 2024
Paul McDonald of the Nashville-based alternative rock band Paul McDonald & the Mourning Doves gestures to the crowd during a July 11 concert at Hartwell Park in Ridgway. The 17th annual Ridgway Concer...
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WALLEYE COMING TO RIDGWAY RESERVOIR
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WALLEYE COMING TO RIDGWAY RESERVOIR
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
March 27, 2024
Introduction of sterile predatory fish meant to reduce population of non-native small-mouth bass, boost angling opportunities If everything goes according to plan, Ridgway Reservoir will have some new...
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DA appeals sanctions in assault case
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DA appeals sanctions in assault case
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
March 27, 2024
Prosecutors seek delay, overturn of exclusion of evidence from hearing Prosecutors have appealed a judge’s decision to exclude evidence from a hearing in a Ouray felony sexual assault case, claiming t...
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Tensions rise during debate on rental regs
By Daniel Schmidt daniel@ouraynews.com 
November 1, 2023
County may evenly split 100 licenses between residents, non-residents Ouray County commissioners last week informally agreed to evenly split the county’s 100 short-term rental licenses between propert...
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Tax question met largely with silence
By Erin McIntyre and Daniel Schmidt erin@ouraynews.com daniel@ouraynews.com 
November 1, 2023
Measure to hike Ridgway lodging tax for housing, child care draws no official supporters, opponents The last time Ridgway voters considered a lodging tax increase in 2015, there was a clear group of p...
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WITCH WAY TO THE CHAPEL?
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WITCH WAY TO THE CHAPEL?
November 1, 2023
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Contractor ordered to halt digging
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Contractor ordered to halt digging
By Daniel Schmidt daniel@ouraynews.com 
July 19, 2023
Residents of Panoramic Heights, county worried about potential exposure to toxic metals The video on John Pulbratek’s iPhone showed a cloud of dust flung high above the Panoramic Heights neighborhood ...
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No-idling ordinance stalls after months of debate
By LIA SALVATIERRA 
May 14, 2026
“Idle-Free Ridgway” remains a motto, rather than a rule after the town council voted down final approval for an anti-idling ordinance that drew zealous support and opposition over the past five months...
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Ouray childcare model a blueprint for others
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Ouray childcare model a blueprint for others
A year after two daycares opened within affordable housing development, builder looks to replicate template in three other cities
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
May 13, 2026
The solution to the statewide childcare shortage might be here in Ouray County, where a blueprint for building childcare-ready affordable homes was drafted. It’s been a little more than a year since t...
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County tests: No mold problem in meeting rooms
After commissioner claims 'toxicity,' manager says 4-H, courthouse spaces safe to use
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
May 13, 2026
Ouray County commissioner meeting rooms don’t have a mold problem, according to testing ordered after Commissioner Lynn Padgett said the facilities caused her to feel sick and used it as justification...
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Beefed-up alpine ranger program returns
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Beefed-up alpine ranger program returns
State grant allows county to add sixth ranger to patrol backcountry, focus on safety, education
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
May 13, 2026
Ouray County’s alpine ranger program is back and bigger this year with the help of a state grant. The public will see alpine rangers patrolling areas including Yankee Boy Basin, Imogene Pass and the A...
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Two candidates vie for seat on San Miguel Power board
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Two candidates vie for seat on San Miguel Power board
Election to represent Ridgway, Log Hill contested for first time since 2014
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
May 13, 2026
For the first time in more than a decade, there’s a contested election for the District 6 seat on the San Miguel Power Association board of directors, representing all of Ridgway, much of Log Hill and...
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