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Workers strive to stay afloat
Covid
Workers strive to stay afloat
By Kailyn Lamb 
April 23, 2020
As the stay-at-home order continues and non-essential businesses remain closed, workers and business owners in Ouray County are wondering how long their savings can keep them going. When Gov. Jared Po...
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Pandemic teaching harsh lessons
Covid
Pandemic teaching harsh lessons
By Katie Langford 
April 23, 2020
A pandemic, weeks of uncertainty, a frantic move-out and a nonstop cross-country road trip were not what Rosalind Greisz had in mind for her junior year of college. Colleges and universities across t...
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Vacation rentals to the rescue
Covid
Vacation rentals to the rescue
By Samantha Tisdel Wright 
April 23, 2020
Here's one bright spot to the coronavirus crisis. Ouray County residents impacted by the coronavirus pandemic who need to find temporary housing outside of their own home now have a free place to stay...
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Covid
Schools to remain shuttered
By Erin McIntyre 
April 16, 2020
Students in Ouray County won't be returning to school in-person for the remainder of the school year. Ouray and Ridgway school district leaders announced they would continue to suspend face-to-face le...
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Covid
Bruin drops recycling during virus
By Carolina Brown 
April 16, 2020
Last month’s sudden cancellation of recycling services by Bruin Waste Management has left Ridgway residents with a choice: Let plastic bottles, cans, paper and cardboard languish in a landfill - or in...
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Ouray County schools to keep distance learning for remainder of school year
Covid
Ouray County schools to keep distance learning for remainder of school year
By News Staff 
April 15, 2020
Students in Ouray County won’t be returning to school in-person for the remainder of the school year. Leaders of both Ouray and Ridgway school districts made the announcement they would continue to su...
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Residents cut into personal fabric for masks
Covid
Residents cut into personal fabric for masks
By Kailyn Lamb 
April 11, 2020
When Gay Leachman put her first batch of nine cotton face masks in a box by her house, she was surprised to find they were gone the same day. The massage therapist and Ridgway resident began making m...
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Despite virus, the show goes on
Covid
Despite virus, the show goes on
By Carolina Brown 
April 9, 2020
In these bleak times of canceled classes, a scuttled prom and uncertainty around high school graduation, social distancing has led to inevitable feelings of isolation. But Weehawken dance and theater ...
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Empty Chapels, Full Hearts
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Empty Chapels, Full Hearts
By Erin McIntyre 
April 9, 2020
        Inside the door of St. Daniel’s Catholic Church, a table of palm fronds sits in the middle of the aisle between pews. The fronds have dried slightly since last Sunday, Palm Sunday, when Father...
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Faithful find new ways to connect during separation
Covid
Faithful find new ways to connect during separation
By Mike Wiggins 
April 9, 2020
Pews packed with worshippers and chapels filled with song have been replaced by single devotees dotting empty sanctuaries and families huddling around computer screens. Instead of warm embraces and fi...
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Covid
Ouray man: I didn’t have classic virus symptoms
By Erin McIntyre 
April 9, 2020
Erin Eddy didn’t feel that bad, really, at first. And he didn’t have the symptoms qualifying him for a coronavirus test when he first checked with the doctor’s office. But he knows he has it now. Eddy...
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First coronavirus death reported in Ouray County
Covid
First coronavirus death reported in Ouray County
By News Staff 
April 8, 2020
Ouray County reported its first COVID-19 death on Wednesday — an 81-year-old man who was the second confirmed local case. Authorities were still investigating the source of the man's contagion when he...
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UPDATE: Four total cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Ouray County
Covid
UPDATE: Four total cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Ouray County
By News Staff 
April 6, 2020
Mountain Medical has announced it has another confirmed case of COVID-19 here in Ouray County – a man in his 70s. The man was tested more than a week ago on March 30, according to clinic staff. As of ...
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No one is immune from effects of this virus – including this newspaper
Covid
No one is immune from effects of this virus – including this newspaper
By Erin McIntyre 
April 5, 2020
This was supposed to be a column celebrating our one-year anniversary owning the Plaindealer. A year ago, Mike and I sold the house we remodeled in Grand Junction, I gave away my backyard flock of chi...
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UPDATE: Ouray Brewery owner first county resident to test positive for COVID-19
Covid
UPDATE: Ouray Brewery owner first county resident to test positive for COVID-19
By News Staff 
April 3, 2020
Story updated at 2:30 p.m.: Ouray Brewery owner Erin Eddy announced this afternoon he tested positive for COVID-19. Eddy is the first Ouray County resident to test positive for the virus. His positive...
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Covid
Docs: Don’t waste money on blood tests
By Erin McIntyre 
April 2, 2020
After listening to recommendations from medical experts, Ouray Country commissioners decided not to pursue a request from an anonymous citizens who offered to put a payment plan to cover more than $20...
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Bear Creek Trail to close temporarily, Ridgway chooses contractors for projects
By Erin 
May 8, 2025
Bear Creek Trail to close temporarily The Bear Creek National Recreation Trail south of Ouray will close for reconstruction projects during the week until October, according to the U.S. Forest Service...
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Ridgway: Flagship home for Earth insignia?
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Ridgway: Flagship home for Earth insignia?
Resident asks town to be first to fly planet's flag
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
May 7, 2025
It’s been planted in Antarctica, held up in the Himalayas and waved by conservationist Jane Goodall at a rally in New York City. But Ridgway could be the world's first place to formally adopt and fly ...
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Wolves arrive in Ouray County
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Wolves arrive in Ouray County
Nonprofit aims to help ranchers as activity detected in NW corner
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
May 7, 2025
For the first time since their release in Colorado nearly 18 months ago, gray wolves have crossed into Ouray County. A Colorado Parks and Wildlife map tracing wolf movement between March 25 and April ...
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Log Hill district seeks to expand services
Fairway Pines Sanitation District could convert to metro district
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
May 7, 2025
Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct an error. The previous version inaccurately indicated Paul Stashick is currently on the board of directors for the Fairway Pines Estates Property ...
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Board postpones guest ranch decision
Commissioners cite concerns about Gold Mountain Ranch, will consider permit again in August
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
May 7, 2025
A special-use permit application for a proposed guest ranch will come back to Ouray County commissioners in late August after county leaders asked the applicant to address more than 15 concerns. After...
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