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Covid
County reports sixth COVID-positive death
By Liz Teitz 
November 24, 2021
A Ouray County man in his 60s died Nov. 12 at Montrose Regional Health after testing positive for COVID-19, Emergency Manager Glenn Boyd announced Thursday. The man tested positive on Oct. 21 and was ...
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Top of the Pines receives dark sky designation
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Top of the Pines receives dark sky designation
By News Staff 
November 23, 2021
Ouray County has another destination recognized for top stargazing potential and a dedication to preserving the night sky. Top of the Pines open space preserve received the stamp of approval from the ...
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Covid
County reports sixth COVID-positive death
By News Staff 
November 18, 2021
A Ouray County man in his 60s died Nov. 12 at Montrose Regional Health after testing positive for COVID-19, Emergency Manager Glenn Boyd announced Thursday.  The man tested positive on Oct. 21 and was...
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CALENDAR & EVENTS
By News Staff 
November 18, 2021
ART SHOW: Ouray County Community Art Show at the Ridgway Library during normal hours. Nov. 12 through Jan. 12. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Every Friday and Saturday morning at 9 and every Tuesday and Wednes...
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County asks water board to delay filing aimed at protecting stream flows
By Heather Sackett 
November 18, 2021
Ouray County is asking the state water board to delay a water court filing designed to protect stream flows so it can try to resolve issues in a separate but related water court case. In July, the Col...
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Familiar, new faces join Ouray School Board
By Carolina Brown 
November 18, 2021
Ouray School District's board swore in two members this week, including its current board president, Sandra Kern. Kern will serve another four-year term on the board, adding to her long tenure as a bo...
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BIG SHOTS FOR THE LITTLE ONES
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BIG SHOTS FOR THE LITTLE ONES
By Liz Teitz 
November 18, 2021
Sam Hersh tapped his toes on the floor, bouncing his leg as he watched paramedic Ariel Cochrane prepare a syringe. He selected a black Band-Aid covered in starry constellations, and told her about hi...
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POLICE LOG
By Ouray Police 
November 18, 2021
The following is an excerpt of cases handled by the Ouray Police Department from Nov. 9-15: NOV. 9 Officer responded to the 400 block of Main Street for a parking problem. Officer responded to the 300...
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Ridgway: River has rights
By Erin McIntyre 
November 18, 2021
Ridgway is the latest town to join the "rights of nature" movement, with the council's adoption of a resolution declaring the Uncompahgre River has its own legal rights. Earth Law Center Director Gran...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
November 18, 2021
GUNNISON A Gunnison judge on Tuesday denied a request by three parents and a community member to block the Gunnison Watershed School District’s mask mandate through a temporary restraining order. Judg...
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County nears end of budget talks
By Carolina Brown 
November 18, 2021
Ouray County commissioners will hold a work session the day before Thanksgiving to discuss 2022 goals, scheduled at the end of the commission's second round of discussions over budget talks last week....
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After 50 years, the end of an era
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After 50 years, the end of an era
By Liz Teitz 
November 18, 2021
As a kid, Lora Slawitschka loved hanging off the second floor balcony at the Ouray Chalet Inn, playing in the flumes around the motel and darting through the parking lot, occasionally scaring incomin...
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POLICE LOG
By Ouray Sheriff 
November 18, 2021
The following is an excerpt of cases handled by the Ouray County Sheriff's Office from Nov. 1-14: NOV. 1 Deputy assisted the Olathe Police Department in locating a suicidal subject in Ouray County. De...
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With tourism reaching new heights, city seeks opinions on managing the growth
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With tourism reaching new heights, city seeks opinions on managing the growth
By Mike Wiggins 
November 18, 2021
Coming off back-to-back years of record visitation that taxed the backcountry, strained infrastructure and left overworked, understaffed businesses desperate for a break, the city of Ouray wants to he...
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CALENDAR & EVENTS
By News Staff 
November 11, 2021
ART SHOW: Ouray County Community Art Show at the Ridgway Library during normal hours. Nov. 12 through Jan. 12. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Every Friday and Saturday morning at 9 and every Tuesday and Wednes...
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Applicants flock to long-vacant road jobs
By Carolina Brown 
November 11, 2021
After long-term vacancies in Ouray County's Road and Bridge Department with no applicants, Road and Bridge Supervisor Ty Barger reported to commissioners on Tuesday he has now received “hundreds of ap...
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Ouray tourism marketer resigns
By Mike Wiggins 
November 11, 2021
The consultant who has been providing digital tourism marketing services for the city of Ouray for the last year and a half will resign his position at the beginning of December. Markus Van Meter subm...
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Health officials: Pandemic still ‘raging’
Covid
Health officials: Pandemic still ‘raging’
By Liz Teitz 
November 11, 2021
Colorado public health officials are urging all vaccinated adults to get COVID-19 booster shots as cases continue to climb statewide. Anyone who received a Johnson & Johnson vaccine more than two mont...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
November 11, 2021
GUNNISON At the Oct. 26 meeting of the Gunnison City Council, Community Development Director Anton Sinkewich presented members with a list of recommendations on how to be proactive in managing the num...
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For couple, it’s forest, sweet forest
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For couple, it’s forest, sweet forest
By Liz Teitz 
November 11, 2021
Courtney and Brandon Palmisano spent the summer serving up burgers, pizzas and beer at two of Ouray’s busiest restaurants, keeping up with the crowds filling Colorado Boy Southwest and Ouray Brewery. ...
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Helping the helpers: The anatomy of a complex rescue
Volunteers saved an 11-year-old girl from the bottom of a cliff thanks largely to the skills of Mike Gibbs, who's made a career out of training rescuers
By By Nancy Lofholm Special to the Plaindealer 
February 18, 2026
It took Mike Gibbs all of five seconds on that morning in early August to figure out it was time to execute one of the world’s most complicated rope rescues. A car had tumbled 320 feet off the edge of...
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Bills to give reservoir to Ouray debut in Congress
Administrator: City can afford repair expenses, which are still unknown
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
February 18, 2026
U.S. House and Senate bills to transfer ownership of Crystal Reservoir from the U.S. Forest Service to the city of Ouray made it to subcommittee hearings in Washington, D.C. last week. Both bills are ...
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County spurns prairie dog control request
Commissioners say they're unwilling, unable to adopt restrictions; resident withdraws lawsuit threat
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
February 18, 2026
Ouray County leaders last week snuffed a resident’s request to require property owners to control prairie dogs, citing a legal inability and unwillingness to do so. At the start of a Feb. 11 work sess...
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Local Briefs
Ridgway awards visitor services contract to chamber
February 18, 2026
Ridgway will hire the Ridgway Area Chamber of Commerce for $33,824 per year to support town marketing efforts. “RACC expressed confidence in its ability to execute the scope of work, based on many yea...
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Town approves measures to boost housing affordability
By Deb Hurley Brobst Special to the Plaindealer 
February 18, 2026
The Ridgway Town Council approved three measures at its meeting on Feb. 11 to boost affordable housing in the town. Ridgway applying for ADU grant Ridgway is applying for a grant that will allow it to...
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