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Ouray trio heads to football playoffs
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Ouray trio heads to football playoffs
By Ethan Wood 
November 11, 2021
Though there is no football team in Ouray, three Ouray High School students journey to Montrose every day to do what they love. Sophomores Roman Sackman, Landen Hill and Kortlan Nelson are the three m...
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Last-minute blitz stuns Ridgway soccer
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Last-minute blitz stuns Ridgway soccer
By Mike Wiggins 
November 11, 2021
They had the defending champs on the ropes. In Saturday’s Class 2A boys’ soccer semifinal match against Crested Butte, Ridgway senior Cooper Ahern poked home a goal in the first half. Deep into the g...
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County hosting pediatric vaccine information session
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County hosting pediatric vaccine information session
By News Staff 
November 9, 2021
Ouray County families looking for information about pediatric COVID-19 vaccines can ask questions at a virtual Vaccine Information Session Wednesday, Public Health Director Tanner Kingery announced.  ...
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Voters pass Ouray vacation rental tax
By Liz Teitz 
November 4, 2021
Ouray voters approved a 15% excise tax on short-term rentals by narrow margins, which appears to be the highest tax on vacation rentals in the state. Ballot Issue 2A passed Tuesday night with 312 vote...
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Voters elect incumbent, two new school board members
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Voters elect incumbent, two new school board members
By Carolina Brown 
November 4, 2021
Ridgway School District voters have added two fresh faces to the school board while retaining a third familiar one. Newcomers Jill Hepp and Alicia Skoko will join board member Brian Patton, who was r...
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ALL DRESSED UP
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ALL DRESSED UP
By News Staff 
November 4, 2021
Marilynn Cossitt, 2, of Ouray, trick-or-treats as Princess Elsa from “Frozen” with her parents, Travis and Krysta, dressed as Sven and Olaf. The Sunday event on Main Street attracted a parade of costu...
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NEWS BRIEFS
By News Staff 
November 4, 2021
Voters approve Ouray library request The Ouray Library received 71% approval for its request to sustain funding that would have been taken away, if statewide Proposition 120 passed. Proposition 120 as...
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CALENDAR & EVENTS
By News Staff 
November 4, 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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With large projects looming, Ouray plans utility hikes
By Mike Wiggins 
November 4, 2021
Utility rates are expected to increase again in Ouray in 2022, as city officials plan to begin construction next spring on new wastewater and water treatment plants. The Ouray City Council on Monday u...
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Ouray council upended
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Ouray council upended
By Mike Wiggins 
November 4, 2021
Voters flipped the Ouray City Council upside-down Tuesday night, shaking out incumbent Mayor Greg Nelson in favor of City Councilor Ethan Funk and bringing in two former Planning Commission members w...
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Covid
Vaccines, boosters available as cases climb
By Liz Teitz 
November 4, 2021
Federal health officials have approved COVID-19 vaccines for children ages 5 to 11, and a mobile vaccine clinic from the state will return to Ouray County to administer the shots next weekend. The Pfi...
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Voters reject county public health tax
By Liz Teitz 
November 4, 2021
Ouray County voters turned down a request to raise taxes to fund the Public Health department, which would have been the first of its kind in the state. About 57% of voters opposed the 2 mill levy, wh...
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Ridgway soccer in familiar territory
By Mike Wiggins 
November 4, 2021
The Ridgway varsity boys’ soccer team finds itself in a good place — making a run in the Class 2A state tournament. The goal, though, is to get to a great one — winning another state title. The Demons...
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Ridgway school funding measures receive green light
By Carolina Brown 
November 4, 2021
Voters approved two measures for Ridgway School District on Tuesday, providing funding for school renovations and raising taxes for the district to retain teachers and preserve small class sizes, amon...
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Unofficial election results Nov. 2, 2021
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Unofficial election results Nov. 2, 2021
By News Staff 
November 2, 2021
As of 10:43 p.m. These are unofficial results. Ouray County general election results show Ouray will have a new mayor, Ridgway School District will be able to renovate its elementary school and Ouray ...
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CALENDAR & EVENTS
By News Staff 
October 28, 2021
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Every Friday and Saturday morning at 9 and every Tuesday and Wednesday night at 7 at St. Daniel’s Church, 614 Fifth St., Ouray. Every Thursday and Sunday at 7 p.m. in the sanctua...
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HONK FOR SCHOOLS
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HONK FOR SCHOOLS
By News Staff 
October 28, 2021
Sadie McCracken, an 8-year-old third-grader at Ridgway Elementary School, holds a sign supporting Ballot Issues 4A and 4B and yells at traffic driving by on Sherman Street on Oct. 22. About 50 people ...
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All board candidates back school measures
By Carolina Brown 
October 28, 2021
Support for Ridgway School District's ballot measures is something all the candidates for school board seats have in common. During two forums this month, the issue rose to the top and candidates gave...
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COVID straining Montrose hospital
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COVID straining Montrose hospital
By Liz Teitz 
October 28, 2021
Montrose Regional Health is reporting a surge of COVID-19 cases and record patient numbers in the Emergency Department, forcing more patient transfers and longer wait times. Instead of slowing down an...
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Virus cases worsen in county
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Virus cases worsen in county
By Liz Teitz 
October 28, 2021
Public Health Director Tanner Kingery sees the emails and the invitations: campaign events, gatherings, events urging people to “meet your neighbors post-COVID.” But from inside his office, any kind o...
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Helping the helpers: The anatomy of a complex rescue
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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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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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