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Celebrate starry skies at Top of the Pines
By News Staff 
August 4, 2021
A free Dark Sky program is scheduled at Top of the Pines, 1035 Highland Dr., from Aug. 9-12. The events include educational workshops, laser constellation tours and the "Saving the Dark" documentary f...
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Climber rescued after fall on Mount Sneffels
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Climber rescued after fall on Mount Sneffels
By Mike Wiggins 
August 4, 2021
A climber who fell while descending Mount Sneffels last week endured stormy weather and spent the night on the mountain with his rescuers before he was plucked off the peak and flown to the hospital. ...
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Red Mountain Pass closure postponed again
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Red Mountain Pass closure postponed again
By News Staff 
August 3, 2021
San Miguel Power Association's plans to close U.S. Highway 550 over Red Mountain Pass starting next week will be delayed again because the Colorado Department of Transportation won't grant the rural e...
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U.S. Highway 50 open until further notice
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U.S. Highway 50 open until further notice
By News Staff 
August 2, 2021
Transportation officials have opened up U.S. Highway 50 between Gunnison and Montrose for travel, to cars traveling east and west, as the northern route across Colorado's mountains remains closed. Rep...
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Autopsy: Man fell in canyon during pursuit
By Mike Wiggins And Erin Mcintyre 
July 28, 2021
A Montrose man who died after falling into Dexter Creek Canyon while fleeing a Ouray police officer in May had a blood-alcohol level nearly three times the legal limit, according to an autopsy. Dr. De...
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Redistricting commission meets in Montrose, GJ Friday
By News Staff 
July 28, 2021
The Joint Colorado Independent Redistricting Commissions will hold public hearings in Montrose and Grand Junction on Friday to take public testimony about the preliminary maps for the state’s eight co...
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Counties advocate for CORE Act with Interior secretary
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Counties advocate for CORE Act with Interior secretary
By Liz Teitz 
July 28, 2021
Western Slope county commissioners met with Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper at Top of the Pines outside of Ridgway Saturday, advocating for the passage...
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Ridgway denies 10-unit housing project
By Liz Teitz 
July 28, 2021
Ridgway’s Planning Commission cleared the way for three deed-restricted homes in the Parkside subdivision, but denied approval for a 10-unit development on Liddell Drive, citing concerns about density...
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CORRECTION
By News Staff 
July 28, 2021
A story on Page 1 in the July 22-28 edition mistakenly indicated Wild West Realty co-owner Sharon Wild performs property management services for seven licensed short-term rentals in Ouray. Wild stoppe...
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Alpine Loop counties receive grant money for improvements
By News Staff 
July 28, 2021
Ouray County, in partnership with Hinsdale, San Juan and San Miguel counties, has received funding to help address impacts to the popular Alpine Loop. The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission approv...
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Fire restrictions lifted
By News Staff 
July 28, 2021
The monsoonal moisture has enabled several local and federal agencies to lift Stage 1 fire restrictions. Ouray County, the town of Ridgway, the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests, t...
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Council candidate info meetings Aug. 3
By News Staff 
July 28, 2021
The city of Ouray will host a pair of informational meetings Aug. 3 for candidates considering running for City Council this fall. The mayor's seat and two council seats are up for election. The meeti...
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County allows grow facility to stay open
By Carolina Brown 
July 28, 2021
At the conclusion of a nearly six-hour public hearing, Ouray County commissioners voted 2-1 last week to let a controversial marijuana grow facility on Log Hill remain open. The decision lasts until O...
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Neighbors support Corbett Creek crossing plan
By Carolina Brown 
July 28, 2021
Locals most affected by periodic flooding of Corbett Creek where it crosses County Road 17 approve of a design plan developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, according to a citizen speaking for h...
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SMPA rejects further delays
By Mike Wiggins 
July 28, 2021
San Miguel Power Association will close Red Mountain Pass to conduct wildfire mitigation work starting Aug. 9, turning away a request from Ouray city officials to further delay the project to avoid di...
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Commissioners get hands-on for road fixes
By Carolina Brown 
July 28, 2021
Ouray County commissioners got some hands-on show-and-tell at a work session on county road maintenance with Road and Bridge Superintendent Ty Barger on July 21. Barger brought samples of what he refe...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
July 28, 2021
GUNNISON Western Colorado University’s former board of trustees chair Chris Blees called it a “gaping hole,” and its new interim president referred to it as “troubling.” It’s a $3.4 million structural...
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A MATTER OF PRIDE
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A MATTER OF PRIDE
By Erin McIntyre 
July 28, 2021
Aaliyah Venham stood in Hartwell Park on Sunday afternoon, marveling at the crowd. Roughly 250 people had gathered to celebrate the first-ever Pride event in Ouray County, organized by youth in the c...
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Covid
County to lift emergency declaration
By Liz Teitz 
July 28, 2021
Ouray County commissioners plan to rescind the local emergency disaster declaration next week, more than sixteen months after it was adopted as the coronavirus pandemic began. The declaration gave loc...
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Storm triggers rockfall, mudslides on Red Mountain Pass
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Storm triggers rockfall, mudslides on Red Mountain Pass
By News Staff 
July 28, 2021
Another day of monsoonal moisture brought heavy rains to Ouray County and triggered mudslides and rockfall on Red Mountain Pass Wednesday afternoon. Several small rocks tumbled onto U.S. Highway 550 b...
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Ridgway girls run down state title
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Young team blows past competition to hoist Class 2A cross country trophy
By By Matt Meyer Special to the Plaindealer 
November 5, 2025
There isn’t a perfect translation for “hill” in Chinese. That's something Natasha Hessler discovered when she arrived at the famous creek crossing during the Colorado State Cross Country Championship ...
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Underwood elected mayor
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Underwood elected mayor
Hart joins council, which needs to fill two spots
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
November 5, 2025
Ouray City Councilor Michael Underwood won election to the mayor’s seat Tuesday night, succeeding on a campaign that emphasized fiscal conservatism and a vow to fix what he perceives as a disconnect b...
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Property tax hikes pass for cemetery, fire districts
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
November 5, 2025
Voters Tuesday night approved tax increases for the Cedar Hill Cemetery District and the Ouray Fire Protection District. A measure to increase the cemetery district’s mill levy from 0.33 mills to 1 mi...
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Voters approve new county lodging tax
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
November 5, 2025
Voters in unincorporated Ouray County approved a new 6% lodging tax that is expected to provide more than $182,000 in additional funding during a tight 2026 budget year and into the future. The measur...
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Fagrelius, Meruelo win school board seats
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
November 5, 2025
Ouray voters have chosen two former educators to join the Ouray School Board, according to unofficial results from Tuesday’s election. Three candidates competed for two open seats on the school board,...
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