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Six candidates vie for Ridgway School Board
By News Staff 
September 1, 2021
Voters will have six candidates to choose from in the race for Ridgway School Board in November, to fill three seats. Each of the positions is for a four-year term on the board. Candidates who have tu...
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Camper rescued from Blaine Basin
By News Staff 
September 1, 2021
A woman in her 60s who was camping with a group of people in Blaine Basin last week had to be rescued after taking a “misstep” and injuring herself, according to Ouray Mountain Rescue Team Capt. Ruth ...
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For roads boss, a change in latitudes, attitudes
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For roads boss, a change in latitudes, attitudes
By Mike Wiggins 
September 1, 2021
The contents of the sticky notes are as numerous as the colors of the notes themselves. Blue, red, neon green. The pile of notes, held down with a small rock on Ty Barger’s desk, document calls and e...
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Covid
County requires masks in facilities
By Carolina Brown And Liz Teitz 
September 1, 2021
Masks will now be required in all Ouray County facilities regardless of whether someone has been vaccinated. On Tuesday, commissioners approved the mask rule in county workplace guidelines after modif...
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Foundation awards grants to local programs
By News Staff 
September 1, 2021
The local Ouray County Community Foundation has awarded $10,000 to local organizations. The Ouray County Public Library's Recovery and Resilience building program and the Voyager Youth Program's Peer ...
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Grow facility allowed to continue operations
By Carolina Brown 
September 1, 2021
County commissioners approved an interim resolution allowing a Log Hill marijuana grow operation until Oct. 4 to prove it has come into compliance with permit conditions, the latest in a series of mee...
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Miner housing proposal ditched
By Mike Wiggins And Liz Teitz 
September 1, 2021
Two Ouray businessmen are abandoning plans to build a series of condominiums to house Ouray Silver Mines employees after the city’s community development coordinator cited a host of shortcomings in th...
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Tax hike for health goes to voters
By Carolina Brown 
September 1, 2021
Ouray County voters will be asked to approve a property tax increase to raise funding for the health department in November. The question will ask voters to approve a 2 mill tax, estimated to cost $14...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
September 1, 2021
GUNNISON The dock was quiet for a summer afternoon on Saturday. Boat slips sat mostly empty as the marina prepared to shut down for the year — six weeks early. Eric Loken's walk from the top of the co...
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Rental projects pitched in Ouray
By Liz Teitz 
September 1, 2021
Two new housing developments in Ouray are moving forward with plans for more than a dozen new units on the city’s north side, both with stated goals of providing rental housing for local workers. The ...
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County water project faces stiff opposition
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County water project faces stiff opposition
By Heather Sackett 
September 1, 2021
Water users in Ouray County are hoping to satisfy water shortages with what they say is a multi-beneficial reservoir and pipeline project. But the Ram’s Horn reservoir, Cow Creek pipeline and exchang...
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County commissioners to discuss two ballot questions Tuesday
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County commissioners to discuss two ballot questions Tuesday
By Carolina Brown 
August 30, 2021
County commissioners will decide whether to place two proposed ballot measures before voters on Tuesday, after a special work session today. One of those proposals is to extend term limits for commiss...
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Covid
Vaccination rates rise as booster shots begin
By Carolina Brown 
August 25, 2021
Though Ouray County continues to confirm more cases of COVID-19, the vaccination rate also has increased recently. The county currently has 70.7% of its eligible resident vaccinated with at least one ...
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Vacation rental tax goes to voters
By Mike Wiggins 
August 25, 2021
Ouray voters will be asked in November to approve a 15% tax on short-term rentals, a measure intended to generate revenue to help offset impacts created by the burgeoning industry. A short-handed Oura...
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THE HILL THEY WANT TO LIVE ON
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THE HILL THEY WANT TO LIVE ON
By Liz Teitz 
August 25, 2021
When Jack Rairden first bought land in Ouray County, cars were few and far between on that part of County Road 1. The quiet, wide open spaces were exactly what he and his wife, Barbara, were looking f...
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BACK ON TRACK
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BACK ON TRACK
By News Staff 
August 25, 2021
Above, from left to right, Ouray runners Paton Edwards, Hayden Hart and Kaden Nelson run in the high school boys varsity 5k race at Matchett Park in Grand Junction on Aug. 21. Hart finished 14th, Edw...
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Highway closures finalized
By Mike Wiggins 
August 25, 2021
San Miguel Power Association finally has everything it needs — a permit, local government approval and a helicopter — to proceed with a long-planned project that will temporarily close U.S. Highway 55...
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Ridgway advises to test back flow devices
By Erin McIntyre 
August 25, 2021
Ridgway water customers received a letter recently, indicating water users on the town’s system haven’t met a requirement to have 80% of the total back flow prevention devices tested. Roughly 30 to 40...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
August 25, 2021
GUNNISON In a report that almost seems to defy logic, Gunnison County Chief Financial Officer Juan Guerra informed county commissioners on Tuesday that sales tax receipts in June this year rose 41% co...
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NEWS BRIEFS
By News Staff 
August 25, 2021
Six compete for two council seats There will be plenty of competition for three seats on the Ouray City Council this fall. As reported previously, Mayor Greg Nelson will seek re-election facing off ag...
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By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
December 24, 2025
Telluride-based Rural Homes is entering a new era of affordable housing work across the state after bringing on a new CEO and looking beyond pilot projects in Ouray and San Miguel counties. The afford...
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