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Smoke returns to area from distant wildfires
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Smoke returns to area from distant wildfires
By News Staff 
August 6, 2021
Hazy conditions and smoke are expected to return to the skies today and over the weekend, as an air quality advisory has been issued by the state health department. Most of the West Slope has been pla...
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Covid
Loans help local businesses
By Liz Teitz 
August 4, 2021
Almost $14 million in Paycheck Protection Program loans were approved for Ouray County businesses since last April, with more than a third going to restaurants, hotels and others hit hard by pandemic ...
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Covid
More COVID cases reported
By News Staff 
August 4, 2021
As of Tuesday, Ouray County had four new COVID cases, according the the Ouray County Public Health Agency. Those included two fully vaccinated individuals – a woman in her 20s and a man in his 80s – a...
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Boarding schools under investigation
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Boarding schools under investigation
By Claire Cleveland 
August 4, 2021
When Dzabahe was 11 years old, she went to her first government-run boarding school in rural Arizona around 1953. She left everything she knew on the Navajo reservation where she grew up.. “You became...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
August 4, 2021
GUNNISON Colorado Parks and Wildlife on Thursday held a public open house for the Colorado Wolf Restoration and Management Plan, encouraging Gunnison residents to ask questions and learn more about th...
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State halts Highway 550 closure
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State halts Highway 550 closure
By Mike Wiggins 
August 4, 2021
The project that was on, then off, then on, is now off — again. Flooded with concerns from local and state elected officials, appointed leaders and business owners, the Colorado Department of Transpor...
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Firm hired to assist with water plant
By News Staff 
August 4, 2021
The firm hired by the city of Ouray to assist with the new wastewater treatment plant has also been tapped to help with a new water treatment plant. The City Council on Monday unanimously agreed to hi...
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Crews scramble to clean up Corbett Creek flood
By Carolina Brown 
August 4, 2021
Corbett Creek flooded at the crossing of County Road 17 on Saturday evening, closing the road for about 3 hours while crews worked to clear the road. Ouray County Road and Bridge Superintendent Ty Bar...
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A NIGHT OUT ON THE HILL
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A NIGHT OUT ON THE HILL
By News Staff 
August 4, 2021
Above, Ouray County Sheriff's Office Cpl. Derrick Linnell grills hamburgers with Deputy Luis Perez at the Log Hill Fire Station on Tuesday night. The event attracted more than 75 participants who vis...
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A PRIVATE SOLUTION TO A PUBLIC PROBLEM
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A PRIVATE SOLUTION TO A PUBLIC PROBLEM
By Liz Teitz 
August 4, 2021
Four local businesses are purchasing the Ouray Chalet Inn to use it for workforce housing, with plans to rent long-term to their own employees and other businesses. San Juan Mountain Guides, Ouray Gro...
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Sheriff seeks advisory committee members
By News Staff 
August 4, 2021
The Ouray County Sheriff’s Office is looking for volunteers to serve on its newly formed Community Advisory Committee. The committee, the first of its kind for the sheriff’s office, is intended to pro...
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Ouray to seek tax on rentals
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Ouray to seek tax on rentals
By Liz Teitz 
August 4, 2021
The Ouray City Council will ask voters this November to approve a 15% excise tax on short-term rentals, and have instituted a cap on the number of rental permits in the city, with exceptions only for ...
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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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Affordable housing nonprofit to expand across state
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Telluride-based Rural Homes plans to build 120 new units in 2026, but future of Ouray project unclear
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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Editor's note: The Ouray County Plaindealer is continuing its tradition of featuring nonprofit organizations based in Ouray County, serving Ouray County in a series of profiles called Season of Sharin...
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Home Trust of Ouray County
December 24, 2025
Year established as a nonprofit: 2018 What does your organization do for Ouray County? Affordable housing remains one of the most pressing challenges facing Ouray County, where the median price for a ...
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