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A busy day, a big tip
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A busy day, a big tip
By Mike Wiggins 
July 15, 2021
Stephanie Kissner’s heart sank just a little when the woman waved her down. It was near the end of another busy Sunday at Ridgway’s True Grit Cafe in the midst of a draining summer for Ouray County’s ...
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Medical closet needs more space
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Medical closet needs more space
By Liz Teitz 
July 15, 2021
The crutches are closest to the door, leaning against one wall. Some look nearly new; others have pilled and frayed padding, peeling away from years of use. Behind them, canes hang from the rungs of a...
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Ouray mayor to face competition this fall
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Ouray mayor to face competition this fall
By Erin McIntyre 
July 15, 2021
The last time Ethan Funk ran for office, he was in elementary school, and he ran for student council. The challenger in Ouray’s mayoral race isn’t one for the spotlight, or politics, particularly. But...
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Nelson seeks re-election, proud of accomplishments
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Nelson seeks re-election, proud of accomplishments
By Mike Wiggins 
July 15, 2021
When Greg Nelson ran for Ouray mayor two years ago, he did so on a platform of change, of devising solutions to long-standing problems, of addressing issues he felt had been left to languish for too l...
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Board OKs new Ridgway development
By Liz Teitz 
July 15, 2021
Ridgway’s Planning Commission voted on Tuesday to recommend the Town Council approve a preliminary plat application for a new development along the Uncompahgre River that could house more than 130 res...
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Covid
Little known about CDC probe in Mesa County
By Meg Wingerter 
July 15, 2021
A visit from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to Mesa County in late June hasn't yet yielded answers about why so many people in nursing homes recently got COVID-19, but it may have cont...
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Crews responding to lightning-strike fire above Ouray
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Crews responding to lightning-strike fire above Ouray
By News Staff 
July 13, 2021
UPDATE, 4 p.m. Wednesday The lightning-sparked fire on Twin Peaks Mountain has been named the Twin Sisters Fire, according to the U.S. Forest Service. The fire remains small and is smoldering, accordi...
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Ridgway man arrested for alleged indecent exposure, harassment
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Ridgway man arrested for alleged indecent exposure, harassment
By News Staff 
July 8, 2021
A man accused of sending nude photos to women and allegedly harassing them with messages on social media has been arrested. Neill Chismire, 31, was arrested on a warrant for alleged indecent exposure ...
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Covid
Vaccinations urged as variants spread
By Liz Teitz 
July 7, 2021
While Colorado met President Joe Biden’s goal of administering at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot to 70 percent of adults by July 4, most counties haven’t yet, including Ouray County. Local infections...
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Man killed in climbing accident on Sneffels
By Mike Wiggins 
July 7, 2021
Rescue crews on Saturday recovered the body of a man who died after falling while descending Mount Sneffels. The man, identified Monday as Peter Andrew Clarke, 54, of Breckenridge, was climbing by him...
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SOMETHING’S BRUIN ON LOG HILL
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SOMETHING’S BRUIN ON LOG HILL
By Erin McIntyre 
July 7, 2021
Ouray County residents are being warned to keep windows closed after a few bruin break-ins. Warm temperatures encouraged some to crank open those windows recently, but wily bears who can smell food f...
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FESTIVITIES GO FOURTH
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FESTIVITIES GO FOURTH
By News Staff 
July 7, 2021
All the traditional Independence Day activities that were nixed by COVID-19 last year returned to Ouray on Sunday — the parade, the children's games and, of course, the water fights. Check out our ga...
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LET THE GAMES RESUME
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LET THE GAMES RESUME
By News Staff 
July 7, 2021
Top left: Cashton Hirt, center, competes in the gunny sack race on Sunday in Fellin Park, organized by the Ouray Volunteer Fire Department. The games were resurrected this year after they were cancel...
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City wields hammer on illicit rentals
By Mike Wiggins 
July 7, 2021
Short-term rental owners operating illegally in the city of Ouray will be fined thousands of dollars, be required to pay lodging taxes retroactively and be temporarily banned from applying for a renta...
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Marshal continues search for missing man
By News Staff 
July 7, 2021
UPDATE at 2:35 p.m. Wednesday: The search for Paul McElrea has been called off. According to county emergency responders, his body was found in the area of mile marker 103, near Orvis Hot Springs, off...
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Ridgway marshal looking for missing motorcyclist
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Ridgway marshal looking for missing motorcyclist
By News Staff 
July 6, 2021
The Ridgway Marshal's Office is looking for information about a Ridgway motorcyclist who was last seen leaving his home Monday night. Paul Mcelrea, 52, left his home on his vintage Moto Guzzi motorcyc...
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Mountain climber killed in fall on Sneffels
By News Staff 
July 3, 2021
Rescue crews on Saturday recovered the body of a man who died after falling while descending Mount Sneffels. The man was climbing by himself, had summited the 14,158-foot peak early Friday afternoon —...
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Colorado drops school mask requirement
Covid
Colorado drops school mask requirement
By Liz Teitz 
July 1, 2021
Colorado will no longer require masks in schools, under a new Public Health Order from the Department of Public Health Environment announced Thursday.  Previously, schools were one of the few location...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
July 1, 2021
GUNNISON A falling rock killed a construction worker in the Little Blue Creek Canyon area of U.S. Highway 50 on Tuesday, prompting an emergency closure. According to Gunnison County Coroner MIchael Ba...
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF OUR VALLEY Open Space
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF OUR VALLEY Open Space
By Vince Kontny 
July 1, 2021
My approach to illustrate the history of our valley open space is to break the historical time into some distinct phases. The first such phase is the occupation of this area by American Indians. The s...
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Ridgway girls run down state title
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Ridgway girls run down state title
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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ELECTION 2025
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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ELECTION 2025
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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