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Ridgway’s developing situation
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Ridgway’s developing situation
By Liz Teitz 
April 21, 2021
More than 100 new housing units are in the pipeline in Ridgway, as long-discussed projects start to take shape that could rapidly increase the town’s housing stock by about 15 percent in the near futu...
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Beck appointed to Ridgway Town Council
By Mike Wiggins And Erin Mcintyre 
April 21, 2021
The Ridgway Town Council voted unanimously on April 14 to appoint Adam Beck to fill the seat vacated by Eric Johnson. Four candidates wrote letters to the town expressing interest in filling the posit...
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Landslide, flooding close pair of county roads
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Landslide, flooding close pair of county roads
By News Staff 
April 15, 2021
A small landslide northeast of Ridgway Thursday afternoon damaged a drainage ditch, leading to flooding and damage to a pair of county roads, according to Ouray County Sheriff Justin Perry. County Roa...
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Police seize counterfeit bills
By News Staff 
April 14, 2021
Ouray police confiscated two movie-prop hundred dollar bills after a Texas man tried to pay with one at the Goldbelt Bar & Grill on March 21, Chief Jeff Wood said. The bills are not counterfeit, he sa...
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County commits to renewable electricity
By News Staff 
April 14, 2021
Ouray County has agreed to join hundreds of other businesses, local governments and private individuals in obtaining its electricity from 100 percent renewable energy sources. The Board of County Comm...
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Nonprofit launches peak flow contest
By News Staff 
April 14, 2021
Snowmelt is starting to fill the Uncompahgre River. And there’s a reward for you if you can correctly predict the date and time it’ll reach its maximum flow. The Uncompahgre Watershed Partnership has ...
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Sex offender petitions to be removed from state registry
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Sex offender petitions to be removed from state registry
By Erin McIntyre 
April 14, 2021
A man convicted of sexual assault almost 20 years ago is asking a Ouray County judge to allow him to stop registering as a sex offender. Terry McGowan was arrested in 2002 after a girl reported she ha...
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District awaits word on school grant
By Carolina Brown 
April 14, 2021
Ridgway School District will wait to survey the public on a possible funding request until after finding out if it received a state grant for renovating the elementary school. If the district makes th...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
April 14, 2021
GUNNISON Western Colorado University’s Board of Trustees kicked off a listening tour Monday with a session to hear from faculty. During the hourlong meeting, faculty raised issues with Western’s scien...
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The bears are back in town
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The bears are back in town
By Mike Wiggins And Erin Mcintyre 
April 14, 2021
The pair of chickens were just about finished in Jeff Wood’s pellet smoker, and now it was a waiting game for the Ouray police chief. Remove them too early, and they’re too hot to do anything with. Re...
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Covid
The beat goes on: Concerts, events resume
By Liz Teitz 
April 14, 2021
Concerts in the park can resume this summer with social distancing requirements but no capacity limits enforced by the state. Ouray’s Mountain Air Music Series will likely be scaled back, with one eve...
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U.S. 50 construction begins near Blue Mesa
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U.S. 50 construction begins near Blue Mesa
By Plaindealer Staff Report 
April 14, 2021
Anyone wanting to travel from Ouray County to Gunnison should plan for significant delays, for the next 20 months. The Little Blue Creek Canyon project on U.S. Highway 50, about halfway between Montr...
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Explosive wildfire year may be on tap
By Lucy Haggard 
April 14, 2021
Colorado wildfire experts are warning that conditions are setting up for wildfires as bad as last year, when the three largest forest fires on record burned for months. But this time, they think the s...
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Groups pitch plans for affordable insurance
By Meg Wingerter 
April 14, 2021
Two groups with very different ideas about what drives the cost of health insurance both have their eyes on Garfield County, where residents pay significantly more than similar people living on Colora...
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Through-the-roof prices, in-the-basement inventory define local market
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Through-the-roof prices, in-the-basement inventory define local market
By News Staff 
April 14, 2021
The pandemic has brought an influx of homebuyers to Ouray County, elevating sales and prices and reducing inventory to historically low levels. A look at some of the key statistics and how they compar...
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Covid
Vaccine pause delays push
By Liz Teitz 
April 14, 2021
Ouray County Public Health canceled its Johnson & Johnson vaccine clinics this week after two federal agencies recommended pausing the use of the vaccine while they investigate "extremely rare" advers...
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HOUSING STAYS HOT
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HOUSING STAYS HOT
By Mike Wiggins 
April 14, 2021
Cameron White was ready to call it quits. He’d been employed most of his working life with a Maryland stormwater management company, climbing the ladder to director of operations. He and his wife Mary...
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Ridgway council to choose new councilor tonight
By News Staff 
April 14, 2021
Ridgway Town Councilors will choose a new person to fill a vacancy on the board at tonight’s meeting, and they have four applicants to choose from. The vacancy happened when no one applied to run for ...
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Covid
County cancels J&J vaccine clinic
By News Staff 
April 13, 2021
Ouray County Public Health is canceling its Johnson & Johnson vaccine clinics this week after two federal health agencies recommended pausing the use of the vaccine while they investigate "extremely r...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
April 8, 2021
GUNNISON Western Colorado University’s Board of Trustees ostensibly called a special meeting Tuesday to discuss the hiring of a discussion facilitator. But the trustees made an altogether different de...
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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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ELECTION 2025
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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