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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
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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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HOA sues Elk Meadows homeowners
By Liz Teitz 
July 1, 2021
Elk Meadows’ homeowners association has filed suit against two property owners in the subdivision after Ouray County received complaints about illegally built structures violating regulations but took...
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Habitat homes start taking shape
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Habitat homes start taking shape
By Liz Teitz 
July 1, 2021
When Aidan Schreiner arrived in Ridgway, he saw a site with the outlines of one-story buildings, and was a self-described novice when it came to construction. By the time he and the rest of his Americ...
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Ridgway School District plans for fall ballot measures
By Carolina Brown 
July 1, 2021
Voters in the Ridgway School District will be asked whether they want to approve a bond measure that would not increase property taxes and a mill levy override that would increase taxes this fall. The...
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Ouray OKs RV permits
By Liz Teitz 
July 1, 2021
The Ouray City Council voted Tuesday to allow local employees to live in recreational vehicles on private property for the summer and fall, in an attempt to create a quick solution to the city’s housi...
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SAVING THE BLUES
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SAVING THE BLUES
By Carolina Brown And Erin Mcintyre 
July 1, 2021
April and Kevin Rarick had Blue Lakes on their list of must-do Colorado hikes for the past three years, since they first read about the unique hike in a Denver magazine. The glacial basin at the foot...
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City to proceed with fireworks
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City to proceed with fireworks
By Mike Wiggins 
July 1, 2021
The city of Ouray intends to proceed with a professional fireworks display on the Fourth of July, with plans to enact several precautions in light of fire restrictions that have been in place for week...
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Illegal rental owners blocked from new permits
By Liz Teitz 
July 1, 2021
Owners of short-term rentals operating illegally without a license in Ouray won’t be allowed to apply for one, after the City Council voted to temporarily suspend new applications for those properties...
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Track team runs down a dream
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Track team runs down a dream
By Mike Wiggins 
July 1, 2021
The track and field season ended before it even started last year for Ouray, Ridgway and Silverton student-athletes, teasing them with a few practices before COVID-19 yanked it away from them prior t...
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Ouray to crack down on unlicensed rentals
By Mike Wiggins 
June 23, 2021
Ouray city councilors vowed on Monday to impose fines and other penalties after learning close to 20% of the short-term rentals in the city may be operating illegally. In a report to the council, Comm...
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Telluride man, dog killed in crash
By News Staff 
June 23, 2021
A 26-year-old Telluride man and his dog died in an early morning crash June 16 south of Ridgway on U.S. Highway 550. The driver has been identified as Silas Berrier, according to the Ouray County Coro...
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Power line project will result in delays
By News Staff 
June 23, 2021
Motorists and recreationists along and near Red Mountain Pass should expect closures and delays over the next few weeks as the San Miguel Power Association begins its project to rebuild its backup pow...
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Town mayor re-elected in landslide
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Town mayor re-elected in landslide
Voters select incumbents Grambley, Scoville, newcomer Greenwood
By By Lia Salvatierra and Erin McIntyre lia@ouraynews.com erin@ouraynews.com 
April 8, 2026
John Clark will continue serving as Ridgway mayor, defeating his only challenger in 14 years since he was first elected, newcomer Tia Mihelarakis. Clark received 321 votes to Mihelarakis’ 51 votes. Cl...
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Does Ouray need a new pool house? Council, public split
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
April 8, 2026
A series of tweaks to the design of a proposed new pool house at the Ouray Hot Springs Pool has exposed a deep divide among Ouray City Council members and the public over whether the city should proce...
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Council absorbs more criticism over police
Employee pleads 'give us answers' as city OKs higher reimbursement rate for law enforcement services
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
April 8, 2026
The Ouray City Council on Monday agreed to pay Ouray County more for providing law enforcement services in the city, but not before absorbing another round of blistering criticism from the public and ...
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County, Forest Service to discuss Yankee Boy closure next week
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
April 8, 2026
Ouray County commissioners will hold a work session next week with the U.S. Forest Service to discuss their plan to close the upper portion of the road into Yankee Boy Basin to reduce environmental an...
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