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Want to adopt a bridge? CDOT has a deal for you
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Want to adopt a bridge? CDOT has a deal for you
By News Staff 
May 4, 2021
If you're hankering to own a historic bridge, the Colorado Department of Transportation has a deal for you. No, it's not a test to see if you're gullible. This is for real. CDOT  is making the histori...
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County commissioners vote to continue indoor mask mandate
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County commissioners vote to continue indoor mask mandate
By Liz Teitz 
May 4, 2021
Ouray County Commissioners decided Tuesday to extend the local mask requirement for the next month, citing a need to keep the rules in place while schools remain in session.  The county's order was se...
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Human remains found in bears caught near woman’s body in Durango
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Human remains found in bears caught near woman’s body in Durango
By News Staff 
May 2, 2021
A Colorado Parks and Wildlife pathologist found human remains inside the stomachs of a sow and her yearling bear that wildlife officers suspect attacked and killed a 39-year-old woman north of Durango...
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Woman killed in suspected bear attack in San Juans
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Woman killed in suspected bear attack in San Juans
By News Staff 
May 1, 2021
The Colorado Parks and Wildlife department is investigating a fatal bear attack, in which a 39-year-old woman was found dead Friday night north of Durango. The woman, a Durango resident, was believed ...
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Scholarship deadline May 1
By News Staff 
April 28, 2021
Students who want to develop their skills or pursue a college degree in the performing arts have a chance to receive some financial help from the Ouray County Performing Arts Guild. But the deadline t...
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Planning members reappointed
By Carolina Brown 
April 28, 2021
Interviews scheduled with candidates for the Ouray County Planning Commission were canceled on Tuesday after two of the four candidates for three seats withdrew their applications. The remaining candi...
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NEW HOME, SAME MISSION
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NEW HOME, SAME MISSION
By Carolina Brown 
April 28, 2021
The Ouray County Food Pantry will move to its new permanent location next month, and will own the building it occupies for the first time in the 13-year history of the nonprofit organization. The non...
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Hot Springs banking on bounce-back year
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Hot Springs banking on bounce-back year
By Mike Wiggins 
April 28, 2021
The capacity restrictions have vanished. Swimmers and soakers are starting to queue at the Ouray Hot Springs Pool again, as revenue in March nearly matched that of the pre-pandemic levels of March 201...
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Vaccine demand slows
By Liz Teitz 
April 28, 2021
Demand for vaccines in Ouray County has slowed, pushing the health department to consider scaling back vaccination days and relocating the clinic from the 4-H Center. Public Health Director Tanner Kin...
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County to pause new marijuana operations
By Plaindealer Staff Report 
April 28, 2021
Ouray County commissioners voted to impose a six-month moratorium on new applications for retail marijuana operations and grow facilities on Wednesday, with the goal of revising the county’s current o...
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Virus forces Ouray learning online
By Liz Teitz 
April 28, 2021
Ouray School has moved all high school students to online learning and instructed more than half to quarantine after three students tested positive for COVID-19. Students were sent home at noon Monday...
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Student mental health needs remain elevated
By Carolina Brown 
April 28, 2021
The mental health counselor for both Ridgway schools told Ridgway School Board members last week that the social-emotional learning and individual counseling needs of students persist at high levels, ...
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Space to Create construction staging site approved
By News Staff 
April 28, 2021
The Ridgway Planning Commission voted 5 to 1 on Tuesday night to approve a temporary use permit allowing Stryker and Company, Inc. to stage and store construction equipment on a vacant lot diagonally ...
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A GOOD DAY TO CELEBRATE EARTH
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A GOOD DAY TO CELEBRATE EARTH
By News Staff 
April 28, 2021
Ridgway Town Councilor Russ Meyer opens up the back of the 1971 Volkswagen Beetle dubbed the “lightning bug” after its conversion to an all-electric, battery-powered vehicle. Ridgway and Ouray second...
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Ouray board approves updated discipline policy
By Carolina Brown 
April 28, 2021
After hours of discussion during their March and April meetings, the Ouray School Board approved updates to school policy concerning student code of conduct, discipline, suspensions and expulsions on ...
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PREPARING FOR PLANTING
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PREPARING FOR PLANTING
By News Staff 
April 28, 2021
Ridgway Secondary School students volunteered on April 23 at the Ridgway Community Garden, readying garden beds for planting. Left: Maizy Gordon and Anna Mahlin pour a wheelbarrow full of soil into a...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
April 28, 2021
GUNNISON Western Colorado University's Board of Trustees held a 90-minute executive session to talk about legal and personnel matters on April 16. However, the board took no action on President Greg S...
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Ridgway clinic expands services
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Ridgway clinic expands services
By Carolina Brown 
April 28, 2021
Ouray County residents looking for a more youthful appearance now have a place to get a little lift under the direction of a physician they already know. Dr. Joel Gates has opened a new aesthetics ser...
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Real estate company finds home in Ouray
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Real estate company finds home in Ouray
By Carolina Brown 
April 28, 2021
A Realtor office that has primarily worked in Montrose and Delta counties is expanding its reach into the San Juans with the opening of a new office in the Beaumont Hotel building at 505 Main St. in O...
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Commissioners to discuss possible retail marijuana moratorium
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Commissioners to discuss possible retail marijuana moratorium
By Carolina Brown 
April 27, 2021
County commissioners will discuss a possible moratorium on new applications for marijuana operations  until  they can revise the county ordinance governing retail marijuana. Chairman Ben Tisdel brough...
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Helping the helpers: The anatomy of a complex rescue
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Helping the helpers: The anatomy of a complex rescue
Volunteers saved an 11-year-old girl from the bottom of a cliff thanks largely to the skills of Mike Gibbs, who's made a career out of training rescuers
By By Nancy Lofholm Special to the Plaindealer 
February 18, 2026
It took Mike Gibbs all of five seconds on that morning in early August to figure out it was time to execute one of the world’s most complicated rope rescues. A car had tumbled 320 feet off the edge of...
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Bills to give reservoir to Ouray debut in Congress
Administrator: City can afford repair expenses, which are still unknown
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
February 18, 2026
U.S. House and Senate bills to transfer ownership of Crystal Reservoir from the U.S. Forest Service to the city of Ouray made it to subcommittee hearings in Washington, D.C. last week. Both bills are ...
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County spurns prairie dog control request
Commissioners say they're unwilling, unable to adopt restrictions; resident withdraws lawsuit threat
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
February 18, 2026
Ouray County leaders last week snuffed a resident’s request to require property owners to control prairie dogs, citing a legal inability and unwillingness to do so. At the start of a Feb. 11 work sess...
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Ridgway awards visitor services contract to chamber
February 18, 2026
Ridgway will hire the Ridgway Area Chamber of Commerce for $33,824 per year to support town marketing efforts. “RACC expressed confidence in its ability to execute the scope of work, based on many yea...
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Town approves measures to boost housing affordability
By Deb Hurley Brobst Special to the Plaindealer 
February 18, 2026
The Ridgway Town Council approved three measures at its meeting on Feb. 11 to boost affordable housing in the town. Ridgway applying for ADU grant Ridgway is applying for a grant that will allow it to...
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