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Grant intended to assist with housing needs
By News Staff 
March 4, 2021
Housing Resources of Western Colorado has received a $47,000 federal grant aimed at helping residents in Montrose, Ouray and San Miguel counties with housing and human services needs. The funding from...
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Ridgway man ordered to pay fine
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Ridgway man ordered to pay fine
By Erin McIntyre 
March 4, 2021
A judge has ordered a Ridgway man found in contempt of court to pay a $2,500 fine for not following the court’s orders and continuing to harass a local business. Ouray County Judge Kurt Beckenhauer ru...
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District won’t donate land for housing
By Liz Teitz 
March 4, 2021
The Telluride Foundation is looking elsewhere for land for its affordable housing initiative, after the Ridgway School District decided not to donate its field for the project. The foundation had pitc...
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Authorities investigate cemetery burglary
By News Staff 
March 4, 2021
The Ouray County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a break-in at the Cedar Hill Cemetery in which more than $2,000 in tools were stolen sometime late last month. Michelle Nauer, chairwoman of the ceme...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
March 4, 2021
GUNNISON Western Colorado University faculty will vote on whether President Greg Salsbury should keep his job after the Faculty Senate approved putting a statement “in support of new leadership at Wes...
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A keen eye, a life-saving discovery
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A keen eye, a life-saving discovery
By Mike Wiggins 
March 4, 2021
While most of Ouray County slept, Mark Villegas navigated one of the most treacherous roads in the country early on the morning of Feb. 25. Red Mountain Pass demands a driver’s full attention on a su...
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FIRE DESTROYS COUNTY ROAD 5 HOUSE
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FIRE DESTROYS COUNTY ROAD 5 HOUSE
By News Staff 
March 4, 2021
A chimney fire is believed to be the cause of this blaze, which destroyed a home on County Road 5 Friday night. The Ridgway Fire Department was paged to the fire at 7:20 p.m. Friday, about two miles p...
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Principal applicants to be interviewed this week
By Carolina Brown 
March 4, 2021
Ridgway School District has already narrowed the search for a new elementary principal down to four candidates to be interviewed this week. Elementary Principal Trish Greenwood is retiring this year. ...
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No shutdown ‘a small miracle’
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No shutdown ‘a small miracle’
By Liz Teitz 
March 4, 2021
Craig Spearman sat in his garage, bundled up in a jacket as he explained to his students their next assignment. He had escaped to meet with his students without interruption from his 1- and 3-year-ol...
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Grocery workers, 60-plus and high-risk Coloradans up next for vaccines
By Liz Teitz 
February 26, 2021
Colorado announced more changes to its vaccination prioritization phases Friday, cutting down the number of people who will become eligible when the next phase starts next week. Grocery and agricultur...
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A new script for an old Western
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A new script for an old Western
By Erin McIntyre 
February 24, 2021
One of Ouray’s grand dames is about to undergo a major transformation. But don’t worry - the stuffed mountain lion isn’t going anywhere and neither is the face painted on the barroom floor. The work ...
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Move to fewer restrictions delayed
By Liz Teitz 
February 24, 2021
Ouray County’s move to a lower level of pandemic restrictions has been delayed by a spike in positive cases and a decrease in testing, pushing the rate of positive tests too high to qualify for the ch...
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Ouray County jury trials to resume in April
By Carolina Brown 
February 24, 2021
Jury trials in Ouray County will resume in early April as courts partially reopen, Judge Zachary Martin and Court Clerk Jane Holmes told county commissioners on Tuesday. Commissioners Ben Tisdel and J...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
February 24, 2021
GUNNISON The Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport is soaring above expectations this winter. The Gunnison Valley Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) board noted an uptick in passengers at its m...
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Sales tax revenue soared in 2020
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Sales tax revenue soared in 2020
By Mike Wiggins 
February 24, 2021
When the streets of Ouray emptied out last March at the outset of the pandemic and 4o percent of the city’s meager sales tax receipts in April stemmed from online shopping it was hard not to envision...
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Outbreak takes out Ouray PD
By Liz Teitz And Erin Mcintyre 
February 24, 2021
When Ouray Police Chief Jeff Wood started feeling sick on Monday, Feb. 1, he brushed it aside as a sinus infection. The mild fever, muscle ache and minor congestion that he noticed for two days seemed...
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Review: Superintendent a strong leader
By Carolina Brown 
February 24, 2021
Ouray School Superintendent Tod Lokey has proven to be a strong leader during difficult times, after taking charge during a pandemic, according to his first evaluation delivered this week by the schoo...
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New administrator seeks to be a ‘breath of fresh air’
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New administrator seeks to be a ‘breath of fresh air’
By Mike Wiggins 
February 24, 2021
This place offered Silas Clarke so much of what he wants. A fresh professional challenge. A venue for his passion for the outdoors. An outlet where he can tinker with his five motorcycles and embark o...
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Town OKs key Space to Create agreements
By Liz Teitz 
February 24, 2021
The Ridgway Town Council voted on Feb. io to approve key agreements for the Space to Create development, in what Town Manager Preston Neill called a “huge milestone” for the affordable housing project...
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‘I feel like we’re making history’
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‘I feel like we’re making history’
By Liz Teitz 
February 18, 2021
Diane Todd seemed almost giddy as she took her seat inside the 4-H Center Saturday morning, smiling underneath the colorful neck gaiter pulled up over her nose. “I feel like we’re making history,” sh...
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Ridgway girls run down state title
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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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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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