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Utility company postpones planned closures of Red Mountain Pass
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Utility company postpones planned closures of Red Mountain Pass
By Mike Wiggins 
July 18, 2021
The San Miguel Power Association has postponed plans to intermittently close U.S. Highway 550 over Red Mountain Pass for electrical utility work after Ouray and San Juan County officials strenuously o...
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Accessory unit regs in focus
By Mike Wiggins 
July 15, 2021
Ouray city officials are inching closer to enacting a series of land-use code changes aimed at creating more workforce housing, though a number of important details must still be hashed out. Ouray cit...
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County: Forest plan has ‘fatal flaws’
By Carolina Brown 
July 15, 2021
Ouray County commissioners held the third of a series of work sessions on Wednesday to develop comments on a draft plan for the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests. Commissioners Ben...
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Man arrested, accused of sending nude photos to women
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Man arrested, accused of sending nude photos to women
By Erin McIntyre 
July 15, 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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County can’t keep up with rentals
By Liz Teitz 
July 15, 2021
As the city of Ouray works to crack down on illegal short-term rentals, Ouray County is considering ways to improve its own enforcement, potentially by outsourcing that work. The county allows 100 act...
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MUSIC TO OUR EARS
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MUSIC TO OUR EARS
By News Staff 
July 15, 2021
Reggae band Mike Love & The Full Circle play a set during the July 8 Ridgway Concert Series at Hartwell Park. The series features free music every Thursday in July at the park starting at 6 p.m., with...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
July 15, 2021
GUNNISON Gunnison Valley Health employees may soon do office work where shoppers recently sought bargains. Gunnison County commissioners on Tuesday approved the purchase of the Dollar Tree building on...
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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 to keep police department
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City to keep police department
Ouray to retain on-call model, offer raises to officers, while sheriff leads hiring, training efforts
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
May 20, 2026
The city of Ouray will retain and rebuild its own independent police department but rely on Ouray County Sheriff Justin Perry to lead the hiring and training of its officers until a new police chief c...
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Runners go the distance to claim state titles
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Runners go the distance to claim state titles
Ridgway's Hessler, Ouray's Skoloda win 3200-meter races; Demon girls finish second
By By Bernie Pearce Special to the Plaindealer 
May 20, 2026
LAKEWOOD — Both runners had established new personal bests and school records during the regular season. Both entered the state track and field championship ranked No. 1 in their respective classifica...
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Ouray County EMS to raise fees
Charges for treatment, transport to increase for first time since 2018
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
May 20, 2026
Ouray County commissioners plan to raise fees for treatment and ambulance transports from Ouray County Emergency Medical Services starting in June. Commissioners reviewed proposed fee increases prepar...
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Mass evacuation exercise tests county’s preparedness
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Mass evacuation exercise tests county’s preparedness
Half-day event features volunteers feigning injuries, refusing to leave and generally creating chaos — in the name of training for a real emergency
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
May 20, 2026
At 9:28 a.m., Amy Clewell and her two pretend siblings gathered in her driveway in Elk Meadows, debating whether it was time to call for help. They watched a stream of law enforcement vehicles and fir...
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Citizens organized against councilor
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Citizens organized against councilor
At least 14 people sent letters to council urging vote against Gulde appointment
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
May 20, 2026
Former Ouray City Councilor Tamara Gulde ran into an organized effort to keep her from returning to public office earlier this year after she lost the November race for mayor, then sought to fill a va...
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