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Candidate, issue forum Oct. 14
By News Staff 
October 7, 2021
The Woman’s Club of Ouray County will host a forum Oct. 14 involving the two candidates running for Ouray mayor and four candidates running for two Ouray City Council seats. The forum will be held at ...
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CALENDAR & EVENTS
By News Staff 
October 7, 2021
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Every Friday and Saturday morning at 9 and every Tuesday and Wednesday night at 7 at St. Daniel’s Church, 614 Fifth St., Ouray. Every Thursday and Sunday at 7 p.m. in the sanctua...
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POLICE LOG
By News Staff 
October 7, 2021
The following is a summary of cases the Ridgway Marshal's Office handled from Sept. 13-Oct 3. If you have information on any of the below active cases or of any other incident that you have informatio...
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Council candidate field narrows as pair drops out
By Mike Wiggins 
October 7, 2021
Two Ouray City Council candidates have dropped out of the race, saying they want to focus their attention on addressing the city’s affordable housing crisis. Heather Toth and Aliyah Field told the Pla...
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POLICE LOG
By News Staff 
October 7, 2021
The following is an excerpt of cases handled by the Ouray Police Department from Sept. 27-Oct. 4: SEPT. 27 Officer found a parking violation in the 200 block of Third Avenue. Officer conducted a direc...
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Photographer killed in wreck on Owl Creek Pass
By Erin McIntyre 
October 7, 2021
A fatal accident on Owl Creek Pass last week involved a visiting photographer who died after his Jeep Wrangler drove off a 30-foot edge. Allen Karsh, 64, was driving approximately two miles past Vista...
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School board forum Oct. 20
By News Staff 
October 7, 2021
The Ridgway-Ouray Community Council and D3 Colorado are sponsoring a candidate forum for the three open seats on the Ridgway School District board. The forum is scheduled for 6:30-8 p.m. on Oct. 20 an...
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Attorney took job before public decision
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Attorney took job before public decision
By Liz Teitz 
October 7, 2021
Ouray County’s new attorney received an offer letter, accepted the job and signed an employment contract before the Board of County Commissioners voted in public to hire him, according to emails obtai...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
October 7, 2021
GUNNISON Gunnison County commissioners have intervened to save Gunnison’s newest childhood education center from closure, granting the school $60,000 in COVID relief funds. The nonprofit Wonderland Na...
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County appoints planning commissioner
By Carolina Brown 
October 7, 2021
The Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously on Tuesday to appoint Andrea Sokolowski to fill a vacancy on the Planning Commission left by former Chairwoman Sheelagh Williams. Sokolowski has liv...
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Ouray eyes business registration program
By Mike Wiggins 
October 7, 2021
The city of Ouray intends to create a business registration program aimed at ensuring better communication and keeping business owners apprised of health and safety incidents and emergencies. The prog...
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Covid
Youth account for half of new COVID cases in county
By Liz Teitz 
October 7, 2021
Ouray County has reported 17 new COVID cases in the last 10 days, half of whom were children and teenagers. Public Health Director Tanner Kingery said many of the cases are members of the same househo...
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Council reverses course, won’t grant exemption for 4 short-term rentals
By Mike Wiggins 
October 7, 2021
A week after indicating they would consider approving shortterm rental licenses for four homes still under construction, the Ouray City Council reversed course Monday, saying granting an exemption to ...
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A HART FOR GOLF
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A HART FOR GOLF
By News Staff 
October 7, 2021
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Water users may be paid to consume less
By Heather Sackett 
October 7, 2021
The Colorado River Water Conservation District staff plans to present its own framework for a water-savings plan — separate from one the state of Colorado is developing — at its October board meeting....
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POLICE LOG
By News Staff 
October 7, 2021
The following is an excerpt of cases handled by the Ouray County Sheriff's Office from Sept. 27-Oct. 3: SEPT. 27 Deputy responded to the 1200 block of Catamount Drive for an alarm. Deputy responded to...
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San Juan County still has COVID outbreaks, despite 99.9% vaccination rate
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San Juan County still has COVID outbreaks, despite 99.9% vaccination rate
By News Staff 
October 1, 2021
By  Rae Ellen Bichell San Juan County, Colorado, can boast that 99.9% of its eligible population has received at least one dose of covid-19 vaccine, putting it in the top 10 counties in the nation,  a...
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Town toasts Space to Create construction
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Town toasts Space to Create construction
By Liz Teitz 
September 30, 2021
More than five years after the town of Ridgway was selected by the state for an affordable housing project, current and past town leaders and state officials gathered for a toast to celebrate long-awa...
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SILVERTON
By News Staff 
September 30, 2021
A Durango-based company called Farm to Table Composting presented a proposal to the town board of trustees for bringing their services to Silverton. They would come up once a week and collect compost ...
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CALENDAR & EVENTS
By News Staff 
September 30, 2021
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Every Friday and Saturday morning at 9 and every Tuesday and Wednesday night at 7 at St. Daniel’s Church, 614 Fifth St., Ouray. Every Thursday and Sunday at 7 p.m. in the sanctua...
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Crystal Reservoir transfer bill clears Senate, but clock’s ticking
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Crystal Reservoir transfer bill clears Senate, but clock’s ticking
By Chart Riggall, chart@ouraynews.com 
October 2, 2026
Federal legislation to transfer ownership of Crystal Reservoir to the city of Ouray cleared the U.S. Senate this week, sending the bill to the House of Representatives as the clock winds down for Cong...
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A Skyway show worth seeing
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A Skyway show worth seeing
September 30, 2026
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Budget slashing begins
Board considers own pay cut, trimming staff, claiming leftover road paving funds
By James Hanlon 
September 30, 2026
Department by department, piece by piece, Ouray County commissioners worked toward cutting $1.5 million from the county’s draft budget at all-day budget sessions Sept. 23 and 29. Commissioners set a 1...
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Ouray sergeant’s job? It’s unclear
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Ouray sergeant’s job? It’s unclear
What does the only remaining full-time police employee do for work? Nobody — including Matt Troxell — will say
September 30, 2026
Each weekday, the Ouray Police Department’s sole full-time employee hops in an unmarked black and white SUV for the 15-minute commute from his home in Ridgway to his job in Ouray. Sgt. Matt Troxell ba...
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More squeeze, less juice: How proposed disaster relief sales tax compares with other communities
A smaller tax base means Ouray County is asking taxpayers to pay more money to generate less revenue
By Chart Riggall 
September 30, 2026
Ouray County’s proposed sales tax hike to fund future disaster relief would take more out of residents’ and visitors’ pockets to provide a substantially less plush fiscal cushion than other Colorado l...
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