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Ditch breach floods ranches, roads
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Ditch breach floods ranches, roads
By Mike Wiggins 
April 21, 2021
Ty Barger began to get a sense of the unique challenges he faces as the new road and bridge superintendent for Ouray County days before he even clocked in for the first time. He was one of the first p...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
April 21, 2021
GUNNISON Gunnison County leaders may pump the brakes on Kebler Pass traffic this summer with potential weight and length restrictions for vehicles. County commissioners met with Gunnison County Deputy...
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Ridgway pushing for full concert lineup
By Mike Wiggins 
April 21, 2021
Ridgway plans to hold a full lineup of free concerts in July at Hartwell Park, but town leaders warn they’ll scale back if there’s a surge in COVID-19 cases. Town councilors didn’t take formal action ...
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Covid
Ouray ranks in top 10 for fully vaccinated counties
By Liz Teitz 
April 21, 2021
After a slow start to vaccine distribution caused by limited supplies, Ouray County is now among the top-vaccinated counties in Colorado, according to data from the state health department. Fifty-eigh...
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Citizens invited to apply to serve on forest Resource Advisory Committee
By News Staff 
April 21, 2021
Citizens who want to have a say in managing activities within the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forest are invited to apply by the end of the mont to serve on the Rocky Mountain Resour...
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Ridgway cleanup day this weekend
By News Staff 
April 21, 2021
The Town of Ridgway will hold its annual cleanup day on Saturday, April 24, in the lot behind the Ridgway Public Library off Railroad Street. The event, which is open to town residents only, will go f...
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Some fly to Cortez to get vaccinated, while others can’t reach a clinic
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Some fly to Cortez to get vaccinated, while others can’t reach a clinic
By Ray Ellen Bichell 
April 21, 2021
The airport says a lot about Cortez: The single-engine planes that fly into its one-room airport seat nine passengers at most. The city of about 9,000 is known largely as a gateway to beautiful places...
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Volunteers needed for Main Street Group
By News Staff 
April 21, 2021
The Town of Ridgway is looking for volunteers for the newly created Ridgway Creative Main Street Group. The new group merges two town initiatives, Ridgway Creative District and Ridgway Main Street, in...
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Ouray to pitch in for sidewalk repairs
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Ouray to pitch in for sidewalk repairs
By Mike Wiggins 
April 21, 2021
The Ouray City Council on Monday formally approved a Main Street sidewalk replacement program, hoping that the city’s offer to share in some of the costs will encourage business owners to replace crac...
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Ridgway’s developing situation
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Ridgway’s developing situation
By Liz Teitz 
April 21, 2021
More than 100 new housing units are in the pipeline in Ridgway, as long-discussed projects start to take shape that could rapidly increase the town’s housing stock by about 15 percent in the near futu...
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Beck appointed to Ridgway Town Council
By Mike Wiggins And Erin Mcintyre 
April 21, 2021
The Ridgway Town Council voted unanimously on April 14 to appoint Adam Beck to fill the seat vacated by Eric Johnson. Four candidates wrote letters to the town expressing interest in filling the posit...
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Landslide, flooding close pair of county roads
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Landslide, flooding close pair of county roads
By News Staff 
April 15, 2021
A small landslide northeast of Ridgway Thursday afternoon damaged a drainage ditch, leading to flooding and damage to a pair of county roads, according to Ouray County Sheriff Justin Perry. County Roa...
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Police seize counterfeit bills
By News Staff 
April 14, 2021
Ouray police confiscated two movie-prop hundred dollar bills after a Texas man tried to pay with one at the Goldbelt Bar & Grill on March 21, Chief Jeff Wood said. The bills are not counterfeit, he sa...
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County commits to renewable electricity
By News Staff 
April 14, 2021
Ouray County has agreed to join hundreds of other businesses, local governments and private individuals in obtaining its electricity from 100 percent renewable energy sources. The Board of County Comm...
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Nonprofit launches peak flow contest
By News Staff 
April 14, 2021
Snowmelt is starting to fill the Uncompahgre River. And there’s a reward for you if you can correctly predict the date and time it’ll reach its maximum flow. The Uncompahgre Watershed Partnership has ...
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Sex offender petitions to be removed from state registry
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Sex offender petitions to be removed from state registry
By Erin McIntyre 
April 14, 2021
A man convicted of sexual assault almost 20 years ago is asking a Ouray County judge to allow him to stop registering as a sex offender. Terry McGowan was arrested in 2002 after a girl reported she ha...
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District awaits word on school grant
By Carolina Brown 
April 14, 2021
Ridgway School District will wait to survey the public on a possible funding request until after finding out if it received a state grant for renovating the elementary school. If the district makes th...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
April 14, 2021
GUNNISON Western Colorado University’s Board of Trustees kicked off a listening tour Monday with a session to hear from faculty. During the hourlong meeting, faculty raised issues with Western’s scien...
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The bears are back in town
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The bears are back in town
By Mike Wiggins And Erin Mcintyre 
April 14, 2021
The pair of chickens were just about finished in Jeff Wood’s pellet smoker, and now it was a waiting game for the Ouray police chief. Remove them too early, and they’re too hot to do anything with. Re...
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Covid
The beat goes on: Concerts, events resume
By Liz Teitz 
April 14, 2021
Concerts in the park can resume this summer with social distancing requirements but no capacity limits enforced by the state. Ouray’s Mountain Air Music Series will likely be scaled back, with one eve...
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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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