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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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Ouray School quarantines high school after students test positive
By Liz Teitz 
April 26, 2021
Ouray School has instructed all high school students to quarantine after three students tested positive for COVID-19, Superintendent Tod Lokey said. Students were sent home at noon Monday after the ca...
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Ridgway’s developing situation
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Ridgway’s developing situation
By Liz Teitz 
April 26, 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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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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City takes plunge on hot springs repairs
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City takes plunge on hot springs repairs
Council approves $286,568 contract to resurface, replace tiles in overlook pools in September
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
April 22, 2026
The city of Ouray will spend more than $280,000 to resurface the hottest soaking areas at the Ouray Hot Springs Pool this fall, a repair pool managers say is vital to maintaining one of the city’s mos...
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County backs down on road closure
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County backs down on road closure
Rather than block access to upper Yankee Boy Basin, commissioners focus on managing, restoring
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
April 22, 2026
Ouray County has decided against closing the upper section of Yankee Boy Basin road to motorized traffic, and will work with the U.S. Forest Service and volunteer groups to keep drivers on the main ro...
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County leaders campaign for merger
Commissioner claims benefits to combined fire, EMS; Log Hill Fire District concerned about structure, cost
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
April 22, 2026
Ouray County leaders last week campaigned for a combined countywide fire and emergency services authority at a Log Hill Mesa Fire Protection District meeting, while the district’s board of directors a...
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City keeps status quo on Via Ferrata operations — for now
Climbing course to open soon under new municipal management, as users seek changes to guide fees, weight restrictions
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
April 22, 2026
The Ouray Via Ferrata is scheduled to open May 1 under a new municipal management structure, even as city leaders and commercial guides debate whether to tweak key details like guide fees and weight r...
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Federal officer charged with assault over confrontation at Durango ICE protest
By By Chase Woodruff Colorado Newsline 
April 22, 2026
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer is facing charges of assault and criminal mischief in Colorado state court after an investigation into an October 2025 incident in Durango in which he seiz...
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