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County aims for positive message with new employee
By Carolina Brown 
April 1, 2021
Ouray County commissioners and County Administrator Connie Hunt say they hope the county’s newest employee will help promote the county in a positive way to residents and visitors while also quickly r...
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A shot in the arm — for towns and tourists
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A shot in the arm — for towns and tourists
By Ray Ellen Bichell 
April 1, 2021
By Ray Ellen Bichell, Kaiser Health News DURANGO – Bartenders were pouring Old-Fashioneds at a bar with a bullet hole straight through the wood. Servers in corsets and fishnet stockings roamed the ro...
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County grants extension for grow facility
By Carolina Brown 
April 1, 2021
A local marijuana cultivation business must hire a professional landscaping company to design screening of their facility if they are to continue operating their business on Log Hill Mesa. A four-hour...
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County buildings to reopen April 12
By Carolina Brown 
April 1, 2021
Ouray County buildings are scheduled to be open to the public on Monday, April 12. This tentative decision came Wednesday during a special work session of the Board of County Commissioners with depart...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
April 1, 2021
GUNNISON The Town of Marble in northwest Gunnison County presents a predicament for law enforcement and land managers: it’s remote year-round and in the summers it’s packed with tourists. In response,...
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Ridgway district looks to post-pandemic school year
By Carolina Brown 
April 1, 2021
A Ridgway School Board meeting was full of positive reports as the board and administrative staff looked to a post-pandemic future at their March 25 meeting. Secondary School Principal Russell Randolp...
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RESURRECTING RITUALS
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RESURRECTING RITUALS
By Liz Teitz 
April 1, 2021
Father Nathaneal Foshage paused behind the altar, carefully pulling a blue and white surgical mask over his face. He adjusted it before stepping out to the front of St. Daniel’s Church, standing at th...
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Woman frustrated by delays in sex assault case
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Woman frustrated by delays in sex assault case
By Erin McIntyre 
April 1, 2021
She finds some days are easier than others. This week, she started her first “adult” job - full time with benefits, delivering packages. She started making art again, writing in her journal, and found...
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Athletic director wins statewide award
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Athletic director wins statewide award
By Mike Wiggins 
April 1, 2021
Approaching the end of his 42nd year at Ouray School, there’s pretty much no job Bernie Pearce hasn’t done — and done exceptionally well. Teacher of math, Spanish, chemistry and physics. Coach of near...
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Colorado expanding vaccine eligibility to all adults
By Liz Teitz 
March 29, 2021
All Coloradans will be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine starting Friday, Gov. Jared Polis announced Monday.  The state's Phase 2, which includes everyone not previously eligible in earlier pha...
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Ouray looks to assist with sidewalk replacement
By Mike Wiggins 
March 25, 2021
The city of Ouray is preparing to embark on a sidewalk replacement program, offering to help pay for repairs as a way to entice property owners to fix sinking, cracking walkways that are unsightly and...
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Log Hill grow application hearing continued
By Carolina Brown 
March 25, 2021
After more than four hours of listening to testimony from staff, the applicant and members of the public, the Board of County Commissioners continued a hearing to approve a marijuana cultivation facil...
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Company seeks to expand fiber access
By Carolina Brown And Mike Wiggins 
March 25, 2021
As Ouray County's $4.8 million effort to install high speed internet service lines between Montrose and the Ouray County Public Health Department nears completion, the contractor performing the work i...
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THE POWER OF TWO
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THE POWER OF TWO
By Erin Mcintyre And Liz Teitz 
March 25, 2021
The interview for the most challenging job Tanner Kingery would ever have came less than five months after he became health department director. Standing in front of Ouray County commissioners a year...
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County to receive $1.4M in federal aid
By Liz Teitz 
March 25, 2021
Ouray County governments are set to receive an estimated $1.4 million from the latest economic stimulus bill, the American Rescue Plan Act. According to estimates from the Congressional Research Servi...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
March 25, 2021
GUNNISON Following the faculty referendum on whether Greg Salsbury should remain president at Western Colorado University, the Board of Trustees largely remained silent. But that changed Monday, March...
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Group campground planned for state park
By Erin McIntyre 
March 25, 2021
Ridgway State Park is planning to construct a new group campground, after receiving $1.5 million in funding from the state for major improvements and infrastructure. The park is one of 12 selected in ...
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School board looks to less restrictive future
By Carolina Brown 
March 25, 2021
The Ouray School Board is already working to envision a coming school year with fewer COVID-19 related restrictions. At a work session March 18 they reviewed a draft of next year’s schedule, which wil...
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Ridgway bakery closes
By Erin McIntyre 
March 25, 2021
Ridgway’s beloved bakery has closed. But don’t worry, Chef Stefan Davenport is sticking around, he has other exciting things planned, and the space formerly occupied by Crumb Bakery & Cafe will soon b...
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County gets green light
By Liz Teitz 
March 25, 2021
State officials moved Ouray County on Wednesday to level green, the least restrictive on the COVID-19 color dial, allowing most businesses and events to operate at full capacity for the first time sin...
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Ouray housing project scores federal funding
Nearly $1.5M coming to Waterview, but type of homes in second phase unclear
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
March 11, 2026
The Waterview Homes affordable housing project will receive $1.46 million in federal funding to begin a second phase of development, but it's unclear what that next phase will look like. The Ouray Cit...
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County venue to hire manager
Commissioners agree to pick leader for 4-H Center, fairgrounds, could reopen space in late spring
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
March 11, 2026
Ouray County commissioners will hire a salaried manager for the 4-H Event Center and Fairgrounds, rather than an incentive-based position as previously discussed. During a meeting Tuesday, commissione...
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Survey to gauge health care needs, barriers
Assessment, listening sessions to help create community paramedic program
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
March 11, 2026
Community members can help reshape how health care works in Ouray County by completing a new survey focused on what’s working and what could be done better. This spring, residents can participate in l...
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County Road 5 to open in early April
March 11, 2026
County Road 5 will open to the public earlier than usual this spring to allow a contractor access to the town of Ridgway’s Beaver Creek diversion system. Ouray County commissioners on Tuesday agreed t...
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