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Advocates seek Ironton area management
By Carolina Brown 
March 11, 2021
Ouray County commissioners met with representatives of the Trust for Land Restoration and the Ouray County Historical Society recently to address immediate needs and long-term solutions to problems re...
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NEWS BRIEFS
By News Staff 
March 11, 2021
Ridgway Elementary School has selected a new principal — Heidi Hanssen. Hanssen was selected from a panel of four finalists this week, after interviews with students and staff, and a resume review fro...
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Restrictions loosen
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Restrictions loosen
By Liz Teitz, Erin Mcintyre And Mike Wiggins 
March 11, 2021
Ouray County leaped down two places on the state’s reopening color dial in two days - skipping from orange to yellow to blue - triggering looser restrictions for events, entertainment and pretty much ...
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After long career, new deputy finds ‘idyllic’ place
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After long career, new deputy finds ‘idyllic’ place
By Carolina Brown 
March 11, 2021
Jim Duncan is enjoying his retirement from stressful city policing as the new part-time deputy marshal in Ridgway after a nearly 40-year career in law enforcement. He and his wife moved to Montrose to...
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‘Ouray just won’t be the same without him’
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‘Ouray just won’t be the same without him’
By Erin Mcintyre And Mike Wiggins 
March 11, 2021
He’s still here, in some ways. In the shot glass poured with a drink for him on the bar at the Ouray Elks Lodge. In the bottles of the lavender oil he distilled and distributed to friends as a cure-al...
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County settles public records lawsuit
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County settles public records lawsuit
By Liz Teitz 
March 11, 2021
Ouray County will pay $7,500 to settle a case involving a public records request from the Plaindealer, after filing suit against the newspaper’s co-publisher. The county filed suit against Erin McInty...
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Ouray County to move to “blue” caution level of reopening this afternoon
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Ouray County to move to “blue” caution level of reopening this afternoon
By News Staff 
March 9, 2021
Only two days after moving to level yellow on the state's color dial for reopening during the pandemic, Ouray County will move to the "blue" caution level this afternoon. Less than a week ago, Ouray C...
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County receives 600 one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccines
By Liz Teitz 
March 4, 2021
Ouray County Public Health Agency has received 600 doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, which eligible people will begin receiving next week.  The doses of the new vaccine, which was autho...
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Residents invited to submit poems for anthology
By News Staff 
March 4, 2021
Ouray County residents are invited to submit original poetry for an anthology of local literary writing that focuses on what life is like in this region and is scheduled to publish later this year. Th...
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Former Ouray ranger returns to GMUG
By News Staff 
March 4, 2021
A former Ouray District ranger has returned to the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests as the agency’s new public services staff officer. Tammy Randall-Parker rejoined the GMUG at th...
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Vaccine priority phases change again
By Liz Teitz 
March 4, 2021
    Colorado announced more changes to its vaccination prioritization phases last week, cutting down the number of people who will become eligible when the next phase starts on Friday. Grocery and agr...
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Grant intended to assist with housing needs
By News Staff 
March 4, 2021
Housing Resources of Western Colorado has received a $47,000 federal grant aimed at helping residents in Montrose, Ouray and San Miguel counties with housing and human services needs. The funding from...
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Ridgway man ordered to pay fine
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Ridgway man ordered to pay fine
By Erin McIntyre 
March 4, 2021
A judge has ordered a Ridgway man found in contempt of court to pay a $2,500 fine for not following the court’s orders and continuing to harass a local business. Ouray County Judge Kurt Beckenhauer ru...
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District won’t donate land for housing
By Liz Teitz 
March 4, 2021
The Telluride Foundation is looking elsewhere for land for its affordable housing initiative, after the Ridgway School District decided not to donate its field for the project. The foundation had pitc...
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Authorities investigate cemetery burglary
By News Staff 
March 4, 2021
The Ouray County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a break-in at the Cedar Hill Cemetery in which more than $2,000 in tools were stolen sometime late last month. Michelle Nauer, chairwoman of the ceme...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
March 4, 2021
GUNNISON Western Colorado University faculty will vote on whether President Greg Salsbury should keep his job after the Faculty Senate approved putting a statement “in support of new leadership at Wes...
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A keen eye, a life-saving discovery
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A keen eye, a life-saving discovery
By Mike Wiggins 
March 4, 2021
While most of Ouray County slept, Mark Villegas navigated one of the most treacherous roads in the country early on the morning of Feb. 25. Red Mountain Pass demands a driver’s full attention on a su...
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FIRE DESTROYS COUNTY ROAD 5 HOUSE
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FIRE DESTROYS COUNTY ROAD 5 HOUSE
By News Staff 
March 4, 2021
A chimney fire is believed to be the cause of this blaze, which destroyed a home on County Road 5 Friday night. The Ridgway Fire Department was paged to the fire at 7:20 p.m. Friday, about two miles p...
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Principal applicants to be interviewed this week
By Carolina Brown 
March 4, 2021
Ridgway School District has already narrowed the search for a new elementary principal down to four candidates to be interviewed this week. Elementary Principal Trish Greenwood is retiring this year. ...
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No shutdown ‘a small miracle’
Covid
No shutdown ‘a small miracle’
By Liz Teitz 
March 4, 2021
Craig Spearman sat in his garage, bundled up in a jacket as he explained to his students their next assignment. He had escaped to meet with his students without interruption from his 1- and 3-year-ol...
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Helping the helpers: The anatomy of a complex rescue
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Helping the helpers: The anatomy of a complex rescue
Volunteers saved an 11-year-old girl from the bottom of a cliff thanks largely to the skills of Mike Gibbs, who's made a career out of training rescuers
By By Nancy Lofholm Special to the Plaindealer 
February 18, 2026
It took Mike Gibbs all of five seconds on that morning in early August to figure out it was time to execute one of the world’s most complicated rope rescues. A car had tumbled 320 feet off the edge of...
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Bills to give reservoir to Ouray debut in Congress
Administrator: City can afford repair expenses, which are still unknown
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
February 18, 2026
U.S. House and Senate bills to transfer ownership of Crystal Reservoir from the U.S. Forest Service to the city of Ouray made it to subcommittee hearings in Washington, D.C. last week. Both bills are ...
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County spurns prairie dog control request
Commissioners say they're unwilling, unable to adopt restrictions; resident withdraws lawsuit threat
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
February 18, 2026
Ouray County leaders last week snuffed a resident’s request to require property owners to control prairie dogs, citing a legal inability and unwillingness to do so. At the start of a Feb. 11 work sess...
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Ridgway awards visitor services contract to chamber
February 18, 2026
Ridgway will hire the Ridgway Area Chamber of Commerce for $33,824 per year to support town marketing efforts. “RACC expressed confidence in its ability to execute the scope of work, based on many yea...
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Town approves measures to boost housing affordability
By Deb Hurley Brobst Special to the Plaindealer 
February 18, 2026
The Ridgway Town Council approved three measures at its meeting on Feb. 11 to boost affordable housing in the town. Ridgway applying for ADU grant Ridgway is applying for a grant that will allow it to...
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