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Column: Elections here in Ouray County
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Column: Elections here in Ouray County
By News Staff 
November 2, 2020
By Michelle Nauer Ouray County Clerk and Recorder Though some parts of the country are new to mail ballots and are using them for the first time due to the pandemic, Colorado has been using mail ballo...
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Four new COVID-19 cases reported
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Four new COVID-19 cases reported
By News Staff 
November 1, 2020
Ouray County has four new confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported today, according to county officials. Health officials are investigating the four cases as a possible outbreak. More details were not ava...
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State mulls local virus mitigation plan
By Erin Mcintyre And Carolina Brown 
October 29, 2020
The state health department has amended its limits on personal gatherings for counties in the “safer at home” category, including Ouray County. Citing concerns about increased infection rates, the Col...
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Aided by snow, fire near Silverton fully contained
By Mike Wiggins 
October 29, 2020
A wildfire burning west of Silverton was fully contained Tuesday, aided by this week’s winter storm that dropped a foot of snow in some areas of the San Juan Mountains. The Ice Fire had burned 596 acr...
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A SILVER LINING FOR OURAY’S ECONOMY?
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A SILVER LINING FOR OURAY’S ECONOMY?
By Samantha Tisdel Wright 
October 29, 2020
Local mine operator Ouray Silver Mines Inc. reached a milestone in its five-year quest to revive the historic Revenue Mine last week when its Canadian parent company, Aurcana Silver Corp., secured a ...
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Covid
County secures full-time nurse
By Carolina Brown 
October 29, 2020
Ouray County Public Health Director Tanner Kingery was pleased to report the hiring of a full-time nurse to the Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday. The county has previously only had a nurse one...
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Audit finds gaps in school’s virus protocols
By Carolina Brown 
October 29, 2020
The Ouray School District is working to improve in four areas after a COVID-19 safety audit found gaps in the school’s protective measures. The four areas of weakness found by auditing company H2 Manu...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
October 29, 2020
GUNNISON Discussions surrounding accessory dwelling units in Gunnison residential areas have dissolved following a report that found the city’s outdated infrastructure would be unable to accommodate i...
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Local judges up for retention on ballot
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Local judges up for retention on ballot
By Erin McIntyre 
October 29, 2020
Ouray County voters will be able to vote on the possible retention of four local judges in the 7th Judicial District in this year’s election. Three district court judges and a county court judge are ...
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Options for school fixes to be unveiled
By Carolina Brown 
October 29, 2020
The firm hired to develop the Ridgway School District’s master plan to address infrastructure needs within the district’s two schools will unveil several options to the public during a web-based open ...
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Covid
Election receiving record turnout
By Erin McIntyre 
October 29, 2020
With less than a week to go before the election, Ouray County voters have returned ballots in record numbers. As of Wednesday morning, Ouray County’s elections office had received 2,814 ballots, a 64....
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New cases of COVID-19 involve mother, infant
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New cases of COVID-19 involve mother, infant
By News Staff 
October 26, 2020
Ouray County's newest confirmed cases of COVID-19 involve a woman in her 30s and her infant. The two were tested at Montrose Memorial Hospital and were confirmed to have positive tests, reported to th...
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Snow day for Ridgway, Ouray school closed for water break
By News Staff 
October 26, 2020
Both school districts in Ouray County have closed for school today. Ridgway announced a snow day closure for K-12 this morning. A reported 9 inches of snow fell overnight in the area. Ouray School Dis...
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State issues 10-person limit on personal gatherings, amends ‘safer at home’ rules for counties
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State issues 10-person limit on personal gatherings, amends ‘safer at home’ rules for counties
By News Staff 
October 23, 2020
The state health department has amended its limits on personal gatherings for counties in the “safer at home” category, including Ouray County. Citing concerns about increased infection rates, the Col...
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Red Flag warning issued again for region, Ice Fire at 596 acres
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Red Flag warning issued again for region, Ice Fire at 596 acres
By News Staff 
October 23, 2020
Despite high winds and dry conditions, the Ice Fire near Silverton has remained under 600 acres and is estimated to be 30 percent contained, according to today's update from Ice Fire public informatio...
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Q&A with HD 59 candidate Barbara McLachlan
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Q&A with HD 59 candidate Barbara McLachlan
By Mike Wiggins 
October 22, 2020
Two-term Democratic Rep. Barbara Mcl achlan of Durango faces political newcomer Marilyn Harris, a Republican from Pagosa Springs, in a battle to retain her seat in the state house. Mclachlan is a form...
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The catastrophe of last month’s bird migration
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The catastrophe of last month’s bird migration
By Sue Hirshman 
October 22, 2020
Birds are the barometer Of the environment -Many scientists- Every year it seems the bird population of songbirds and other species goes down in numbers of survival. In the first part of September, I ...
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City offers housing help to administrator
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City offers housing help to administrator
By Mike Wiggins 
October 22, 2020
The contract for the new Ouray city administrator contains many of the typical job perks enjoyed by the municipal equivalent of a CEO — a six-figure salary, severance pay under most any circumstance a...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
October 22, 2020
GUNNISON Resi dents in the town of Crested Butte are "fired up" and ready to fight a plan to alter access to popular trails that are, more or less, in their front yards. "We've already had issues of p...
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County records 2nd COVID-19 death
By Erin McIntyre 
October 22, 2020
Ouray County has recorded its second death of a resident who tested positive for COVID-19. The 89-year-old woman died at Montrose Memorial Hospital earlier this week after testing positive for the vir...
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Ridgway hotel to convert to housing
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Ridgway hotel to convert to housing
MTN Lodge owner: Change needed to sustain operations; town leaders worried
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
September 10, 2025
Ridgway’s largest hotel plans to convert to construction and hotel workforce housing for a new Four Seasons development in Mountain Village for at least the next four years. MTN Lodge signed an agreem...
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With federal funds in limbo, Ouray seeks options to reduce wildfire danger
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With federal funds in limbo, Ouray seeks options to reduce wildfire danger
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
September 10, 2025
Ouray city leaders are exploring other ways to address dead, fallen trees littering neighborhoods and hillsides now that it's unclear when a large-scale, federally funded wildfire mitigation project w...
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Interim police chief retained through Dec. 31
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
September 10, 2025
Ouray City Administrator Michelle Metteer has extended the contract of Interim Police Chief Daric Harvey through the end of the year. Harvey was hired as the interim chief in March, replacing Sgt. Gar...
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City to hear public input on wayfinding sign solutions
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City to hear public input on wayfinding sign solutions
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
September 10, 2025
The Ouray City Council will hold a work session Monday to discuss possible solutions to concerns raised by residents and business owners about new wayfinding signs installed along Main Street earlier ...
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Article about Space to Create too negative
September 10, 2025
Dear Editor: The origin and theory behind the Space To Create movement is tied to the common phenomenon where creative individuals, looking for affordable and functional space, move into semi-industri...
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