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Outbreak confirmed in City of Ouray offices
Covid
Outbreak confirmed in City of Ouray offices
By News Staff 
November 20, 2020
The suspected outbreak among employees for the City of Ouray is now a confirmed outbreak, according to positive test results released by the health department this morning. Two city employees have tes...
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Ridgway seeks to fill council vacancy
By Erin McIntyre 
November 19, 2020
The Ridgway Town Council is accepting applications for an opening on the board, vacated by Councilor Tessa Cheek, who resigned her position as of Nov. 30. Cheek said she’s reluctantly leaving the boar...
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Operation Christmas Child deadline this week
By News Staff 
November 19, 2020
Ridgway Community Church is gathering donations for Operation Christmas Child, with a goal of donating supplies to children around the world. This is national collection week for the donations, distri...
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Covid
Pandemic forces shift of holiday plans
By Liz Teitz 
November 19, 2020
For five years, Carolyn Snowbarger watched as her Thanksgiving dinner grew, adding more chairs around the table. Last year, 37 people gathered at her Ridgway home, where they sat at tables she borrowe...
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Covid
Plea to public: Slow virus spread
By Mike Wiggins And Erin Mcintyre 
November 19, 2020
With Ouray County in the middle of its biggest spike in COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began eight months ago, elected officials in Ouray County are joining forces to ask the public to slow virus s...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
November 19, 2020
GUNNISON After warning students and staff that a COVID-19 outbreak could shut down the campus, Western Colorado University administrators ended in-person classes Monday with more students testing posi...
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THE BUCK STOPS HERE
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THE BUCK STOPS HERE
By News Staff 
November 19, 2020
A mule deer seems content to take in the sights near home plate at Smokey Joe Wood baseball field at Fellin Park in Ouray earlier this month. Deer frequently populate the park, mostly ignoring walkers...
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Developers pitch workforce housing for miners
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Developers pitch workforce housing for miners
By Mike Wiggins 
November 19, 2020
Two Ouray businessmen are proposing to build an apartment complex in town to house Ouray Silver Mines employees, a project they say would help meet the needs of the mine as it readies for production ...
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Trail completed ahead of schedule
By Carolina Brown 
November 19, 2020
A parallel trail along County Road 5 approved less then two months ago as part of a settlement agreement with property owners is days from completion, Ouray County Commissioner John Peters told the re...
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Covid
Ridgway rides out quarantine
By Liz Teitz 
November 19, 2020
Shawnn Row waited by his computer Tuesday morning, a Zoom window open and ready for students to pop in with questions. Instead of walking up to his desk or raising their hands, they would click to a l...
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Christmas tree permits available now
By News Staff 
November 19, 2020
Christmas tree permits are now available for purchase at Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests office locations, as well as at the Bureau of Land Management’s Uncompahgre Field Office ...
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Virus cases increase
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Virus cases increase
By Erin Mcintyre And Liz Teitz 
November 16, 2020
After workplace outbreaks and positive COVID-19 cases tied to parties, Ouray County health officials are pleading with people to wear masks, stay home if they feel sick, wash hands and keep their dist...
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Covid
Governments rush to spend relief funds
By Liz Teitz 
November 12, 2020
Ouray County officials are working to spend more than $400,000 in federal coronavirus relief funds, including purchasing body cameras, technology and personal protective equipment before the chance to...
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Ouray School develops spring athletics guidelines
By Carolina Brown 
November 12, 2020
The Ouray School Board dedicated the bulk of a lengthy special session on Nov. 4 to discussions on how to safely allow for sports this spring. Typical fall and winter school sports like soccer, volley...
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District seeks building plan feedback
By Carolina Brown 
November 12, 2020
Ridgway School District is asking for feedback on its master plan, featuring options for improvements to buildings. A virtual open house with the options and a survey for participants is open until No...
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Covid
Box Cañon Falls enjoys banner year despite pandemic
By Mike Wiggins 
November 12, 2020
As the coronavirus pandemic threw everything into disarray earlier this spring, Rick Noll had a simple goal: to open Box Cañon Falls Park. With businesses struggling to regain their footing after bein...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
November 12, 2020
GUNNISON Early November is the halfway mark for Colorado’s big-game rifle hunting seasons, and Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials say that despite COVID-19 and wildfires bringing uncertainty, it’s ...
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POLICE LOG
By News Staff 
November 12, 2020
The following is an excerpt cases handled by the Ouray Police Department Nov. 2-8. NOV. 2 Officer conducted a directed patrol of the Ouray School. Officer took a lost property report. The property was...
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Ridgway Film Fest online through Friday
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Ridgway Film Fest online through Friday
By Plaindealer Staff Report 
November 12, 2020
Film buffs will have a chance to travel the world and explore a diverse collection of visual storytelling, curated by world-renowned filmmakers, in the Ridgway Independent Film Festival this week. Tho...
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Virus cases increase
Covid
Virus cases increase
By Erin Mcintyre And Liz Teitz 
November 12, 2020
After workplace outbreaks and positive COVID-19 cases tied to parties, Ouray County health officials are pleading with people to wear masks, stay home if they feel sick, wash hands and keep their dist...
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Ridgway girls run down state title
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Ridgway girls run down state title
Young team blows past competition to hoist Class 2A cross country trophy
By By Matt Meyer Special to the Plaindealer 
November 5, 2025
There isn’t a perfect translation for “hill” in Chinese. That's something Natasha Hessler discovered when she arrived at the famous creek crossing during the Colorado State Cross Country Championship ...
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Underwood elected mayor
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Underwood elected mayor
Hart joins council, which needs to fill two spots
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
November 5, 2025
Ouray City Councilor Michael Underwood won election to the mayor’s seat Tuesday night, succeeding on a campaign that emphasized fiscal conservatism and a vow to fix what he perceives as a disconnect b...
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Property tax hikes pass for cemetery, fire districts
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
November 5, 2025
Voters Tuesday night approved tax increases for the Cedar Hill Cemetery District and the Ouray Fire Protection District. A measure to increase the cemetery district’s mill levy from 0.33 mills to 1 mi...
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Voters approve new county lodging tax
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
November 5, 2025
Voters in unincorporated Ouray County approved a new 6% lodging tax that is expected to provide more than $182,000 in additional funding during a tight 2026 budget year and into the future. The measur...
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Fagrelius, Meruelo win school board seats
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
November 5, 2025
Ouray voters have chosen two former educators to join the Ouray School Board, according to unofficial results from Tuesday’s election. Three candidates competed for two open seats on the school board,...
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