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Covid
Schools develop preliminary plan for reopening
By Carolina Brown 
July 22, 2020
Ridgway and Ouray schools both plan on providing in-person instruction to students this fall, but parents have other options if they’re not comfortable sending their students back to the classroom. Ne...
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Planning Commission trained in government ethics
By Carolina Brown 
July 22, 2020
The Ouray County Planning Commission received training in government ethics from County Attorney Carol Viner on Tuesday. The commission learned how basic laws from the Colorado Constitution and statut...
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News
River District will ask voters for property tax hike
By Erin McIntyre 
July 22, 2020
The Colorado River District will ask voters for a property tax increase in November. The board voted to move forward with the ballot measure at its meeting Tuesday. The mill levy increase, which would...
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Covid
Officials consider outdoor masks
By Mike Wiggins 
July 22, 2020
Municipal leaders in Ouray and Ridgway are proposing requiring masks in outdoor areas where there are high concentrations of pedestrian traffic, hoping to prevent a surge in coronavirus cases as touri...
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News
City brakes on new rules for accessory units
By Liz Teitz 
July 22, 2020
Citing concerns about overcrowding and too many rental properties, the Ouray Planning Commission backtracked on proposed city regulations allowing accessory dwelling units, which have been suggested a...
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ISOLATION’S TOLL
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ISOLATION’S TOLL
By Liz Teitz 
July 22, 2020
Before the coronavirus pandemic, Jean Bosworth’s life had a rhythm: weekly senior luncheons on Mondays, long card games and potlucks on Fridays and church services on Sundays. Bosworth, 95, is in two ...
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City retains live music restraints
By Mike Wiggins 
July 22, 2020
The Ouray City Council on Monday refused to lift restrictions on amplified music at Goldbelt Bar and Grill but agreed to re-examine the city’s noise ordinance in the coming months to make it less subj...
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News
CALENDAR
By News Staff 
July 15, 2020
THURSDAY, JULY 16 MOVIE: “Swingers” at movie night at Courtyard 610, Ridgway. 8:30 p.m. $10. Reserve online. FRIDAY, JULY 17 THEATER: The Sherbino presents “The Queen of Bingo.” Outdoor Reader’s Theat...
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Eatery in trouble again for noise
By Mike Wiggins 
July 15, 2020
A Ouray restaurant fined earlier this year for violating the city’s noise ordinance on live music is in trouble again. City officials said they will issue a warning to the owners of Goldbelt Bar and G...
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Covid
Health director ‘not that optimistic’ about state granting pool variance
By Mike Wiggins 
July 15, 2020
Each week, Ouray County Public Health Director Tanner Kingery picks up the phone and calls the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to check on the status of Ouray County’s request for...
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News
County board may submit ballot question
By Carolina Brown 
July 15, 2020
Ouray County commissioners on Tuesday submitted a letter of intent to place a ballot question on the November zozo ballot, although at this point it’s merely a placeholder for any potential questions ...
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POLICE LOG
By News Staff 
July 15, 2020
The following is an excerpt of cases handled by the Ouray Police Department from July 7-14, 2020 July 7 Officer responded to a parking violation in the 800 block of Main Street. Officer conducted a di...
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Covid
County probing COVID cases in visitors
By Erin McIntyre 
July 15, 2020
Ouray County is investigating two new cases of COVID-19, which reportedly involve second homeowners who were visiting the area. According to Ouray County Health Department Director Tanner Kingery, the...
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Perry sworn into office
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Perry sworn into office
By Erin McIntyre 
July 15, 2020
Ouray County’s new sheriff and undersheriff were sworn into office on Wednesday morning, after the county’s first recall election in history removed the previous sheriff from the position. Justin Per...
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NEWS BRIEFS
By News Staff 
July 15, 2020
Jury trials resume on limited basis After being suspended for more than three months, jury trials have resumed on a limited basis in the Seventh Judicial District, which includes Ouray County. Distric...
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Covid
Loans keep business afloat
By Liz Teitz 
July 15, 2020
Ouray County businesses received more than $8 million through the Paycheck Protection Program this spring, according to data released last week by the Small Business Administration. Nine Ouray County ...
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News
City may face costly drinking water fix
By Mike Wiggins 
July 15, 2020
Faced with the tall, expensive task of replacing its overtaxed wastewater treatment system, the city of Ouray may soon be weighed down by another financial burden: spending millions of dollars to more...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
July 15, 2020
GUNNISON It almost looked like a normal summer concert almost. About 100 people could be found at the I Bar Ranch Tuesday night seated at separate, socially distanced tables or at other areas througho...
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Couple delays big event for smaller Yankee Boy ceremony
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Couple delays big event for smaller Yankee Boy ceremony
By Erin McIntyre 
July 15, 2020
Adam Kempa and Colleen Anastasi couldn’t wait to get married in the mountains. So that’s what they did - in a slightly different setting and with a much smaller party than they had previously planned...
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Love in the time of coronavirus
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Love in the time of coronavirus
By Liz Teitz 
July 15, 2020
When they envisioned their wedding, Nyssa Moore and Rand Hillyer knew they’d have a big crowd. Both have large families they planned to invite, with at least 50 people at the ceremony and more family...
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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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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
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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