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JAM SESSION
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JAM SESSION
By News Staff 
May 28, 2020
Joshua Kinne, left, plays the guitar while his 9-year-old son, Samuel, plays the hand drums during an impromptu parade in Ridgway’s River Park subdivision on May 21. The neighborhood jam, organized by...
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County seeks dining, travel variances
By Carolina Brown And Erin Mcintyre 
May 21, 2020
Ouray County will ask for permission to let restaurants resume in-person dining, and for locals to be exempt from a state 10-mile travel limit for recreation. The current state health orders prohibit ...
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New school leader tapped
By Carolina Brown 
May 21, 2020
The Ouray School Board announced Tod Lokey, principal of Bayfield Middle School as their pick for superintendent/lead administrator at a meeting May 18. Lokey was one of two finalists after current Ri...
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KOA remained open despite lodging limits
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KOA remained open despite lodging limits
By Erin McIntyre 
May 21, 2020
Houston massage therapist Ashley Sellers was looking for advice on where to stay in Ouray when she posted on social media May 4. “Sorry we are from Texas they opened almost everything here,” she wrot...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
May 21, 2020
GUNNISON While rodeos throughout the western United States are calling this year a wash, Cattlemen’s Days organizers are fighting to hold the annual summer event. They met with Gunnison County Commiss...
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Ouray Visitors’ Center reopens Friday
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Ouray Visitors’ Center reopens Friday
By Mike Wiggins 
May 21, 2020
The Ouray Visitors’ Center, closed since the end of March, will reopen with the help of volunteers on Friday. Markus Van Meter, whom the city hired earlier this month to perform digital marketing for ...
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Dining options on municipalities’ table
By Erin Mcintyre And Mike Wiggins 
May 21, 2020
Local municipalities are troubleshooting how they can safely accommodate outdoor dining and allow restaurants to have more outside capacity, in anticipation of Ouray County’s variance to allow in-pers...
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What a relief: Restrooms reopen
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What a relief: Restrooms reopen
By Mike Wiggins 
May 21, 2020
Visitors have been filtering back onto Ouray’s Main Street the last couple of weeks, since retail stores reopened and hotels and motels began taking reservations again. But it wasn’t until now that th...
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Restrictions to mark pool reopening
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Restrictions to mark pool reopening
By Mike Wiggins 
May 21, 2020
A plan to reopen the Ouray Hot Springs Pool when the state indicates it’s safe to do so is marked by a bevy of restrictions — restricted hours, capacity, staffing and movement within individual pool a...
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NEWS BRIEFS
By News Staff 
May 21, 2020
Ridgway receives financing for Space to Create The Colorado Housing and Finance Authority has granted low-income housing tax credit funding to the town for its Space to Create Project, which will help...
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Commissioners cautioned to follow law
By Carolina Brown 
May 21, 2020
Ouray County Attorney Carol Viner cautioned commissioners they need to be wary of becoming too relaxed during public meetings and they need to adhere to state open meetings laws, even as the pandemic ...
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The summer of discontent
By Mike Wiggins 
May 21, 2020
Everything is geared toward July. Hoteliers know sparse bookings in the spring will give way to crowded calendars. Restaurant owners conduct deep cleanings or close entirely after a spasm of winter to...
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Financial losses trigger layoffs at Montrose hospital
By Plaindealer Staff Report 
May 21, 2020
Citing a loss in revenue attributed to canceling elective surgeries and procedures related to COVID-19, Montrose Memorial Hospital announced it has laid off 19 employees after enduring as much as a S5...
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It’s time for local elected officials to take open meetings laws seriously
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It’s time for local elected officials to take open meetings laws seriously
By Erin McIntyre 
May 21, 2020
Even in a pandemic, we deserve to have public business discussed in public, and we deserve to know what’s going on around here. But that’s getting harder and harder to do as this situation drags on. F...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
May 18, 2020
GUNNISON As COVID-19 continues to impact the economy, flights in and out of the Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport largely remain up in the air. One impact is that United Airlines has dropped Hou...
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Silverton cancels Fourth of July celebration
By News Staff 
May 15, 2020
The town of Silverton announced this morning it will cancel its Fourth of July celebration this year, joining Telluride as southwestern Colorado towns that have nixed Independence Day festivities in l...
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Ouray’s annual FJ Summit canceled
By News Staff 
May 14, 2020
The FJ Summit, a five-day event that brings dozens of Toyota owners to Ouray every summer, has been canceled for this year. Summit directors announced today on the FJ Summit's website that they were p...
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Superintendent finalists narrowed to 2
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Superintendent finalists narrowed to 2
By Carolina Brown And Erin Mcintyre 
May 14, 2020
The Ouray School Board will choose its new superintendent from two finalists, after interviewing three and having one pull her application from consideration after she discovered that the spouse of a ...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
May 14, 2020
GUNNISON As COVID-19 continues to impact the economy, flights in and out of the Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport largely remain up in the air. One impact is that United Airlines has dropped Hou...
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Limited pomp amid difficult circumstance
By Erin Mcintyre And Carolina Brown 
May 14, 2020
There won’t be any mortarboards tossed into the air after turning tassels. There won’t be group photos with friends, standing close with arms around each other. There won't be flowers handed out or be...
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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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