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Unhappy trails
Covid
Unhappy trails
By Liz Teitz 
August 12, 2020
As a steady stream of Jeeps, ATVs and side-by-sides headed up County Road 361 Monday morning, Ouray Police Chief Jeff Wood and Ouray County Sheriff Justin Perry held up their hands, stopping each veh...
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State allows expanded pool capacity
By Liz Teitz 
August 12, 2020
Admissions at the Ouray Hot Springs Pool have doubled since the state granted a variance last week allowing a higher capacity, but staffing issues are preventing the pool from opening to its full occu...
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Covid
Schools consider virus test program
By Liz Teitz 
August 12, 2020
Local school districts are considering a partnership with a Denver foundation to provide frequent COVID-19 testing and symptom tracking for teachers and students when school starts later this month. R...
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Limited capacity, cost concerns force cancellation of rodeo
By Liz Teitz 
August 12, 2020
The Ouray County Rodeo Association has canceled this year’s rodeo, citing unsustainable costs if attendance is limited due to COVID-19. “The board has basically decided that with the number of people ...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
August 12, 2020
GUNNISON Gunnison County health officials will be meeting with state officials later this week to discuss the rising cases of COVID-19 1ocally. The county's current caseload has alarmed officials at t...
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Plans for Corbett Creek in the works
By Carolina Brown 
August 12, 2020
Ouray County commissioners and staff spent four hours on Tuesday in a virtual meeting with the Army Corps of Engineers to discuss possible solutions to recurring flooding of Corbett Creek on County Ro...
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Councilors hone flume-tax ballot language
By Mike Wiggins 
August 12, 2020
Ouray city officials are inching closer to asking voters in November to extend a property tax that pays for projects designed to protect homes and businesses from flood damage. While they didn’t take ...
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Hardrockers Holidays rock on despite pandemic
Covid
Hardrockers Holidays rock on despite pandemic
By Liz Teitz 
August 12, 2020
SILVERTON — Judy Kuhlman adjusted her blue surgical mask and pink gloves before settling herself on the long, wooden platform, resting the heels of her boots against the ridges in preparation for anot...
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Padgett joins commissioner race
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Padgett joins commissioner race
By News Staff 
August 10, 2020
Lynn Padgett would have loved to continue her tenure as a county commissioner at the end of her second term, back in 2016. Term limits prevented her from doing that, but she might have a chance to do ...
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Ouray County Rodeo canceled
Covid
Ouray County Rodeo canceled
By Liz Teitz 
August 7, 2020
The Ouray County Rodeo Association has canceled this year’s rodeo, citing unsustainable costs if attendance is limited due to COVID-19. “The board has basically decided that with the number of people ...
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State grants pool variance for Ouray County
Covid
State grants pool variance for Ouray County
By News Staff 
August 6, 2020
The state has granted a variance to Ouray County for increased capacity at both indoor and outdoor pools. The approval came on Wednesday night in an email to Health Department Director Tanner Kingery,...
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EPA: Atlas Mill project a temporary fix
By Carolina Brown 
August 5, 2020
An on-scene coordinator with the Environmental Protection Agency has voiced concerns about how effective efforts at the old Atlas Mill site will be in the longterm at keeping mine tailings runoff out ...
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NEWS BRIEFS
By News Staff 
August 5, 2020
Visitor tested positive for virus A woman visiting from Texas back in July is the latest person confirmed to have had coronavirus with a test performed here in Ouray County. Though her positive test w...
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Padgett joins commissioner race
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Padgett joins commissioner race
By News Staff 
August 5, 2020
Lynn Padgett would have loved to continue her tenure as a county commissioner at the end of her second term, back in 2016. Term limits prevented her from doing that, but she might have a chance to do ...
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Boebert fires up Ouray County crowd
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Boebert fires up Ouray County crowd
By Mike Wiggins 
August 5, 2020
Tammee Tuttle ate several years ago at Shooters Grill, the Rifle restaurant made nationally famous for its armed wait staff. But it wasn’t until last weekend that Tuttle, the owner of True Grit Cafe ...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
August 5, 2020
GUNNISON This isn’t the first pandemic Cattlemen’s Days organizers in Gunnison have faced. And they’re determined not to let this one bring a halt to the annual celebration of cowboys and the western ...
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Ouray in search of infrastructure funds
By Mike Wiggins 
August 5, 2020
An idea to charge an additional tax to help pay for a new wastewater treatment plant turned into a discussion during Monday night’s Ouray City Council meeting about how the city can generate more reve...
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Schools’ teachable moment
Covid
Schools’ teachable moment
By Liz Teitz 
August 5, 2020
Before starting math class last week, six Ridgway middle-schoolers carefully chose their spots in the shady space outside the school building, clipboards and pencils in hand. Each wore a mask as they...
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Visitors flock to outdoors during pandemic
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Visitors flock to outdoors during pandemic
By Liz Teitz 
August 5, 2020
Campgrounds are full, Jeeps and paddleboards are in short supply, and local outdoor recreation businesses are seeing more customers than past years, as people opt for trips to less populated areas wit...
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Man arrested after fight on pass
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Man arrested after fight on pass
By Erin McIntyre 
August 5, 2020
A dispute over who had the right-of-way on a local Jeep trail led to an arrest for alleged assault last week. Congested routes and lack of following trail etiquette led to the incident. On Saturday, a...
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Sheriff’s office takes on policing for city, meeting scheduled tonight
Another officer resigns from police department, leaving sergeant and administrative assistant
By Mike Wiggins 
February 2, 2026
The Ouray County Sheriff’s Office has assumed full responsibility for law enforcement services in the city of Ouray after City Administrator Michelle Metteer reassigned the police department’s two rem...
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Onward and upward
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Onward and upward
January 28, 2026
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Town prepares for legal battle
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
January 28, 2026
Editor's note: This article has been corrected to reflect that Ridgway Lodge LLC is the owner of MTN Lodge. Ridgway retains attorney after MTN Lodge owners say they won't pay taxes on long-term worker...
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County eyes budget cuts
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
January 28, 2026
Manager: Looking for ways to avoid cutting employees Ouray County leaders have loosely settled on wanting to cut $500,000 from the county’s 2026 budget, anticipating they will have more unexpected exp...
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Coroner seeks help with unclaimed body
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Coroner seeks help with unclaimed body
January 28, 2026
Ouray County's coroner is seeking help finding friends of a man who was estranged from his family and died at a Ouray hotel. Quality Inn staff found William Curio Jr., who went by Billy, in his hotel ...
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