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Ouray seeks to extend flood-control tax
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Ouray seeks to extend flood-control tax
By Mike Wiggins 
July 2, 2020
The city of Ouray is laying the groundwork to ask voters this fall to extend a property tax that pays for maintenance and repair of the city's two flumes and other flood-control projects. The tax, whi...
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Accidents tax first responders
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Accidents tax first responders
By Mike Wiggins 
July 2, 2020
A trio of high-country accidents Sunday and Monday sent a motorcycle rider down a steep slope off U.S. Highway 550 and left a young boy with a serious head injury. The first and least serious incident...
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Alcohol temporarily allowed in city parks
By Mike Wiggins 
July 2, 2020
Anyone enjoying a picnic in one of two parks in Ouray can now legally bring alcohol with them. The Ouray City Council voted 4-1 in a special meeting June 25 to pass an emergency ordinance suspending a...
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To mask, or not to mask, that is the conflict
Covid
To mask, or not to mask, that is the conflict
By Lizteitz And Erin Mcintyre 
July 2, 2020
Some Ouray County business owners are calling on elected officials to require masks indoors, citing confrontations with visitors who refuse to follow the businesses’ rules. Local governments thus far ...
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Embattled sheriff toppled
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Embattled sheriff toppled
By Erin McIntyre 
July 2, 2020
Voters decisively ousted Sheriff Lance FitzGerald in the county's first recall election, after a bipartisan effort to remove him from office succeeded a nd he was unseated in a landslide. Unofficial e...
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FitzGerald to be removed from office in county’s first recall election
By News Staff 
June 30, 2020
UPDATE as of 9:58 p.m. Ouray County Sheriff Lance FitzGerald has been ousted in a landslide – with 93 percent of voters opting to vote him out of office. Preliminary results show 2,527 votes in favor ...
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Ouray County adopts fire ban, citing wildfire risk
By Carolina Brown 
June 30, 2020
The Board of County Commissioners approved a county-wide stage one fire ban starting Thursday, preventing the use of fireworks over the July 4 weekend.  Commissioner Ben Tisdel requested the board dis...
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Teen escapes vehicle plunge unharmed
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Teen escapes vehicle plunge unharmed
By Mike Wiggins 
June 25, 2020
Police say a recent Ouray High School graduate was fortunate to escape with no injuries after her car plunged off a hill on County Road 361 last weekend. Tristyn Guzman, 18, who graduated in May, craw...
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News
City seeks tourism marketing input
By Mike Wiggins 
June 25, 2020
Ouray city councilors have repeatedly said they want to re-examine how money is spent to market the city to tourists. Now they’re creating a committee to help them do just that. The city is accepting ...
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Log Hill grow facility granted expansion
By Carolina Brown 
June 25, 2020
After nearly five hours of contentious public hearings, comments and deliberation, Ouray County commissioners agreed Tuesday to allow a marijuana grow operation to expand on Log Hill Mesa. During the ...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
June 25, 2020
GUNNISON One of the key issues hotly debated in the 2018 Gunnison County Sheriff's election continues to plague the department - that of turnover. And the question posed then remains unanswered today ...
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Covid
Health officials: Don’t use antibody tests for workplace decisions
By Liz Teitz 
June 25, 2020
Some Ouray County employers have asked workers to get coronavirus antibody tests in order to return to work, against the advice of medical experts who question the tests’ value and accuracy. In the la...
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Covid
Gov encourages visitors to wear masks
By Erin McIntyre 
June 25, 2020
Colorado is rolling out a new ad campaign to encourage visitors to socially distance and wear masks if they decide to vacation here, asking tourists to be responsible. Gov. Jared Polis debuted the edu...
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Eatery granted amplified music permit
By Mike Wiggins 
June 25, 2020
The Ouray City Council has granted a special noise permit to the owners of Goldbelt Bar and Grill that will allow them to have live music on select dates this summer. Councilors unanimously approved t...
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Drought intensifies in county
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Drought intensifies in county
By Erin McIntyre 
June 25, 2020
Colorado is bracing for a long, hot summer and more than 80 percent of the state is already in abnormally dry to drought conditions, according to information from the state climatologist’s office this...
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(Almost) everybody back in the pool
Covid
(Almost) everybody back in the pool
By Liz Teitz 
June 25, 2020
The Ouray Hot Springs Pool reopened Monday with limited guests and facilities, more than three months after closing. Instead of the hundreds of people who would typically visit on a warm June day, th...
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News
Campaign contributions flow in race to replace sheriff
By Erin McIntyre 
June 25, 2020
The candidates seeking to replace Sheriff Lance FitzGerald have raised three times as much in campaign contributions as the race in which he was elected in 2018. Together, the candidates hoping to uns...
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Covid
Virus’s effect on sales tax revenue varies
By Mike Wiggins 
June 25, 2020
Local governments across Colorado saw their sales tax revenue crater in June in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, but in Ouray County the results were decidedly mixed. The city of Ouray reported a 27...
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Covid
Pool variance seeks expanded capacity
By Carolina Brown 
June 17, 2020
Ouray County has submitted a request to the state to allow pools to admit 200 people or 75 percent of capacity. County commissioners, acting as the Board of Health, approved the variance request to be...
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Covid
Churches celebrate rebirth as restrictions ease
By Liz Teitz 
June 17, 2020
One by one, masked congregants walked up to a small altar at the United Church of the San Juans, weaving carefully between sets of chairs arranged 6 feet apart. They each selected a plate holding a Co...
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A visit with Mr. and Mrs. Claus
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December 10, 2025
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Vehicle problems toss wrench at sheriff
Maintenance costs pile up as agency wrestles with delays in replacing patrol cars
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
December 10, 2025
Gio Mendoza’s coworkers thought he was missing for more than an hour. Emergency dispatchers were scrambling to get in touch with him. They had no idea the Ouray County sheriff’s investigator was stran...
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Resident: Tax money should fund ‘creatives’
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
December 10, 2025
A Ridgway woman is proposing the town give "creative" residents a monthly, unconditional cash payment to encourage them to stay living and working in town. Ridgway resident Tia Mihelarakis proposed a ...
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Commissioner opposes change to cost-savings policy
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
December 10, 2025
Ouray County Commissioner Lynn Padgett voted against a minor change to the county's new cost-savings policy, citing unclear language as the reason she canceled her attendance at a statewide conference...
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County OKs budget, will diminish savings
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
December 10, 2025
Editor’s note: This story has been corrected to accurately reflect the county's disaster fund balance heading into 2026. Ouray County commissioners approved the county's 2026 budget during their regul...
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