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Sales tax revenue continues summer climb
By Mike Wiggins 
September 24, 2020
The cancellation of the Fourth of July celebration — the busiest time each year in Ouray — did not prove to be a drag on the city’s budget. The city collected $357,284 in sales tax revenue this month,...
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Rally calls for civility, features exchanges
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Rally calls for civility, features exchanges
By Liz Teitz 
September 24, 2020
A group of about 30 people gathered Saturday at Ridgway’s Hartwell Park for a “Freedom Rally,” many waving American flags and signs supporting President Donald Trump. Attendees said they wanted to enc...
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Teacher named ‘Woman of the Year’
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Teacher named ‘Woman of the Year’
By Mike Wiggins 
September 24, 2020
Every student at Ouray School receives a free pass to the Hot Springs Pool. Jenny Hart believes in reciprocating that gift. It’s why the fourth grade teacher works alongside those same young people wh...
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Pandemic could put January festival on thin ice
By Mike Wiggins 
September 24, 2020
Last year’s 25th edition of the Ouray Ice Festival had all the usual fanfare — the climbing competitions and clinics, the presentations and auctions, and of course the anything-goes Saturday night Pet...
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NEWS BRIEFS
By News Staff 
September 24, 2020
City administrator candidates’ meet-and-greet set for Friday Residents will have a chance to meet the three finalists for the Ouray city administrator job on Friday when the candidates come to town fo...
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Ice Park director boasts experience
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Ice Park director boasts experience
By Carolina Brown 
September 24, 2020
The Ouray Ice Park has a new executive director with plenty of experience to take it through the next year of uncertainty and look ahead to a future of a steady flow of water, ice and funds. With a St...
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THE REGION AROUND
By News Staff 
September 24, 2020
GUNNISON July was the largest revenue generating month in the history of Gunnison Valley’s lodging industry, another sign that the pandemic and the local economy can make strange bedfellows. “I was re...
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Got voting questions? We’ve got answers
By Sandra Fish 
September 24, 2020
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3, but registered voters in Colorado will receive mail-in ballots after Oct. 9. With national concern about the integrity of mail-in ballots, Colorado is getting national...
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FIGHTING FIRE WITH FIRE
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FIGHTING FIRE WITH FIRE
By Erin McIntyre 
September 24, 2020
At daybreak, Dustin Mullins saw the wisp of smoke rising to the east. He was getting ready to hunt with some others that morning at his ranch and saw the beginnings of the fire, near Courthouse Mount...
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After delays, county approves trail to settle lawsuit
By Carolina Brown 
September 24, 2020
Ouray County reached a settlement agreement Wednesday with upper County Road 5 property owners who filed suit against the county in January 2019. Commissioners voted unanimously to approve a settlemen...
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Housing project inches ahead
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Housing project inches ahead
By Liz Teitz 
September 24, 2020
Ridgway’s long-awaited Space to Create apartment building, the first affordable housing project in the county, is expected to break ground this spring, and the first tenants are expected to move in ea...
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RETURNING TO HIS ROOTS
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RETURNING TO HIS ROOTS
By Liz Teitz 
September 17, 2020
A few months before the coronavirus pandemic halted international travel, Anthony Disser was flying frequently to China and Saudi Arabia, consulting for hospitals on certification and accreditation. B...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
September 17, 2020
GUNNISON If there's one thing that's been popular during the pandemic, it's public lands. This larger-than-usual influx of hikers, bikers and recreationists isn't lost on Gunnison County leaders, who ...
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Search for exec whittled to 3
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Search for exec whittled to 3
By Mike Wiggins 
September 17, 2020
Three men with extensive municipal leadership experience are the finalists for the Ouray city administrator job. The Ouray City Council unanimously agreed on Monday to narrow the field of candidates ...
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Trial for ex-sheriff canceled
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Trial for ex-sheriff canceled
By Erin McIntyre 
September 17, 2020
Former Sheriff Lance FitzGerald will not stand trial for his DUI arrest, unless he fails to complete the terms of an agreement to participate in a yearlong adult diversion program with the Sixth Judic...
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County to repost road superintendent job
By Carolina Brown 
September 17, 2020
After nearly a year without a full-time road and bridge superintendent, Ouray County commissioners held a work session on Tuesday to outline how they will proceed with reposting the position. The posi...
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Parent: Mask enforcement causing teacher stress
By Carolina Brown 
September 17, 2020
A parent and former elementary school teacher told Ridgway School Board members last week she is concerned about the stress teachers are feeling in enforcing social-distancing and mask-wearing protoco...
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NEWS BRIEFS
By News Staff 
September 17, 2020
Log Hill garage burns The Log Hill Volunteer Fire Department responded to a fire on Canyon Drive in the early morning hours of Sept. 11, which destroyed a detached garage. "By the time we got there, t...
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Structures draw complaints, probe
By Liz Teitz 
September 17, 2020
An assortment of tiny homes and other non-conforming structures in Elk Meadows has drawn the attention of Ouray County after complaints from neighbors. The county is considering legal action the owner...
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IN MEMORIAM
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IN MEMORIAM
By News Staff 
September 17, 2020
Members of the Our ay Volunteer Fire Department raise the U.S. flag above the street outside the Ouray Community Center before the start of Friday's ceremony remembering the victims of the Sept. 11 te...
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Ridgway sues MTN Lodge
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Ridgway sues MTN Lodge
Town seeks payment of sales, lodging taxes; hotel calls lawsuit 'misguided'
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
April 1, 2026
The town of Ridgway is suing the owners of MTN Lodge over their plans to use the hotel as workforce housing for the next several years, aiming to suspend operations and demanding they pay lodging and ...
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Board rebukes commissioner
Niece, Nauer censure Padgett for secretly recording closed-door meeting
By By Lia Salvatierra and Erin McIntyre lia@ouraynews.com erin@ouraynews.com 
April 1, 2026
Two Ouray County commissioners publicly reprimanded their fellow commissioner after discovering she secretly recorded an executive session last week. Portions of the audio from that executive session ...
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Proposed merger could make fire chief highest paid official
Latest draft bases members' voting power on financial contributions
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
April 1, 2026
The current proposal to combine fire and emergency medical services entities in Ouray County could eventually make the new fire chief the highest-paid public official in the county and may base partic...
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Jury convicts mother in retaliation case
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Jury convicts mother in retaliation case
By Erin McIntyre and Mike Wiggins erin@ouraynews.com mike@ouraynews.com 
April 1, 2026
A jury has convicted a former Ouray woman of retaliating against another woman who accused her son of sexual assault in 2023. Jurors deliberated for about an hour on March 26 before finding Kristyn Tr...
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EMS moves overnight quarters with help from chamber grant
By Deb Hurley Brobst Special to the Plaindealer 
April 1, 2026
Ouray County Emergency Medical Services is moving its sleeping quarters for on-call staff in Ouray into the former Public Health office location, with donations providing rent assistance. An EMT will ...
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