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Ouray sales tax rebounds, up 2 percent
By Mike Wiggins 
August 20, 2020
After an expected pandemic-induced slow start to the spring and summer tourist season, spending ramped up in Ouray in June, bucking the downward trend that has hampered economies in many other cities....
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County to consider settling road lawsuit
By Carolina Brown 
August 20, 2020
Ouray County commissioners will consider a plan next week to build a 3-mile winter trail system along the top section of County Road 5 in an effort to settle a lawsuit over maintenance of the road. A ...
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Ouray district reviews opening plans
By Liz Teitz 
August 20, 2020
Ouray School District detailed schedule changes, mask requirements and other components of their opening plan at an online forum Tuesday, providing the clearest look yet at how school will be differen...
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Late surge in demand overwhelms state-sponsored online school
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Late surge in demand overwhelms state-sponsored online school
By News Staff 
August 20, 2020
Editor's note: This story was published with permission from Chalkbeat Colorado through CoLab, an independent, nonprofit, statewide journalism coalition. ________________________________ By Erica Melz...
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Air quality pros assigned to forest
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Air quality pros assigned to forest
By Erin Mclntyre 
August 20, 2020
The biggest fires burning in Colorado may be more than 100 miles away from Ouray County, but the effects are evident in the hazy film covering the mountains at a distance and the sun glowing like the ...
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Questions linger as school start nears
By Liz Teitz 
August 20, 2020
Ouray School District detailed schedule changes, mask requirements and other components of their opening plan at an online forum Tuesday, providing the clearest look yet at how school will be differen...
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Larger than life
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Larger than life
By Erin McIntyre 
August 20, 2020
Duane Beamer was shoeing horses the first time he met Vince Kontny. It was summer 1987 at the San Juan Guest Ranch. Vince brought his family for the Fourth of July holiday, and he took an interest in...
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A new job in a familiar place
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A new job in a familiar place
By Carolina Brown And Mike Wiggins 
August 20, 2020
Tod Lokey has returned to his childhood playground. The 43-year-old was hired as superintendent and high school principal of Ouray School in May amidst COVID-19 closures across the state and country a...
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Fire bans return to Ouray County
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Fire bans return to Ouray County
By News Staff 
August 19, 2020
Ouray County and the City of Ouray will re-enact Stage 1 fire restrictions in response to the hot, dry weather conditions and high fire danger tonight just after midnight. Other agencies in the region...
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From the publisher: An unhappy camper retaliates against the Plaindealer
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From the publisher: An unhappy camper retaliates against the Plaindealer
By Erin McIntyre 
August 13, 2020
This summer, you’ll find the Ouray County Plaindealer is no longer available at one of its previous locations. And that’s because a local business didn’t appreciate being highlighted in a story and to...
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Part-time resident dies of COVID-19 as county seeks more tests
By Mike Wiggins And Erin Mcintyre 
August 12, 2020
An 85-year-old man who was a summertime resident of Ouray County died of COVID-19-related complications this week, county health officials announced. The man, who lived in Georgia the remainder of the...
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POLICE LOG
By News Staff 
August 12, 2020
The following is a summary of cases the Ridgway Marshal’s Office handled from July 27-Aug. 9, 2020. If you have information on any of the below active cases or of any other incident that you have info...
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Unhappy trails
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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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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
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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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Bright start, cloudy future for bus service
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Bright start, cloudy future for bus service
Two years after launch, OurWay ridership has doubled. It’s unclear if grant money and matching local funds will help it keep running
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
February 25, 2026
Georgia Evans greeted the bus driver with jugs of milk and water in her hands and boarded the 11-seater OurWay shuttle, headed home from work in Ridgway to Montrose. She noticed it was a different bus...
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Backcountry road closure eyed
County to shut off portion of Yankee Boy Basin to vehicles this summer due to environmental damage
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
February 25, 2026
Ouray County commissioners on Tuesday directed staff to pursue closing an upper section of Yankee Boy Basin this summer to motorized traffic, in response to a resident’s request to reduce environmenta...
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Councilor seeks relaxed in-person attendance policy
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Councilor seeks relaxed in-person attendance policy
Doherty claims job keeps him out of town; council to decide whether to change cap on remote participation
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
February 25, 2026
A newly appointed Ouray city councilor who has attended just half of the city council’s meetings in person so far this year has asked the council to relax an attendance policy and allow him to govern ...
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Go-away-finding: Ouray to nix project, remove signs
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Go-away-finding: Ouray to nix project, remove signs
After spending more than $100K on branding, design and fabrication, council halts wayfinding initiative that could have cost up to $800K
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
February 25, 2026
Large maroon wayfinding signs installed on Main Street in Ouray last summer, triggering protests from residents and business owners detesting their appearance and size, will soon be gone like they wer...
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Wet snow, later sunsets mark spring’s approach
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Wet snow, later sunsets mark spring’s approach
By Karen Risch 
February 25, 2026
Thanks to warming sun, wet snow showers, spells of shirtsleeve weather, earlier sunrises and later sunsets, meteorological spring (March 1) is upon us. It’s been an a-ha moment these last two weeks as...
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