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Ouray County reports 12th case of virus
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Ouray County reports 12th case of virus
By News Staff 
July 3, 2020
A woman in her 50s has tested positive for coronavirus, bringing Ouray County's total number of cases to 12. This case was detected with a swab test for active virus, performed at the Ouray County Pub...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
July 2, 2020
GUNNISON For 69 years, the City of Gunnison has marked the Fourth of July with social gatherings and fireworks. While the tradition will continue this year, things will look different compared to year...
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NEWS BRIEFS
By News Staff 
July 2, 2020
Ranch history museum opens The Ouray Cou nty Ranch History Museum is open for the season. The museum, located at 321 Sherman St., is open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, and from noon...
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Administrator search stalls
By Mike Wiggins 
July 2, 2020
Ouray's search for a new city administrator took a step back Tuesday when officials announced that at least two of the candidates being considered as finalists pulled their applications. Mayor Greg Ne...
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Parents: Return to traditional school
By Carolina Brown 
July 2, 2020
A majority of Ridgway parents support getting their kids back into the classroom this fall, according to the results of a parent survey conducted last month. Of the 133 respondents, 66 percent were in...
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Ouray schools juggle funding to keep pay intact
By Carolina Brown 
July 2, 2020
The Ouray School Board passed a budget without step increases to staff salary on Monday after lengthy deliberation during that meeting as well as a meeting June 25 on how to balance budget shortfalls ...
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Fire bans sweep across region
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Fire bans sweep across region
By Carolina Brown And Mike Wiggins 
July 2, 2020
Federal and local agencies moved swiftly and simultaneously this week to implement fire bans across Ouray County and the surrounding region, citing parched conditions and a high wildfire danger. Ouray...
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Administrator gets glowing review from commissioners
By Carolina Brown 
July 2, 2020
Ouray County commissioners told County Administrator Connie Hunt last week during her annual performance evaluation that she works too hard and is too good at what she does, and tasked her with taking...
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Newest COVID-19 case is county’s third in two weeks
By Erin McIntyre 
July 2, 2020
Ouray County has another new case of COVID-19 – a woman in her 30s who has tested positive. This is the third positive case of the virus in the past 12 days, and the 11th active case of the virus dete...
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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
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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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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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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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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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Dispute over extended background check leads to Ouray police chief’s last day
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Dispute over extended background check leads to Ouray police chief’s last day
City administrator declines to make interim chief permanent
By Mike Wiggins 
December 17, 2025
Ouray Interim Police Chief Daric Harvey is leaving his job over his objections to City Administrator Michelle Metteer’s insistence that he undergo a second, more extensive background check to determin...
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Commissioners fight over board leadership position
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Commissioners fight over board leadership position
Niece to serve as chairperson after he, Nauer reject requests from Padgett's backers to appoint her
By By Lia Salvatierra and Erin McIntyre lia@ouraynews.com erin@ouraynews.com 
December 17, 2025
For the second year in a row, Ouray County commissioners fought over who should serve as board chairperson, rejecting requests from supporters of Commissioner Lynn Padgett to appoint her to the positi...
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Space to Create owner, management address complaints, pledge fixes
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
December 17, 2025
Space to Create’s owner and property management company are pledging to remedy issues with Ouray County’s first affordable housing project and re-establish strong communication with residents after re...
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Council qualifies homebuyer for deed-restricted unit
December 17, 2025
The Ridgway Town Council approved qualifying a homebuyer for a deed-restricted unit in the Vista Park Commons neighborhood after discussing whether the unit was advertised fairly. The council, acting ...
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Following concerns, town delays adopting anti-idling ordinance
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
December 17, 2025
Ridgway town councilors decided to delay final approval of a new anti-idling ordinance after hearing public concerns and discussing other issues related to the new rules during a Dec. 10 regular meeti...
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