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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
January 22, 2020
GUNNISON Hundreds of Gunnison County residents were summoned for jury selection this week in the trial of a woman accused in the 2017 deaths of two young sisters. Madani Ceus was originally charged in...
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Artist’s installation the centerpiece of fest
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Artist’s installation the centerpiece of fest
By Mike Wiggins 
January 22, 2020
Jeff Skoloda’s relationship with the Ouray Ice Park dates back several years, back to when he began fashioning trophies for competition winners during the annual Ouray Ice Festival and performed ice c...
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County prioritizes housing efforts
By Erin McIntyre 
January 22, 2020
Ouray County will hit the pause button on being part of a housing advisory committee with the Town of Ridgway and City of Ouray, but will ramp up its internal efforts to examine opportunities for affo...
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CORRECTION
By News Staff 
January 22, 2020
An article headlined "'It's the right thing to do': GOP leaders vote to pursue recall" on Page 1 of the Jan. 16 edition of the Plaindealer incorrectly reported what would happen if Sheriff Lance FitzG...
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Dems join recall effort
By Erin McIntyre 
January 22, 2020
Ouray Democratic Party leaders have joined the effort to remove Sheriff Lance FitzGerald from office, following the lead of GOP leadership which voted last week to pursue a recall election. "Sheriff F...
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City considers land use code changes
By Mike Wiggins 
January 22, 2020
The Ouray Planning Commission is considering relaxing some land-use and development regulations in an effort to create more housing that residents and workers can afford. Planning commissioners discus...
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Board adds Kissingford
By Carolina Brown 
January 22, 2020
After interviewing three candidates last week, the Ouray School Board voted unanimously Tuesday, Jan. 21 to approve Kate Kissingford to fill a seat vacated in November when Nicole Skoloda resigned fro...
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‘She lived such a good life’
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‘She lived such a good life’
By Mike Wiggins And Erin Mcintyre 
January 22, 2020
Van Le Little arrived in Ouray last week quiet and timid, in a place unfamiliar to her and surrounded by women she didn’t know. The 44-year-old data analyst for a Seattle financial data and software ...
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Ice climber killed in avalanche south of Ouray
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Ice climber killed in avalanche south of Ouray
By News Staff 
January 19, 2020
An ice climber who was swept down into the bottom of the Uncompahgre Gorge is the first avalanche victim of 2020 in Ouray County. The woman was not climbing at the time but was untethered. Ouray Count...
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Troubles deepen for sheriff
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Troubles deepen for sheriff
By Erin McIntyre 
January 15, 2020
Police investigated an alcohol-fueled disturbance involving Ouray County Sheriff Lance FitzGerald during a law enforcement convention in Loveland last week. According to records from the City of Lovel...
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Housing advisory committee meeting set
By Erin McIntyre 
January 15, 2020
A joint meeting between Ouray County, the Town of Ridgway and the City of Ouray is scheduled next week to determine next steps for an advisory board focused on affordable housing. The Town of Ridgway’...
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Teen survives pitchfork accident
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Teen survives pitchfork accident
By Carolina Brown 
January 15, 2020
Colt Califano knew he was in a precarious position. The 15-year-old was finishing his usual chores at the family’s horse ranch off County Road 1 on the evening of Dec. 27. His older brother, Luke, was...
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‘It’s the right thing to do’: GOP leaders vote to pursue recall
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‘It’s the right thing to do’: GOP leaders vote to pursue recall
By Erin McIntyre 
January 15, 2020
Ouray County Republican leaders voted at their quarterly meeting Tuesday night to pursue a recall election to remove Sheriff Lance FitzGerald from office, saying they feel he is unfit to continue in h...
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Planning Commission awaits tasks in 2020
By Carolina Brown 
January 15, 2020
After updating Ouray County’s land use code to create new regulations to mitigate wildfire risk around homes and buildings — a project that took 18 months to complete — the Planning Commission is eage...
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Group rebuilds historic Box Canon trail
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Group rebuilds historic Box Canon trail
By Mike Wiggins 
January 15, 2020
Bob Risch grew up scrambling around the cliffs encircling Ouray, becoming intimately familiar with the game and mining trails above town. So it means a little something extra to him when the Ouray Tr...
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Bike ride to roll through Ridgway
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Bike ride to roll through Ridgway
By Erin McIntyre 
January 15, 2020
Ride the Rockies will come through Ridgway again in 2020, and organizers have promised the cycling event will go better than it did when the community last hosted it. Ride the Rockies Director Deirdre...
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Box Cañon Falls trails repairs planned, GOCO grant announced
By Plaindealer Staff Report 
January 15, 2020
Trails within Box Cañon Falls Park will receive some sprucing up just in time for the park’s 100th birthday this summer. Great Outdoors Colorado recently awarded $14,600 to the city of Ouray through t...
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Man arrested in liquor store burglary
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Man arrested in liquor store burglary
By Mike Wiggins 
January 15, 2020
A Ouray man with a lengthy arrest history was arrested on Jan. 12 after he allegedly broke into Ouray Liquors and stole a bottle of vodka. Lawrence David Hammett, 37, could face a felony charge of sec...
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County, local districts seek water rights to hedge against drought
By Carolina Brown 
January 15, 2020
The Board of County Commissioners, Ouray County Water Users Association and Tri-County Water Conservancy District have filed an application with the state for conditional water rights which would allo...
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NEWS BRIEFS
By News Staff 
January 15, 2020
Ouray School District to interview candidates The Ouray School District will interview three candidates for an opening on the board, created when board Vice President Nicole Skoloda resigned after the...
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Smoke blankets Ouray County as wildfires burn in region
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Smoke blankets Ouray County as wildfires burn in region
By Mike Wiggins 
July 11, 2025
Heavy smoke and haze choked Ouray County for a second straight day Friday as a series of wildfires churned through tinder-dry trees and brush in southwestern Colorado and southeastern Utah. The Colora...
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Signs of trouble in Ouray
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Signs of trouble in Ouray
City halts production after public backlash over size, appearance of wayfinding signs
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
July 9, 2025
Ouray business owners and residents threw up a symbolic stop sign in front of the city council on Monday, urging city leaders to pause or altogether abandon plans to install dozens of new wayfinding s...
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Go Fourth and celebrate
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Go Fourth and celebrate
July 9, 2025
The crowd cheers as a fire department tanker truck sprays the wet side of the street during the July 4 parade in Ouray. Ouray Tourism and Destination Marketing Director Kailey Rhoten said cellular dat...
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County scrambles to pay for road repairs from rockfall
Leaders pull from multiple sources to cover $300,000 tab, look to replenish emergency fund
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
July 9, 2025
Ouray County is scraping together money to pay for emergency repairs on County Road 361 while looking for ways to replenish its emergency fund in anticipation of other disasters. During a work session...
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Hot Springs moves forward with upgrades
Council OKs bathhouse design contract; pipeline replacement, heat exchange system on tap this fall
By By Lia Salvatierra and Mike Wiggins lia@ouraynews.com mike@ouraynews.com 
July 9, 2025
A series of much-anticipated upgrades to the Ouray Hot Springs Pool is coming together, with the city beginning infrastructure replacements this fall and searching for ways to pay for building a new b...
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