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It’s time for local elected officials to take open meetings laws seriously
Covid
It’s time for local elected officials to take open meetings laws seriously
By Erin McIntyre 
May 21, 2020
Even in a pandemic, we deserve to have public business discussed in public, and we deserve to know what’s going on around here. But that’s getting harder and harder to do as this situation drags on. F...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
May 18, 2020
GUNNISON As COVID-19 continues to impact the economy, flights in and out of the Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport largely remain up in the air. One impact is that United Airlines has dropped Hou...
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Silverton cancels Fourth of July celebration
By News Staff 
May 15, 2020
The town of Silverton announced this morning it will cancel its Fourth of July celebration this year, joining Telluride as southwestern Colorado towns that have nixed Independence Day festivities in l...
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Ouray’s annual FJ Summit canceled
By News Staff 
May 14, 2020
The FJ Summit, a five-day event that brings dozens of Toyota owners to Ouray every summer, has been canceled for this year. Summit directors announced today on the FJ Summit's website that they were p...
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Board contemplates tapping reserves
By Carolina Brown 
May 14, 2020
The Ridgway School Board is conside ring using reserve funds instead of making cuts to an already tight budget. Superintendent Susan Lacy told the board during a May 7 special session that the distric...
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County hosts home rule presentation
By Erin McIntyre 
May 14, 2020
Five months after the idea of exploring "home rule" came up at a commissioners meeting, Ouray County scheduled a presentation about home rule counties at a special work session Wednesday night. "Home ...
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County records first positive blood test
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County records first positive blood test
By Mike Wiggins 
May 14, 2020
When the headaches, diarrhea and fatigue set in, Andrea Iuppenlatz thought she might have altitude sickness. She and her husband, Mark, had returned to their home in Ouray on March 21 after spending s...
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County to seek rental variance
By Erin McIntyre 
May 14, 2020
Ouray County is requesting a variance from part of the governor’s “safer at home” public health order, asking for permission to allow short-term rentals to resume operations when the county’s lodging ...
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Festivities on 4th may fizzle
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Festivities on 4th may fizzle
By Mike Wiggins 
May 14, 2020
The city of Ouray is expected to cancel all traditional Fourth of July festivities this year, citing concerns about the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the likelihood that a prohibition on mass gathe...
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City awards marketing deal
By Mike Wiggins 
May 14, 2020
In a split vote, the Ouray City Council agreed May 7 to hire professional photographer and social media manager Markus Van Meter to handle digital marketing for the city for the rest of the year. The ...
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Superintendent finalists narrowed to 2
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Superintendent finalists narrowed to 2
By Carolina Brown And Erin Mcintyre 
May 14, 2020
The Ouray School Board will choose its new superintendent from two finalists, after interviewing three and having one pull her application from consideration after she discovered that the spouse of a ...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
May 14, 2020
GUNNISON As COVID-19 continues to impact the economy, flights in and out of the Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport largely remain up in the air. One impact is that United Airlines has dropped Hou...
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Covid
Limited pomp amid difficult circumstance
By Erin Mcintyre And Carolina Brown 
May 14, 2020
There won’t be any mortarboards tossed into the air after turning tassels. There won’t be group photos with friends, standing close with arms around each other. There won't be flowers handed out or be...
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Medical Center ground zero for testing
Covid
Medical Center ground zero for testing
By Samantha Tisdel Wright 
May 14, 2020
When Mountain Medical Center in Ridgway got its start 20 years ago as an experiment in rural taxpayer-subsidized medicine, nobody imagined it would one day become ground zero for local testing in a w...
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NEWS BRIEFS: Concerts canceled, Ridgway State Park campground opens, scholarships awarded, Ouray County is in drought
By News Staff 
May 14, 2020
Park concerts canceled The ninth annual Mountain Air Music Series will not begin in June as previously scheduled, due to concerns related to COVID-19. The free concerts, traditionally held at Fellin P...
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Medical professionals deal with protocols, challenges amid COVID-19 pandemic
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Medical professionals deal with protocols, challenges amid COVID-19 pandemic
By Samantha Tisdel Wright 
May 14, 2020
Every day before Avery MacKenzie leaves for work, she steels herself for the emotional challenges of her upcoming shift. This usually involves a lot of coffee. Once she is sufficiently caffeinated, s...
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County to discuss “home rule” in informational workshop
By News Staff 
May 12, 2020
Four months after the idea of exploring “home rule” came up at a commissioners meeting, Ouray County will have a presentation about home rule counties at a special work session Wednesday night at 5:30...
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Covid
County to seek variance from state
By Erin McIntyre 
May 7, 2020
Ouray County will seek a variance to resolve a new issue created by the state’s “safer at home” order which conflicts with the county’s plan to allow lodging bookings to resume on May 16. The state di...
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City wrestles with tourist messaging
By Mike Wiggins 
May 7, 2020
Restless tourists wondering when they’ll be able to pack up the car and head to Ouray won’t find an answer on the website dedicated solely to marketing the self-proclaimed "Outdoor Recreation Capital ...
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Mass gatherings ban likely for months
By Mike Wiggins 
May 7, 2020
Ouray County Public Health Director Tanner Kingery says he expects a prohibition on mass gatherings to linger through the summer, even as other public health orders begin to dissolve. That revelation ...
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OPINION COLUMN: More remote governance undermines accountability
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OPINION COLUMN: More remote governance undermines accountability
By Plaindealer editorial 
March 2, 2026
A newly appointed Ouray city councilor who has attended just half of the board's meetings in person this year has asked fellow councilors to relax rules requiring councilors to attend meetings in pers...
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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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