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Medical center’s future at stake
By Carolina Brown 
October 15, 2020
Ouray County voters will decide next month whether to continue financially supporting a building that houses the county’s only primary care physician. The Ouray County Regional Service Authority board...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
October 15, 2020
GUNNISON Originally from Fort Worth, Texas, Morgan and Marcus Qualls listed their house in the Lone Star State for sale this week. While they love their hometown, the ability to work remotely in one o...
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NEWS BRIEFS
By News Staff 
October 15, 2020
Ouray County reports 3 new cases of COVID-19 Two more Ouray County residents have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last week, while a third person is considered a probable case. County officials an...
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Ouray voters asked to extend flume tax
By Mike Wiggins 
October 15, 2020
Ouray city residents are being asked to extend a property tax that pays for projects designed to protect homes and businesses from flood damage. The so-called flume tax is a 2.477 mill levy that was o...
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An old house made new
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An old house made new
By Mike Wiggins 
October 7, 2020
Will Clapsadl has been chasing history for 13 years. For as long as he’s been the facilities manager for Ouray County, he’s been trying to find relics of this community that were secreted away a litt...
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Ouray shifts tourism marketing spending
By Mike Wiggins 
October 7, 2020
The city of Ouray will end its participation in a regional hot springs marketing initiative and shift from print to digital advertising strategies as part of a larger effort to change how it spends mo...
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Covid
Positive tests send students home
By Mike Wiggins 
October 7, 2020
Eighteen Ridgway Elementary School students are currently in quarantine after two school staff members tested positive last week for COVID-19, marking the first time the pandemic has forced students i...
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NEWS BRIEFS
By News Staff 
October 7, 2020
Plea delayed for brew pub owner A local brewpub owner accused of sexual assault has had his plea hearing postponed for a third time. John Warren’s latest plea hearing, scheduled for earlier this month...
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County supports Highway 50 project
By Carolina Brown 
October 7, 2020
Ouray County commissioners approved a letter to the Colorado Department of Transportation supporting the Little Blue Creek Canyon project on U.S. Highway 50 on Tuesday. The letter cited the need for t...
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Q&A: Election 2020
By Sandra Fish 
October 7, 2020
Colorado’s 64 county clerks will start mailing ballots Friday for the Nov. 3 election. With national concern about the integrity of mail-in ballots, Colorado is getting national attention for its syst...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
October 7, 2020
GUNNISON After an employee of the Gunnison Inn shot and killed a treed bear near the hotel on Sept. 17, witnesses said the shooting was a violation of Colorado’s wildlife laws. On Monday, Colorado Par...
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OURAY AND RIDGWAY CROSS COUNTRY
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OURAY AND RIDGWAY CROSS COUNTRY
By News Staff 
October 7, 2020
Ouray middle school cross country runners Charlotte Vanderploeg, left, and Trevor King compete in a meet at Chicken Creek just north of Mancos on Friday, Oct. 2. Vanderploeg finished the 3,000-meter ...
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Covid
County to buy rapid virus tests
By Erin McIntyre 
October 7, 2020
Ouray County will spend $5,000 to purchase a machine to process COVID-19 tests, in the hopes of providing quicker results and a faster response to outbreaks. The decision comes as winter approaches, p...
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Federal agencies investigating fatal crash
By News Staff 
October 5, 2020
Two people are deceased after a plane crash near Telluride today, and federal officials are investigating the incident. A single-engine Beech S35 Bonanza crashed on the side of a mountain three miles ...
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Fire ban lifted tonight in Ouray County
By News Staff 
October 1, 2020
As of midnight, the county's fire ban will be lifted. Officials in the region decided to coordinate efforts to lift the fire ban tonight, in response to the lack of an extension on a statewide fire ba...
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Schools adjust to new normal
By Carolina Brown 
September 30, 2020
Principals at both Ridgway Elementary and Secondary Schools reported a smooth adjustment to the new normal of daily temperature checks, social distancing mask wearing and remaining in cohort groups to...
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Q&A: Election 2020
By Sandra Fish 
September 30, 2020
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3, but registered voters in Colorado will start receiving mail-in ballots after Oct 9. With national concern about the integrity of mail-in ballots, Colorado is getting n...
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NEWS BRIEFS
By News Staff 
September 30, 2020
County records first positive virus case in 26 days A Ouray County woman in her 40s has tested positive for COVID-19, the first confirmed case here in 26 days. Montrose Memorial Hospital on Sept. 26, ...
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THE GOLDEN RULES
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THE GOLDEN RULES
By Erin McIntyre 
September 30, 2020
The reds of the gambel oak, the shimmering gold of the aspens and the tawny oranges and burnt umber of the undergrowth are putting on quite the show in the region this year, despite ongoing severe dr...
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Nebraska man tapped for city post
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Nebraska man tapped for city post
By Mike Wiggins 
September 30, 2020
A longtime resident of Nebraska, Silas Clarke has wanted to move to the West for some time. He’ll get that chance as the new Ouray city administrator. The Ouray City Council on Monday voted unanimous...
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Water restrictions exception, not rule
Colorado is on track for its warmest year ever. Source flows are diminishing or at historic lows. So why has only one water provider in Ouray County ordered cutbacks this summer?
By By Chart Riggall chart@ouraynews.com 
September 9, 2026
In the early days of summer, it remained a matter of some debate where the drought of 2026 ranked in the annals of long, hot Colorado summers. For Cary Denison, Ouray County’s representative on the Co...
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Trump declares disaster for fire
By By Chart Riggall chart@ouraynews.com 
September 9, 2026
Move frees up federal relief money President Donald Trump approved a major disaster declaration for the Gold Mountain and Aspen Acres fires, unlocking millions of dollars in Federal Emergency Manageme...
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Crews working to plug old water well
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Crews working to plug old water well
Operation part of state program to reclaim abandoned sites
By By Chart Riggall chart@ouraynews.com 
September 9, 2026
It’s not what you think. A towering steel drill that’s been perched along the side of U.S. Highway 550 in recent weeks isn’t probing for gas, or oil, or even a route to the Far East. The operation is ...
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Parking enforcement nixes popular highway camping spot
By By James Hanlon james@ouraynews.com 
September 9, 2026
Officials cite concerns about safety, health at Tuffy's Corner A highway pullout popular for overnight camper parking north of Ouray has been empty in recent weeks since ‘no camping’ signs were instal...
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