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Audit finds gaps in school’s virus protocols
By Carolina Brown 
October 29, 2020
The Ouray School District is working to improve in four areas after a COVID-19 safety audit found gaps in the school’s protective measures. The four areas of weakness found by auditing company H2 Manu...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
October 29, 2020
GUNNISON Discussions surrounding accessory dwelling units in Gunnison residential areas have dissolved following a report that found the city’s outdated infrastructure would be unable to accommodate i...
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Local judges up for retention on ballot
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Local judges up for retention on ballot
By Erin McIntyre 
October 29, 2020
Ouray County voters will be able to vote on the possible retention of four local judges in the 7th Judicial District in this year’s election. Three district court judges and a county court judge are ...
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Options for school fixes to be unveiled
By Carolina Brown 
October 29, 2020
The firm hired to develop the Ridgway School District’s master plan to address infrastructure needs within the district’s two schools will unveil several options to the public during a web-based open ...
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Election receiving record turnout
By Erin McIntyre 
October 29, 2020
With less than a week to go before the election, Ouray County voters have returned ballots in record numbers. As of Wednesday morning, Ouray County’s elections office had received 2,814 ballots, a 64....
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New cases of COVID-19 involve mother, infant
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New cases of COVID-19 involve mother, infant
By News Staff 
October 26, 2020
Ouray County's newest confirmed cases of COVID-19 involve a woman in her 30s and her infant. The two were tested at Montrose Memorial Hospital and were confirmed to have positive tests, reported to th...
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Snow day for Ridgway, Ouray school closed for water break
By News Staff 
October 26, 2020
Both school districts in Ouray County have closed for school today. Ridgway announced a snow day closure for K-12 this morning. A reported 9 inches of snow fell overnight in the area. Ouray School Dis...
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State issues 10-person limit on personal gatherings, amends ‘safer at home’ rules for counties
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State issues 10-person limit on personal gatherings, amends ‘safer at home’ rules for counties
By News Staff 
October 23, 2020
The state health department has amended its limits on personal gatherings for counties in the “safer at home” category, including Ouray County. Citing concerns about increased infection rates, the Col...
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Red Flag warning issued again for region, Ice Fire at 596 acres
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Red Flag warning issued again for region, Ice Fire at 596 acres
By News Staff 
October 23, 2020
Despite high winds and dry conditions, the Ice Fire near Silverton has remained under 600 acres and is estimated to be 30 percent contained, according to today's update from Ice Fire public informatio...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
October 22, 2020
GUNNISON Resi dents in the town of Crested Butte are "fired up" and ready to fight a plan to alter access to popular trails that are, more or less, in their front yards. "We've already had issues of p...
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County records 2nd COVID-19 death
By Erin McIntyre 
October 22, 2020
Ouray County has recorded its second death of a resident who tested positive for COVID-19. The 89-year-old woman died at Montrose Memorial Hospital earlier this week after testing positive for the vir...
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Ice Festival to go virtual in January
By Mike Wiggins 
October 22, 2020
The show will go on for the 2021 Ouray Ice Festival. But rather than crammed shoulder-to-shoulder above the Uncompahgre Gorge, spectators will be spread thousands of miles apart. The COVID-19 pandemic...
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NEWS BRIEFS
By News Staff 
October 22, 2020
Mail theft on Log Hill investigated The Ouray County sheriff has received two reports of mail theft involving financial items, both located off County Road 1 on Log Hill. Both reports involved stand-a...
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OURAY-RIDGWAY-SILVERTON BOYS CROSS COUNTRY AT STATE COMPETITION
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OURAY-RIDGWAY-SILVERTON BOYS CROSS COUNTRY AT STATE COMPETITION
By News Staff 
October 22, 2020
Lefto Rock Gibbs finished the Oct . 17 state championship 5K race at Norris·Penrose Events Center in Colorado Springs with a time of 20:07. Righto Paton Edwards (in the black Ouray uniform) finished ...
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Q&A with HD 59 candidate Marilyn Harris
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Q&A with HD 59 candidate Marilyn Harris
By Erin McIntyre 
October 22, 2020
Republican Marilyn Harris of Pagosa Springs is cha llenging incumbent Rep. Barbara Mc Lachlan for her seat in the state house. Her resume includes working for 15 years as a contract manager for record...
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Q&A with the Third Congressional District candidates
By M. John Fayhee 
October 22, 2020
Author’s note: These questions were posed to Diane Mitsch Bush in response to numerous accusations made by Lauren Boebert in her campaign rallies in Meeker, Craig and Steamboat Springs in late Septemb...
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Q&A with HD 59 candidate Barbara McLachlan
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Q&A with HD 59 candidate Barbara McLachlan
By Mike Wiggins 
October 22, 2020
Two-term Democratic Rep. Barbara Mcl achlan of Durango faces political newcomer Marilyn Harris, a Republican from Pagosa Springs, in a battle to retain her seat in the state house. Mclachlan is a form...
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The catastrophe of last month’s bird migration
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The catastrophe of last month’s bird migration
By Sue Hirshman 
October 22, 2020
Birds are the barometer Of the environment -Many scientists- Every year it seems the bird population of songbirds and other species goes down in numbers of survival. In the first part of September, I ...
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City offers housing help to administrator
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City offers housing help to administrator
By Mike Wiggins 
October 22, 2020
The contract for the new Ouray city administrator contains many of the typical job perks enjoyed by the municipal equivalent of a CEO — a six-figure salary, severance pay under most any circumstance a...
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County races contentious
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County races contentious
By Erin McIntyre 
October 22, 2020
The race for two open seats on the Ouray County Commission has been contentious, with negative advertising and candidates forming alliances. Unaffiliated candidates have joined forces in the campaign...
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Budget slashing begins
Board considers own pay cut, trimming staff, claiming leftover road paving funds
By By James Hanlon james@ouraynews.com 
September 30, 2026
Department by department, piece by piece, Ouray County commissioners worked toward cutting $1.5 million from the county’s draft budget at all-day budget sessions Sept. 23 and 29. Commissioners set a 1...
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Ouray sergeant’s job? It’s unclear
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What does the only remaining police employee do for work? Nobody — including Matt Troxell — will say Each weekday, the Ouray Police Department’s sole full-time employee hops in an unmarked black and w...
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More squeeze, less juice: How proposed disaster relief sales tax compares with other communities
A smaller tax base means Ouray County is asking taxpayers to pay more money to generate less revenue
By By Chart Riggall chart@ouraynews.com 
September 30, 2026
Ouray County’s proposed sales tax hike to fund future disaster relief would take more out of residents’ and visitors’ pockets to provide a substantially less plush fiscal cushion than other Colorado l...
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Bear breaks into restaurant, leaves
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Bear breaks into restaurant, leaves
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
September 30, 2026
A large bear broke into Full Tilt restaurant and was found the morning of Sept. 23. Those passing by the restaurant at 515 Main St. filmed the confused-looking bear standing tall and looking out the f...
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