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Pandemic triggers budget fears
By Carolina Brown 
April 30, 2020
Ridgway School District is cautiously examining its budget, anticipating cuts to state funding as a result of coronavirus and the statewide economy. The information on how drastic the cuts may be will...
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No shirt, no shoes – no mask? – no service
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No shirt, no shoes – no mask? – no service
By Mike Wiggins And Erin Mcintyre 
April 30, 2020
For the last couple of weeks, the mannequin in the window of Mountain Fever Shirts & Gifts has sported attire befitting the season: fleece jacket, ski cap, sunglasses - and a polka-dot face mask. "Don...
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‘Safer at home’ phase loosens restrictions
By News Staff 
April 30, 2020
Just because the statewide "stay at home" order expired on Sunday doesn't mean it's a free-for-all. That was the message from officials this week as the state transitioned to a less-restrictive "safer...
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City slashes $2M from budget
By Mike Wiggins 
April 30, 2020
The Ouray City Council has agreed to slash more than $2 million from the city’s budget this year, a deep cut triggered by revenue losses that will affect every department. City councilors unanimously ...
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At animal shelter, a sublime silence
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At animal shelter, a sublime silence
By Erin McIntyre 
April 30, 2020
The kennel was eerily silent, the floor gleaming. The boisterous cacophony that usually greets guests was absent. It was quiet, just like the empty streets, the empty schools, the near-empty town. Bu...
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“Safer at Home” public health order issued, more details explained
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“Safer at Home” public health order issued, more details explained
By News Staff 
April 27, 2020
The state has issued a detailed protocol with its newest health order introducing a "safer at home" transition from the previous "stay-at-home" order. Gov. Jared Polis' order still says Coloradans sho...
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COVID Diaries: Shelter finds silver lining in response to pandemic, pivots approach to serving animals and humans alike
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COVID Diaries: Shelter finds silver lining in response to pandemic, pivots approach to serving animals and humans alike
By News Staff 
April 26, 2020
ABOUT THIS PROJECT When the coronavirus pandemic hit, a coalition of Colorado journalists already had been talking about how to better serve the public by collaborating and sharing stories. The urgen...
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Businesses navigate confusion over health orders as statewide stay-at-home order expires today
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Businesses navigate confusion over health orders as statewide stay-at-home order expires today
By News Staff 
April 26, 2020
Local businesses are navigating layers of health orders from the state and county regarding when and how they can reopen, as the governor's statewide stay-at-home order expires today. While some categ...
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Ride The Rockies canceled for 2020
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Ride The Rockies canceled for 2020
By News Staff 
April 24, 2020
Ouray County won't have more than 2,000 cyclists coming through this summer, as Ride the Rockies' 2020 event has been canceled. Event officials emailed local authorities earlier this week to let them ...
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County keeps lodging, quarantine orders in place
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County keeps lodging, quarantine orders in place
By News Staff 
April 24, 2020
Ouray County will lift two public health orders requiring the closure of bars, restaurants and non-essential personal services and limiting mass gatherings, but will keep restrictions in place for sec...
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Covid
County enforces lodging restrictions with a feather, not a fist
By News Staff 
April 23, 2020
By Samantha Tisdel Wright Special to the Plaindealer   "Go away." It's a tough message to send out into the world, for a community hard-wired to woo tourists to stay and play. But ever since March 20,...
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County slows lifting orders
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County slows lifting orders
By Carolina Brown And Erin Mcintyre 
April 23, 2020
Ouray County plans on loosening restrictions in relation to COVID-19 on a different timeline than the rest of the state, which will relax "stay-at-home" orders and transition to a "safer at home" phas...
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News
Search for new roads boss on hold
By Carolina Brown 
April 23, 2020
Ouray County will give more hours to its interim Road and Bridge Department superintendent instead of ramping up its efforts to hire a new boss. County officia ls have been trying to hire a new roads ...
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City mulls privatizing pool management
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City mulls privatizing pool management
By Mike Wiggins 
April 23, 2020
The Ouray City Council is considering hiring a private company to manage the Hot Springs Pool, concerned that visitation and revenue genera ted by the city's most popular tourist attraction has flatte...
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Reinventing the Ouray Tourism Office
By Mike Wiggins 
April 23, 2020
Two days after learning the city of Ouray would not renew contracts that gave the Ouray Tourism Office the authority — and the funding — to market to tourists and run the Visitors’ Center, Ryan Hein m...
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ALL DRESSED UP WITH NOWHERE TO GO
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ALL DRESSED UP WITH NOWHERE TO GO
By Erin McIntyre 
April 23, 2020
The peach, sequined dress arrived weeks ago, delivered in a box to the house. She carefully opened the package, lifted out the gown and admired its sequins, the applique flowers. Seventeen-year-old L...
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Workers strive to stay afloat
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Workers strive to stay afloat
By Kailyn Lamb 
April 23, 2020
As the stay-at-home order continues and non-essential businesses remain closed, workers and business owners in Ouray County are wondering how long their savings can keep them going. When Gov. Jared Po...
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Pandemic teaching harsh lessons
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Pandemic teaching harsh lessons
By Katie Langford 
April 23, 2020
A pandemic, weeks of uncertainty, a frantic move-out and a nonstop cross-country road trip were not what Rosalind Greisz had in mind for her junior year of college. Colleges and universities across t...
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Vacation rentals to the rescue
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Vacation rentals to the rescue
By Samantha Tisdel Wright 
April 23, 2020
Here's one bright spot to the coronavirus crisis. Ouray County residents impacted by the coronavirus pandemic who need to find temporary housing outside of their own home now have a free place to stay...
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News
AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
April 16, 2020
SILVERTON San Juan County officials on April 3 tightened the public health order prohibiting visi tors and restricting residents' activities as concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic mounted. The new ord...
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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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Wet snow, later sunsets mark spring’s approach
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Wet snow, later sunsets mark spring’s approach
By Karen Risch 
February 25, 2026
Thanks to warming sun, wet snow showers, spells of shirtsleeve weather, earlier sunrises and later sunsets, meteorological spring (March 1) is upon us. It’s been an a-ha moment these last two weeks as...
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