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Covid
Limited capacity, cost concerns force cancellation of rodeo
By Liz Teitz 
August 12, 2020
The Ouray County Rodeo Association has canceled this year’s rodeo, citing unsustainable costs if attendance is limited due to COVID-19. “The board has basically decided that with the number of people ...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
August 12, 2020
GUNNISON Gunnison County health officials will be meeting with state officials later this week to discuss the rising cases of COVID-19 1ocally. The county's current caseload has alarmed officials at t...
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Plans for Corbett Creek in the works
By Carolina Brown 
August 12, 2020
Ouray County commissioners and staff spent four hours on Tuesday in a virtual meeting with the Army Corps of Engineers to discuss possible solutions to recurring flooding of Corbett Creek on County Ro...
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Councilors hone flume-tax ballot language
By Mike Wiggins 
August 12, 2020
Ouray city officials are inching closer to asking voters in November to extend a property tax that pays for projects designed to protect homes and businesses from flood damage. While they didn’t take ...
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Hardrockers Holidays rock on despite pandemic
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Hardrockers Holidays rock on despite pandemic
By Liz Teitz 
August 12, 2020
SILVERTON — Judy Kuhlman adjusted her blue surgical mask and pink gloves before settling herself on the long, wooden platform, resting the heels of her boots against the ridges in preparation for anot...
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Padgett joins commissioner race
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Padgett joins commissioner race
By News Staff 
August 10, 2020
Lynn Padgett would have loved to continue her tenure as a county commissioner at the end of her second term, back in 2016. Term limits prevented her from doing that, but she might have a chance to do ...
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Ouray County Rodeo canceled
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Ouray County Rodeo canceled
By Liz Teitz 
August 7, 2020
The Ouray County Rodeo Association has canceled this year’s rodeo, citing unsustainable costs if attendance is limited due to COVID-19. “The board has basically decided that with the number of people ...
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State grants pool variance for Ouray County
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State grants pool variance for Ouray County
By News Staff 
August 6, 2020
The state has granted a variance to Ouray County for increased capacity at both indoor and outdoor pools. The approval came on Wednesday night in an email to Health Department Director Tanner Kingery,...
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Padgett joins commissioner race
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Padgett joins commissioner race
By News Staff 
August 5, 2020
Lynn Padgett would have loved to continue her tenure as a county commissioner at the end of her second term, back in 2016. Term limits prevented her from doing that, but she might have a chance to do ...
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Boebert fires up Ouray County crowd
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Boebert fires up Ouray County crowd
By Mike Wiggins 
August 5, 2020
Tammee Tuttle ate several years ago at Shooters Grill, the Rifle restaurant made nationally famous for its armed wait staff. But it wasn’t until last weekend that Tuttle, the owner of True Grit Cafe ...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
August 5, 2020
GUNNISON This isn’t the first pandemic Cattlemen’s Days organizers in Gunnison have faced. And they’re determined not to let this one bring a halt to the annual celebration of cowboys and the western ...
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Ouray in search of infrastructure funds
By Mike Wiggins 
August 5, 2020
An idea to charge an additional tax to help pay for a new wastewater treatment plant turned into a discussion during Monday night’s Ouray City Council meeting about how the city can generate more reve...
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EPA: Atlas Mill project a temporary fix
By Carolina Brown 
August 5, 2020
An on-scene coordinator with the Environmental Protection Agency has voiced concerns about how effective efforts at the old Atlas Mill site will be in the longterm at keeping mine tailings runoff out ...
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NEWS BRIEFS
By News Staff 
August 5, 2020
Visitor tested positive for virus A woman visiting from Texas back in July is the latest person confirmed to have had coronavirus with a test performed here in Ouray County. Though her positive test w...
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Schools’ teachable moment
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Schools’ teachable moment
By Liz Teitz 
August 5, 2020
Before starting math class last week, six Ridgway middle-schoolers carefully chose their spots in the shady space outside the school building, clipboards and pencils in hand. Each wore a mask as they...
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Visitors flock to outdoors during pandemic
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Visitors flock to outdoors during pandemic
By Liz Teitz 
August 5, 2020
Campgrounds are full, Jeeps and paddleboards are in short supply, and local outdoor recreation businesses are seeing more customers than past years, as people opt for trips to less populated areas wit...
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Man arrested after fight on pass
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Man arrested after fight on pass
By Erin McIntyre 
August 5, 2020
A dispute over who had the right-of-way on a local Jeep trail led to an arrest for alleged assault last week. Congested routes and lack of following trail etiquette led to the incident. On Saturday, a...
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Visitor tested positive for COVID-19 in Ouray County
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Visitor tested positive for COVID-19 in Ouray County
By News Staff 
August 5, 2020
A woman visiting from Texas back in July is the latest person confirmed to have had coronavirus with a test performed here in Ouray County. Though her positive test won't officially count as a Ouray C...
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Superintendent seeks patience in development of reopening plan
By Carolina Brown 
July 29, 2020
Ridgway School District Superintendent Susan Lacy is asking for patience from the School Board in the coming weeks as she and her staff work to develop a concrete plan on the reopening of school sched...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
July 29, 2020
GUNNISON A Gunnison County Sheriff’s deputy has been placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation into his social media account. However in the initial hours of the inve...
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Fire crews aim to draw ‘big box’ around blaze
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Fire crews aim to draw ‘big box’ around blaze
By Chart Riggall 
July 17, 2026
Surveying a sprawling map of the northern San Juans on Wednesday, Mike Smith was deep in a geometry of fire. Fingers tracing fire lines and ridges, Smith – who assumed the role of incident commander o...
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Pilot dies in reservoir crash
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Pilot dies in reservoir crash
Accident under investigation; man honored with procession
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
July 15, 2026
An experienced firefighting pilot who was pulling water from Silver Jack Reservoir to battle the Gold Mountain Fire died Sunday when his helicopter plunged into the reservoir northeast of Ridgway. Nic...
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Heights, heat add to firefighters’ strain
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Heights, heat add to firefighters’ strain
By By Chart Riggall chart@ouraynews.com 
July 15, 2026
Hotshot Jesse Eaves calls it “The Great Race.” At the small tent city along U.S. Highway 550, Eaves starts each day with a 5 a.m. wakeup call. Thus begins an eight-minute sprint for him and his Califo...
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County approves hiring fire recovery manager — if it can find funding
By Mike Wiggins and Deb Hurley Brobst mike@ouraynews.com 
July 15, 2026
Ouray County intends to hire an employee who can help lead the county’s efforts to recover from the Gold Mountain Fire — assuming it can find funding. County commissioners on Tuesday unanimously agree...
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Trust, county close to conserving open space park
Grants, donations put nonprofit on brink of acquiring Silver Mountain Mine property
By Deb Hurley Brobst Special to the Plaindealer 
July 15, 2026
Ouray County is much closer to getting a new open space park on the Silver Mountain Mine property. The Trust for Land Restoration has received a $180,000 Great Outdoors Colorado grant. Couple that wit...
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