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Speed bumps approved for county roads
By Carolina Brown 
September 18, 2019
A request from the road and bridge superintendent and the sheriff for installation of speed bumps on county roads was approved on Tuesday by Ouray County commissioners. Road and Bridge Superintendent ...
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Permit renewed for county’s lone gravel pit
By Carolina Brown 
September 18, 2019
  The only gravel operation in the county and supplier of gravel for county roads, SAKO Excavation LLC, will continue to provide their services to the county. At a public hearing Tuesday on the renewa...
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Chamber president stepping down
By News Staff 
September 18, 2019
  The Ridgway Area Chamber of Commerce board president is stepping down, citing recent family health issues requiring his attention and time. In a letter sent to Ridgway area business owners this week...
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Planning board to debate lodge expansion
By Mike Wiggins 
September 18, 2019
  The owners of the Twin Peaks Lodge & Hot Springs will begin to size up next week the final hurdle they need to clear to win approval of a major remodel and expansion of the resort. The Ouray Plannin...
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Council fields more water rate gripes
By Erin McIntyre 
September 18, 2019
  Ridgway continues to grapple with its new water rates, and months after business owners complained about their water bills tripling in cost for overages, residents are now following suit. After rece...
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Soccer field recovering after watering problems
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Soccer field recovering after watering problems
By Carolina Brown 
September 18, 2019
  A dried-up soccer field that led to concerns from team members’ parents is being watered again, avoiding a major setback for the undefeated Ridgway High School Boys soccer team. Coach Jon Kornbluh w...
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Results from Sept. 14 meet Cowboy Invitational in Gunnison
By News Staff 
September 18, 2019
HS Girls Varsity 5K (105 runners): Kaitlyn Winkelmann … 23:41.00 … 32nd (PR…old PR = 24:24.10, Warrior Invitational, 2019) Raja Braford-Lefebvre … 24:48.00 … 44th Katie Woodman … 25:23.00 … 48th Anna ...
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Law offers hope to mobile home residents
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Law offers hope to mobile home residents
By News Staff 
September 18, 2019
WESTERN COLORADO On a late-August Sunday afternoon, state Rep. Meg Froelich readied the meeting room at the Sheridan Library for a town hall with constituents. There was one item on the agenda: a rece...
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WESTERN SLOPE NEWS BRIEFS
By News Staff 
September 18, 2019
CRESTED BUTTE - Those who do business in Crested Butte are well aware of the challenges — whether in the availability of workforce housing, finding enough employees or the high cost of operations. How...
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BLM advisory panel meets next week
By News Staff 
September 18, 2019
WESTERN COLORADO An advisory group that makes recommendations to Bureau of Land Management field offices in southwestern Colorado, including the Uncompahgre Field Office, will meet in Dolores next wee...
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Vacation rental owners slow to comply with new rules
By Mike Wiggins 
September 18, 2019
  Months after Ouray city councilors agreed to require an application and licensing process for vacation rentals, very few people are complying with the rules. With the city’s Oct. 20 application dead...
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Dee Hilton honored
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Dee Hilton honored
By News Staff 
September 18, 2019
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Preserving the past
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Preserving the past
By Mike Wiggins 
September 18, 2019
  The destruction can come at the hand of Mother Nature through heavy snowload and avalanche debris, especially this past winter and spring. It can be human-triggered, by campers and vandals who aren’...
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Casting about for a solution
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Casting about for a solution
By Erin McIntyre 
September 18, 2019
  “How’s the fishing?” That’s a question Eric Gardunio has endured for years up here at Crystal Reservoir. This time, it’s an angler from New Mexico passing through on vacation who spotted the Colora...
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After long delay, Jeep raffle ready to rumble
By Mike Wiggins 
September 18, 2019
  It took a while to get it rolling. But there will be a 55th year of the Ouray Jeep Raffle. The Ouray Tourism Office received the final clearance it needed from the Colorado Secretary of State's Offi...
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Field of dreams
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Field of dreams
By News Staff 
September 11, 2019
By Carolina Brown & Erin McIntyre Ten-year-old Jack Jaime can ride his bike to the baseball field near his house in Ridgway. But there’s no point, really, since it’s a field of crunchy weeds. Though t...
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WESTERN SLOPE NEWS BRIEFS
By News Staff 
September 11, 2019
SILVERTON - Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., made a stop in Silverton on Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 4, and promised to pressure the Forest Service and BLM to devote more resources to the increasingly popul...
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Council considers lighting ordinance
By Erin McIntyre 
September 11, 2019
Ridgway town councilors are considering a new outdoor lighting ordinance – one that would incorporate rules aligning with International Dark Sky Association standards to help the town obtain certifica...
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Bears break into eatery freezer
By Erin McIntyre 
September 11, 2019
  Bears seeking food to fatten up for winter targeted a Ouray restaurant early Wednesday, destroying a freezer and scattering debris through the alley. The standing freezer, located behind The Goods r...
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Wick drops out of board race, endorses 2 others
By News Staff 
September 11, 2019
  One of the candidates for the Ridgway School Board election has bowed out of the race, voicing his support for two other candidates. Nate Wick said he decided to discontinue his campaign after two o...
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Smoke blankets Ouray County as wildfires burn in region
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Smoke blankets Ouray County as wildfires burn in region
By Mike Wiggins 
July 11, 2025
Heavy smoke and haze choked Ouray County for a second straight day Friday as a series of wildfires churned through tinder-dry trees and brush in southwestern Colorado and southeastern Utah. The Colora...
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Signs of trouble in Ouray
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Signs of trouble in Ouray
City halts production after public backlash over size, appearance of wayfinding signs
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
July 9, 2025
Ouray business owners and residents threw up a symbolic stop sign in front of the city council on Monday, urging city leaders to pause or altogether abandon plans to install dozens of new wayfinding s...
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Go Fourth and celebrate
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Go Fourth and celebrate
July 9, 2025
The crowd cheers as a fire department tanker truck sprays the wet side of the street during the July 4 parade in Ouray. Ouray Tourism and Destination Marketing Director Kailey Rhoten said cellular dat...
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County scrambles to pay for road repairs from rockfall
Leaders pull from multiple sources to cover $300,000 tab, look to replenish emergency fund
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
July 9, 2025
Ouray County is scraping together money to pay for emergency repairs on County Road 361 while looking for ways to replenish its emergency fund in anticipation of other disasters. During a work session...
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Hot Springs moves forward with upgrades
Council OKs bathhouse design contract; pipeline replacement, heat exchange system on tap this fall
By By Lia Salvatierra and Mike Wiggins lia@ouraynews.com mike@ouraynews.com 
July 9, 2025
A series of much-anticipated upgrades to the Ouray Hot Springs Pool is coming together, with the city beginning infrastructure replacements this fall and searching for ways to pay for building a new b...
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