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Board OKs resolution on staff retention
By Carolina Brown 
January 29, 2020
An unusually large crowd of teachers and community members gathered for a meeting of the Ridgway School Board on Jan. 23 to give public input on school funding and hear the board approve a resolution ...
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City OKs Columbus improvements
By Mike Wiggins 
January 22, 2020
The Ouray City Council on Tuesday signed off on a plan to expand the historic Columbus Building, with a series of changes the owner says is necessary to cover soaring restoration costs. Councilors una...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
January 22, 2020
GUNNISON Hundreds of Gunnison County residents were summoned for jury selection this week in the trial of a woman accused in the 2017 deaths of two young sisters. Madani Ceus was originally charged in...
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Artist’s installation the centerpiece of fest
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Artist’s installation the centerpiece of fest
By Mike Wiggins 
January 22, 2020
Jeff Skoloda’s relationship with the Ouray Ice Park dates back several years, back to when he began fashioning trophies for competition winners during the annual Ouray Ice Festival and performed ice c...
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County prioritizes housing efforts
By Erin McIntyre 
January 22, 2020
Ouray County will hit the pause button on being part of a housing advisory committee with the Town of Ridgway and City of Ouray, but will ramp up its internal efforts to examine opportunities for affo...
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CORRECTION
By News Staff 
January 22, 2020
An article headlined "'It's the right thing to do': GOP leaders vote to pursue recall" on Page 1 of the Jan. 16 edition of the Plaindealer incorrectly reported what would happen if Sheriff Lance FitzG...
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Dems join recall effort
By Erin McIntyre 
January 22, 2020
Ouray Democratic Party leaders have joined the effort to remove Sheriff Lance FitzGerald from office, following the lead of GOP leadership which voted last week to pursue a recall election. "Sheriff F...
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City considers land use code changes
By Mike Wiggins 
January 22, 2020
The Ouray Planning Commission is considering relaxing some land-use and development regulations in an effort to create more housing that residents and workers can afford. Planning commissioners discus...
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Board adds Kissingford
By Carolina Brown 
January 22, 2020
After interviewing three candidates last week, the Ouray School Board voted unanimously Tuesday, Jan. 21 to approve Kate Kissingford to fill a seat vacated in November when Nicole Skoloda resigned fro...
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‘She lived such a good life’
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‘She lived such a good life’
By Mike Wiggins And Erin Mcintyre 
January 22, 2020
Van Le Little arrived in Ouray last week quiet and timid, in a place unfamiliar to her and surrounded by women she didn’t know. The 44-year-old data analyst for a Seattle financial data and software ...
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Ice climber killed in avalanche south of Ouray
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Ice climber killed in avalanche south of Ouray
By News Staff 
January 19, 2020
An ice climber who was swept down into the bottom of the Uncompahgre Gorge is the first avalanche victim of 2020 in Ouray County. The woman was not climbing at the time but was untethered. Ouray Count...
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Troubles deepen for sheriff
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Troubles deepen for sheriff
By Erin McIntyre 
January 15, 2020
Police investigated an alcohol-fueled disturbance involving Ouray County Sheriff Lance FitzGerald during a law enforcement convention in Loveland last week. According to records from the City of Lovel...
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Housing advisory committee meeting set
By Erin McIntyre 
January 15, 2020
A joint meeting between Ouray County, the Town of Ridgway and the City of Ouray is scheduled next week to determine next steps for an advisory board focused on affordable housing. The Town of Ridgway’...
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Teen survives pitchfork accident
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Teen survives pitchfork accident
By Carolina Brown 
January 15, 2020
Colt Califano knew he was in a precarious position. The 15-year-old was finishing his usual chores at the family’s horse ranch off County Road 1 on the evening of Dec. 27. His older brother, Luke, was...
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‘It’s the right thing to do’: GOP leaders vote to pursue recall
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‘It’s the right thing to do’: GOP leaders vote to pursue recall
By Erin McIntyre 
January 15, 2020
Ouray County Republican leaders voted at their quarterly meeting Tuesday night to pursue a recall election to remove Sheriff Lance FitzGerald from office, saying they feel he is unfit to continue in h...
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Planning Commission awaits tasks in 2020
By Carolina Brown 
January 15, 2020
After updating Ouray County’s land use code to create new regulations to mitigate wildfire risk around homes and buildings — a project that took 18 months to complete — the Planning Commission is eage...
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Group rebuilds historic Box Canon trail
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Group rebuilds historic Box Canon trail
By Mike Wiggins 
January 15, 2020
Bob Risch grew up scrambling around the cliffs encircling Ouray, becoming intimately familiar with the game and mining trails above town. So it means a little something extra to him when the Ouray Tr...
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Bike ride to roll through Ridgway
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Bike ride to roll through Ridgway
By Erin McIntyre 
January 15, 2020
Ride the Rockies will come through Ridgway again in 2020, and organizers have promised the cycling event will go better than it did when the community last hosted it. Ride the Rockies Director Deirdre...
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Box Cañon Falls trails repairs planned, GOCO grant announced
By Plaindealer Staff Report 
January 15, 2020
Trails within Box Cañon Falls Park will receive some sprucing up just in time for the park’s 100th birthday this summer. Great Outdoors Colorado recently awarded $14,600 to the city of Ouray through t...
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Man arrested in liquor store burglary
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Man arrested in liquor store burglary
By Mike Wiggins 
January 15, 2020
A Ouray man with a lengthy arrest history was arrested on Jan. 12 after he allegedly broke into Ouray Liquors and stole a bottle of vodka. Lawrence David Hammett, 37, could face a felony charge of sec...
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Vehicle problems toss wrench at sheriff
Maintenance costs pile up as agency wrestles with delays in replacing patrol cars
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
December 10, 2025
Gio Mendoza’s coworkers thought he was missing for more than an hour. Emergency dispatchers were scrambling to get in touch with him. They had no idea the Ouray County sheriff’s investigator was stran...
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Resident: Tax money should fund ‘creatives’
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
December 10, 2025
A Ridgway woman is proposing the town give "creative" residents a monthly, unconditional cash payment to encourage them to stay living and working in town. Ridgway resident Tia Mihelarakis proposed a ...
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Commissioner opposes change to cost-savings policy
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
December 10, 2025
Ouray County Commissioner Lynn Padgett voted against a minor change to the county's new cost-savings policy, citing unclear language as the reason she canceled her attendance at a statewide conference...
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County OKs budget, will diminish savings
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
December 10, 2025
Editor’s note: This story has been corrected to accurately reflect the county's disaster fund balance heading into 2026. Ouray County commissioners approved the county's 2026 budget during their regul...
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