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Council pivots to replace manager
By Mike Wiggins Mike@ouraynews.com 
February 27, 2020
The Ouray City Council is moving quickly to find a replacement for City Administrator Justin Perry. Councilors agreed in a special meeting on Feb. 20 that they will advertise for an interim city admin...
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Bill seeks to offer lifeline to search and rescue crews
By Mike Wiggins Mike@ouraynews.com 
February 27, 2020
Before moving his family to Ouray 11 years ago, Tim Pasek served in the U.S. Coast Guard and participated first-hand in well-funded search and rescue operations. The men and women called out to look f...
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New program focused on LGBTQ youth
By Carolina Brown News@ouraynews.com 
February 27, 2020
A local nonprofit is embarking on a program to better support LGBTQ youth, focusing on what makes kids feel safe and accepted in the community. The Colorado Health Foundation recently awarded Voyager ...
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Trash still driving bear problems
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Trash still driving bear problems
By Erin Mcintyre Erin@ouraynews.com 
February 27, 2020
Ouray County is within one of the top five areas for the most reported issues between bears and humans in Colorado, according to data released by wildlife officials this week. In a nine-month period ...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
February 27, 2020
GUNNISON Efforts to develop a 630-acre parcel on the east side of Gunnison has unearthed heated debate between partners and city planners in recent weeks. While a new vision for Gunnison Rising outlin...
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Board discusses schedule changes
By Carolina Brown News@ouraynews.com 
February 27, 2020
The Ouray School Board discussed changes to graduation requirements for next year’s graduating class, giving a potential schedule change a trial run and results of a student survey at a meeting Feb. 2...
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Ridgway man first in commissioner race
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Ridgway man first in commissioner race
By Erin Mcintyre Erin@ouraynews.com 
February 27, 2020
Jake Niece’s resume includes everything from firefighting to snowmaking and earning a degree in aerospace engineering. He’s hoping his next entry on that resume will be Ouray County commissioner. The ...
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Cemetery districts may consolidate
By Carolina Brown News@ouraynews.com 
February 27, 2020
Limited resources have prompted the idea to combine cemetery districts or possibly create a countywide district, and the Ouray County attorney has been tasked with researching the legal details of suc...
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Rancher: Reintroduction plan ‘not fair’ to wolves
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Rancher: Reintroduction plan ‘not fair’ to wolves
By Mike Wiggins 
February 19, 2020
Opponents of a plan to reintroduce gray wolves to western Colorado say they need to carefully craft a message to voters built on the belief that the plan is actually a threat to the wolves themselves ...
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Ridgway verifies 3 for races
By Erin McIntyre 
February 19, 2020
Three candidates for Ridgway Town Council seats have had their petitions verified by the town clerk and are officially running for office. Mayor John Clark will run again for his position, and two new...
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Around The Region
By News Staff 
February 19, 2020
GUNNISON After four weeks of testimony, a Gunnison jury has found a woman accused of murder guilty on two counts of fatal child abuse. The verdict against Madani Ceus was read Feb. 5 at the Gunnison C...
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Former Ridgway man pleads in financial case
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Former Ridgway man pleads in financial case
By Erin McIntyre 
February 19, 2020
A former Ridgway resident who was indicted by a statewide grand jury for alleged financial crimes has pleaded guilty in the case, in an agreement that will allow him to avoid incarceration. Shawn King...
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City leader to run for sheriff
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City leader to run for sheriff
By Mike Wiggins 
February 19, 2020
Ouray City Administrator Justin Perry will resign his post next month to run for Ouray County sheriff, giving voters a peek at a potential replacement should they recall Lance FitzGerald and forcing c...
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Citizen science in action: Locals monitor rosy-finch
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Citizen science in action: Locals monitor rosy-finch
By Mary Menz 
February 19, 2020
When Elk Meadows resident Rebecca Kindred first noticed rosy-finches visiting her feeders in the winter in 2016, she was intrigued. She had been a bird-watcher for years, but these were life birds fo...
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Construction prompts water-quality complaint
By Carolina Brown 
February 19, 2020
Construction at the former home of famed actor and environmentalist Dennis Weaver has sparked complaints to state water-quality officials and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. According to the Colorad...
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Perry resigns as administrator, vows to run for sheriff
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Perry resigns as administrator, vows to run for sheriff
By Mike Wiggins 
February 19, 2020
Ouray City Administrator Justin Perry will resign his post in order to run for Ouray County sheriff. Perry submitted his letter of resignation to the City Council on Tuesday. His last day on the job w...
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Board aims for fall ballot measure
By Carolina Brown News@ouraynews.com 
February 12, 2020
The Ridgway School Board hopes to ask voters this fall to allow the school district to retain revenue from a mill levy override that is set to expire in 2023. The district would use the money to incre...
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Storage facility back in violation
By Carolina Brown News@ouraynews.com 
February 12, 2020
Ouray County officials have ordered the owner of a storage facility to stop using unauthorized storage units for commercial purposes and remove the from property line setbacks by March 15. After Red C...
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Reining in soaring housing costs
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Reining in soaring housing costs
By Mike Wiggins 
February 12, 2020
Ridgway will be most successful in creating less expensive housing by becoming more flexible in the types of housing it allows and loosening restrictions, rather than encouraging a host of new constru...
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SMPA to benefit from renewable plan
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SMPA to benefit from renewable plan
By Mike Wiggins Mike@ouraynews.com 
February 12, 2020
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association’s recent announcement that it will build a series of solar and wind projects to help replace the power produced by New Mexico and Colorado coal plants...
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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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