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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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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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County, local districts seek water rights to hedge against drought
By Carolina Brown 
January 15, 2020
The Board of County Commissioners, Ouray County Water Users Association and Tri-County Water Conservancy District have filed an application with the state for conditional water rights which would allo...
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NEWS BRIEFS
By News Staff 
January 15, 2020
Ouray School District to interview candidates The Ouray School District will interview three candidates for an opening on the board, created when board Vice President Nicole Skoloda resigned after the...
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Board OKs tweaks to historic renovation
By Mike Wiggins 
January 15, 2020
The Ouray Planning Commission on Tuesday recommended approval of an amendment to plans to renovate the historic Columbus Building that would allow for an enlargement of the rear of the building and ex...
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Co-op returns dividends to members
By News Staff 
January 15, 2020
The San Miguel Power Association board of directors has approved the return of $1.5 million in member dividends to customers. In a typical year, SMPA has money left over after paying its expenses. The...
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Tourism Office searching for new exec
By Mike Wiggins 
January 15, 2020
With a new three-year contract in hand to market the city of Ouray to tourists and manage its visitor center, the Ouray Tourism Office has turned its attention to finding someone who can lead those ef...
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CORRECTION
By News Staff 
January 15, 2020
A story in the Dec. 24 edition of the Plaindealer about the response to the Cow Creek Fire should have indicated some local officials thought they heard that federal officials were directing them to r...
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Ridgway town council seats up for election
By Erin McIntyre 
January 15, 2020
More than half of Ridgway's Town Council is up for election this spring. The election is scheduled for April 7 but will only take place if five or more candidates step forward and turn in their petiti...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
January 15, 2020
GUNNISON The stigma of drug use and addiction often has led to silence about the struggles of substance abuse. That’s something the Gunnison County Consortium wants to change. In fact, the newly forme...
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Voters urged to update info prior to primary
By Erin McIntyre 
January 15, 2020
For the first time in 20 years, Colorado voters will participate in a presidential primary election this spring and unaffiliated voters can participate. On March 3, commonly known as “Super Tuesday,” ...
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911 calls related to Lance FitzGerald’s domestic disturbance
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911 calls related to Lance FitzGerald’s domestic disturbance
By Ouray Editor 
January 15, 2020
     
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Ride the Rockies coming to Ridgway in 2020
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Ride the Rockies coming to Ridgway in 2020
By Erin McIntyre 
January 11, 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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‘An opportunity at redemption’
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‘An opportunity at redemption’
By Erin McIntyre 
January 9, 2020
As he looked down the barrel of a handgun, pointed at him by a homeless man who had broken into his house, Kenny Easton realized something. He’s the kind of guy who could pull the trigger if he needed...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
January 8, 2020
GUNNISON It could be an issue more controversial than the presidential election. Colorado voters likely will be asked in November 2020 if they want wolves reintroduced on the Western Slope. Yet, while...
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Fiber internet coming to Log Hill
By Mike Wiggins 
January 8, 2020
Log Hill Mesa residents who have lamented slow internet speeds for years will soon have a faster alternative. The state has awarded a $2.8 million grant to Clearnetworx to finance fiber internet const...
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Unaffiliated county candidates announce election campaigns
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Unaffiliated county candidates announce election campaigns
First-timers Todd, Oakland seek clerk, treasurer posts
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
January 7, 2026
Editor's note: This story has been corrected to specify that Glenn Boyd volunteers for the county EMS department. A group of unaffiliated political candidates joined together this week to announce the...
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Mild temps leave Ice Park high, dry
Without key ingredient — ice — and no estimated opening date, officials forced to reimagine festivals
By By Lia Salvatierra and Mike Wiggins lia@ouraynews.com mike@ouraynews.com 
January 7, 2026
The half-bare walls of the Uncompahgre Gorge tell a story Peter O’Neil wanted no part of — one of 50-degree December days and out-of-work rangers and ice farmers scrambling to find other sources of in...
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Schiffer, Doherty picked for council
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Schiffer, Doherty picked for council
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
January 7, 2026
Ouray Planning Commissioner Kevin Schiffer and former city building inspector Dave Doherty were selected Monday to fill the two vacancies on the Ouray City Council, restoring a full slate of elected o...
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Sheriff steps in again to help police
Residents back former interim chief as meeting scheduled to discuss future of policing in Ouray
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
January 7, 2026
The city of Ouray is once again leaning on the Ouray County Sheriff’s Office to fill gaps in police officer patrol shifts, after City Administrator Michelle Metteer decided not to hire Interim Police ...
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Skijoring marks anniversary with expanded competition
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
January 7, 2026
The organizers of the San Juan Skijoring event learned a long time ago they couldn't count on Mother Nature to provide the materials for their competition. Last year, they invested $54,000 in their ow...
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