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CPW hires manager
By News Staff 
July 8, 2019
WESTERN COLORADO Cory Chick, a longtime employee of Colorado Parks and Wildlife has been named as the new regional manager for the agency’s Southwest Region. Chick’s experience with CPW is varied and ...
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Schools budget squeezed
By News Staff 
July 8, 2019
OURAY SCHOOLS The Ouray School Board unanimously approved its 2019 – 2020 budget, with the caveat it will revisit teacher salaries after the financial audit of the district is complete and student enr...
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Snowbound trails keep volunteers busy
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Snowbound trails keep volunteers busy
By News Staff 
July 8, 2019
OURAY COUNTY The Ouray Trail Group has been busy to start the summer after a massive snow season caused avalanches to wreak havoc on many local trails. They are relying on technology – both old and ne...
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WESTERN SLOPE NEWS BRIEFS
By News Staff 
July 8, 2019
SILVERTON - The San Juan County road crew is struggling to open the backcountry roads in the aftermath of one of the worst winters in memory. However it appears that opening the Alpine Loop to Lake Ci...
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Man convicted of bear poaching
By News Staff 
July 8, 2019
WESTERN COLORADO A Montrose County man will be sentenced in August after he was convicted of illegally killing a female black bear on the Uncompahgre Plateau in 2017. Following a two-day trial, a jury...
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MOUNTAIN MAJESTY
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MOUNTAIN MAJESTY
By News Staff 
July 8, 2019
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Caution urged near slide area
By News Staff 
July 8, 2019
OURAY COUNTY Crews have finally begun work on a rockslide that has closed a portion of County Road 17 since March, and commissioners, county staff and the sheriff are urging people to be cautious. The...
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OURAY POLICE LOG
By News Staff 
July 8, 2019
COPS The folllowing is an excerpt of cases the Ouray Police Department handled from June 17 to June 23, 2019. June 17 Officer conducted a directed patrol of Oak Street. Officer conducted a directed pa...
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Issues remain as council OKs vacation rental regulations
By Mike Wiggins 
June 24, 2019
The Ouray City Council on Monday unanimously finalized a set of rules governing the operation of vacation rentals in the city, becoming the last local government in Ouray County to regulate the growin...
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Commissioners discuss speed complaints
By Carolina Brown 
June 24, 2019
County commissioners will examine accident reports and ask the sheriff’s office to follow up on speed complaints, after receiving requests to lower speed limits and monitor speeds on county roads. Com...
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Near drowning at reservoir prompts call for life jackets
By News Staff 
June 24, 2019
A near drowning of a stand-up paddleboarder at Ridgway State Park last week has renewed calls from Colorado Parks and Wildlife for paddlers to wear personal floatation devices. State officials said in...
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Citing housing costs, family pulls plug on dream of living in Ouray
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Citing housing costs, family pulls plug on dream of living in Ouray
By News Staff 
June 24, 2019
The scrapbook from Bryan and Shannon Williams’ honeymoon includes a photo of them in the San Juan Mountains, newlyweds captivated by the sight of Mt. Sneffels and the forest. “Someday we’ll live here,...
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Highway rebuilding begins after rockslide
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Highway rebuilding begins after rockslide
By Mike Wiggins 
June 24, 2019
Motorists traveling on Colorado Highway 145 between Telluride and Cortez should expect delays for the next several weeks as road crews rebuild a section of highway that was destroyed by a massive rock...
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Pool managers tinker with ways to remove mineral stains
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Pool managers tinker with ways to remove mineral stains
By Mike Wiggins 
June 24, 2019
Kentee Pasek has always known about the "great minerals" in the Ouray Hot Springs Pool and how they help a 15-minute soak melt away stress and tension and leave swimmers feeling refreshed and rejuvena...
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Snow, slides, avalanches keep Alpine Loop closed
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Snow, slides, avalanches keep Alpine Loop closed
By News Staff 
June 24, 2019
It might be weeks or months before the Alpine Loop is more than an an up-and-back-down route than a true loop, as record snow, landslides, avalanches and floods have created challenges for roads manag...
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Sherwood’s license revoked by medical board
By Ouray County Plaindealer 
October 25, 2018
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Sherwood Family Medicine shuts doors, license expired
By Ouray County Plaindealer 
February 21, 2018
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Town of Ridgway: Local doc builds new practice
By Plaindealer Staff Report 
December 23, 2012
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HEY, YOU LITTLE SQUIRTS!
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HEY, YOU LITTLE SQUIRTS!
August 2, 2023
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Ridgway adopts planet Earth flag
Town council approves request 4-1
By By Lia Salvatierra lia @ouraynews. com 
May 16, 2025
Welcome to Ridgway, Colorado, U.S.A., Earth — the first place in the world to formally adopt and fly the International Flag of Planet Earth. The Ridgway Town Council voted Wednesday night to raise the...
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Sex assault trial may be moved, delayed
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Sex assault trial may be moved, delayed
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
May 14, 2025
The trial of one of three men accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl in the former police chief's home could be postponed and moved out of Ouray County. Cindy Hyatt, one of the attorneys fo...
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Skimpy snowpack slipping away
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Skimpy snowpack slipping away
Liquid content of snow in Gunnison River Basin among lowest since 1981
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
May 14, 2025
The warning lights have been blinking for months. The city of Ouray postponed its annual Cabin Fever Day in mid-February for lack of snow on Lee’s Ski Hill, then moved the event to Fellin Park on Marc...
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County launches search for new manager
Commissioners to pay consultant more than $30K, aim for finalist interviews in September
By Deb Hurley Brobst Special to the Plaindealer 
May 14, 2025
The search has begun to find a new manager after the Ouray County commissioners hired Peckham & McKenney to consult on the hiring process. The county will pay the company $30,500 plus about $2,500 for...
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Police: Axe-wielding woman destroyed bear statue
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Police: Axe-wielding woman destroyed bear statue
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
May 14, 2025
A Grand Junction woman was arrested over the weekend after she allegedly walked into Ouray Grocery, grabbed an axe inside the store and approached employees before leaving and using the axe to destroy...
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