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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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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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Road funding measure goes to the ballot
By Carolina Brown 
September 11, 2019
  Ouray County voters will have a roads-funding question to consider on the ballot in November, which includes a sunset provision ending one part of the funding in 25 years. The question asks voters t...
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Police chief candidates narrowed to 4
By Mike Wiggins 
September 11, 2019
  The search for Ouray’s next police chief has narrowed to four candidates, and the community will have the chance to meet them later this month. Ouray Police Officer Bernie Chism; Douglas Ford, the c...
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Group frustrated with undersheriff case
By Carolina Brown 
September 11, 2019
  Members of a local sex-assault prevention group confronted Ouray County officials on Tuesday, citing concerns with the recent indictment of the former undersheriff on alleged sex crimes and demandin...
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Community land trust forms for affordable housing
By Erin McIntyre 
September 11, 2019
  When Andrea Sokolowski moved to Ridgway in 2014, she noticed a pattern. Everyone was talking about how hard it was to find housing. Five years later, people are still talking about it. Local social ...
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Violation illustrates sewer lagoons deficiencies
By Mike Wiggins 
September 11, 2019
  The city of Ouray is in violation of its wastewater operations permit with the state of Colorado, underscoring the reasons behind the city’s push to build a new treatment plant. The Colorado Departm...
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Tourism fund rebounds slightly
By Mike Wiggins 
September 11, 2019
  Ouray’s tourism fund rebounded enough last month to convince the City Council to give funding in September for the Ouray Tourism Office, but the fund remains in the red. Preliminary numbers gathered...
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Lost Nucla man found alive
By Mike Wiggins 
September 11, 2019
  An elderly Nucla man remains hospitalized this week after he drove his car over a cliff on Colorado Highway 141, crashed into the San Miguel River and was found days later by his grandson. Robert Mc...
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Cash bail subject of talk
By News Staff 
September 11, 2019
A 7th Judicial District public defense attorney will discuss the challenges of the cash-bail system and the disadvantages it presents for low-income people who get arrested, in a talk sponsored by the...
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City attorney resigns
By LIA SALVATIERRA 
September 5, 2025
Ouray City Attorney Carol Viner is retiring from her position with the city after nearly a decade. During a Sept. 2 city council meeting, Mayor Ethan Funk said the city will rely on Glenwood Springs-b...
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City seeks options to reduce wildfire danger, without federal funds
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City seeks options to reduce wildfire danger, without federal funds
Ouray launches committee to find local solutions
By LIA SALVATIERRA 
September 5, 2025
Ouray city leaders are exploring other ways to address dead, fallen trees littering neighborhoods and hillsides now that it's unclear when a large-scale, federally funded wildfire mitigation project w...
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No ifs, ands or bucks
September 3, 2025
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Senator gets earful from local leaders
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Senator gets earful from local leaders
In face of funding turmoil, Hickenlooper urges officials to find creative solutions
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
September 3, 2025
U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper encouraged local nonprofit leaders and public officials to persevere, find ways to do more with less money and look for opportunities to change systems during a visit to Ou...
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Reality varies from initial vision
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SPACE TO CREATE: THREE YEARS LATER
Reality varies from initial vision
Is Ouray County's first affordable housing project a success? It depends on who you ask.
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
September 3, 2025
Three years after Space to Create opened in Ridgway, Ouray County’s affordable housing guinea pig is a bit of a mixed bag for residents and the public. The 30-unit apartment building on Clinton Street...
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