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Council to discuss housing tax question
By News Staff 
July 31, 2019
CITY OF OURAY The Ouray City Council will meet this evening, Aug. 1, to devise wording for a potential ballot question asking voters to approve a tax on short-term rental units to help pay for afforda...
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Commissioners seek beefed-up forest patrol
By Carolina Brown 
July 31, 2019
  Ouray County commissioners want the U.S. Forest Service to station more rangers to patrol the high country and prevent damage caused by visitors, among other requests made in a letter to the agency ...
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After snafu, new trash carts arrive
By Mike Wiggins 
July 31, 2019
  Ouray city residents should have new bear-proof trash containers to roll down their driveways in the coming days, if they don't have them already. And this time, Waste Management says, the container...
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Big game poacher fined, could lose hunting privileges
By Mike Wiggins 
July 31, 2019
  A western Colorado man will pay $10,000 in fines and could lose his hunting and fishing privileges in Colorado and 47 other states for illegally killing big game over the last several years, accordi...
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New undersheriff eager to serve community
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New undersheriff eager to serve community
By Carolina Brown 
July 31, 2019
  With over 35 years of law enforcement behind him – and nearly 20 of those years in Ouray - Ted Wolfe is willing to serve his community as long as he is needed. The new Ouray County undersheriff is a...
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Ridgway nursery blooms again with new owner
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Ridgway nursery blooms again with new owner
By Erin McIntyre 
July 25, 2019
Park Nursery and Garden Center is blooming again. After a short, dormant period, Ridgway's resident garden center is filled with flowers, with trailing vines and blooms spilling from the hanging baske...
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Ouray Police Blotter July 15-21, 2019
By News Staff 
July 25, 2019
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After long battle, DMEA to end Tri-State membership
By Mike Wiggins 
July 25, 2019
WESTERN COLORADO Delta-Montrose Electric Association will withdraw its membership in Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association next year, concluding a protracted, contentious legal battle that...
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Realtor fills board vacancy
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Realtor fills board vacancy
By Erin McIntyre 
July 24, 2019
Ouray business owner and Realtor Mike Feeser will fill the vacancy on the Ouray School Board, created when Board Secretary Bryan Williams resigned last month. The board held a special board meeting Ju...
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Coming together for Max
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Coming together for Max
By Erin McIntyre 
July 24, 2019
Max Schuetz was planning on coming to the fair, but not like this. He spent the last few months training a wild mustang, brought from a roundup on public lands in Nevada. He worked with the mare every...
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Undersheriff indicted on child sex counts
By Erin McIntyre 
July 24, 2019
  The Ouray County undersheriff has been indicted by a grand jury on two counts alleging he committed two crimes – criminal attempt to commit inducement of child prostitution and child abuse. Richard ...
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Planning Commission hosts film screenings
By Carolina Brown 
July 24, 2019
OURAY COUNTY The Ouray County Planning Commission is showing the documentary film “The Era of Megafires” at three locations across the county in the coming days as outreach to generate public support ...
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WESTERN SLOPE NEWS BRIEFS
By News Staff 
July 24, 2019
SILVERTON -It's now possible to drive the Alpine Loop from Silverton to Lake City and back, but motorists will have to take the long way, over Hurricane Pass and down California Gulch to get to Animas...
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VETERANS HONORED IN RIDGWAY
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VETERANS HONORED IN RIDGWAY
By News Staff 
July 24, 2019
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Storage units expansion denial could set precedent
By Carolina Brown 
July 24, 2019
  A storage unit business that expanded without approval shouldn’t receive a special use permit, according to a joint planning organization from Ridgway and Ouray. The Ridgway Area Joint Planning Boar...
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National Forest opens up fuelwood harvest area
By News Staff 
July 24, 2019
WESTERN COLORADO Locals can stock their personal firewood piles for free if they use a permit to harvest downed Ponderosa pine in certain areas of the Uncompahgre Plateau. The Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre ...
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Wildlife commission expands access program
By News Staff 
July 24, 2019
  The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission voted to expand its Public Access Program by 100,000 acres in time for the fall hunting season, at the commission’s meeting last week in Telluride. The exp...
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City calls out ‘terrible’ trash service
By Mike Wiggins 
July 24, 2019
  Frustrated Ouray city officials want to see better communication and service from Waste Management following what they considered a subpar trash pickup day earlier this month. City leaders fielded s...
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Residents’ complaints persist about speeding
By Carolina Brown 
July 24, 2019
  The Board of County Commissioners heard more complaints about speeding on County Road 24 from residents at their meeting on Tuesday. This time the focus was primarily on dust from speeding vehicles,...
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Ouray Police blotter July 8-14, 2019
By News Staff 
July 18, 2019
July 8 Officer took custody of a found credit card that was turned into the Police Department. Officer conducted two VIN checks at the Police Department. Officer responded to the 800 block of Main Str...
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Ridgway schools dial up phone ban
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Ridgway schools dial up phone ban
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
June 25, 2025
Ouray also aims to update tech policy for kids, staff Hallways and classrooms at Ridgway Secondary School will more closely resemble decades past this fall — without a cellphone in sight. During a Jun...
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Town clamps down on water usage
As supplies dry up, Ridgway stops watering parks, urges residents to conserve
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
June 25, 2025
Ridgway town leaders are cracking down on water use, fearing limited supplies won't last the summer if they don't convince residents to curb their watering habits now. The town announced Wednesday mor...
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Sheriff sees more calls, shorter responses in 2024
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
June 25, 2025
The Ouray County Sheriff’s Office reported a 25% boost in most calls for service and shorter response times in 2024 compared to 2023. During an annual report to county commissioners Tuesday, the depar...
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Red Mountain Pass fire likely human-caused
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Red Mountain Pass fire likely human-caused
By By Erin McIntyre and Lia Salvatierra erin@ouraynews.com lia@ouraynews.com 
June 25, 2025
A wildfire that burned five acres on Red Mountain Pass and closed U.S. Highway 550 for nearly 24 hours earlier this week is suspected to be human-caused. The fire burning above the highway near the av...
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‘Overwhelming demand’ at Hurd town hall
June 25, 2025
Callers to U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd's telephone town hall on Tuesday night encountered a message that they couldn't access the virtual meeting, due to "overwhelming demand." The Plaindealer and others atte...
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