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Firehouse project closer to approval
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Firehouse project closer to approval
By Erin McIntyre 
December 4, 2019
  Plans to build a three-story culinary arts campus, including housing, eateries and garden spaces in the heart of Ridgway, are one step closer to fruition. Ridgway Planning Commission members unanimo...
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‘I don’t know this town without her’
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‘I don’t know this town without her’
By Mike Wiggins 
December 4, 2019
  If you were looking for the perfect dress for this weekend’s social event, Dee Hilton would not only help you pick it out, she’d offer you an honest opinion about how you looked, not simply tell you...
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Sheriff arrested for alleged DUI
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Sheriff arrested for alleged DUI
By Erin McIntyre 
December 3, 2019
The Ouray County Sheriff was arrested by one of his own deputies for alleged DUI last week, after he was found to have a breath-alcohol level almost twice the legal limit after driving. According to c...
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Local forest picked for 2020 Capitol tree
By News Staff 
November 26, 2019
WESTERN COLORADO The tree destined for the U.S. Capitol building next year is growing right now, perhaps within the forests near Ouray. The Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison national forests have b...
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Teens ‘carry on’ to recycling plastic
By Carolina Brown 
November 26, 2019
  Ridgway’s group of teenage environmental activists, Carry On! Ridgway Reuses, are on to their next project. The group, founded by now eighth-graders Indigo Krois and Maizy Gordon, was instrumental i...
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Council OKs design for park pavilion
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Council OKs design for park pavilion
By Mike Wiggins 
November 26, 2019
  Local residents played a big role in selecting the location for the new pavilion scheduled to be built in the Athletic Park next year. Now Ridgway town leaders hope the public will be equally invest...
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County receives legal advice on right-of-way
By Carolina Brown 
November 26, 2019
  The Board of County Commissioners held an executive session during their regular meeting on Nov. 19 to receive legal advice concerning right-of-way encroachment at the junction of County Roads 5 and...
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CITY OF OURAY
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CITY OF OURAY
By News Staff 
November 26, 2019
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Storms to make for sloppy, slippery holiday
By Mike Wiggins 
November 26, 2019
  Better add a heaping side of snow and a dash of treacherous roads to your Thanksgiving plans if you’re going to be in Ouray County. A pair of winter storms will sweep across western Colorado over th...
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KOA owners all packed up
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KOA owners all packed up
By Erin McIntyre 
November 26, 2019
  They just wanted one more summer. Now that the snow has flown, and the leaves dropped from the trees, it’s normal that Dave’s apron would be put away for the season. Just like any other year, Debora...
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Mining firm moving HQ to Ouray
By Carolina Brown 
November 26, 2019
  Ouray is the new world headquarters for the Canadian company that purchased Ouray Silver Mines. Aurcana Corp., which purchased the mines nearly a year ago, has decided to move its operations from Va...
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Board OKs Colona land-use changes
By Carolina Brown 
November 26, 2019
  Colona landowner Craig Jackman has overcome his first hurdle in obtaining land-use code changes for development in the community. The Ouray County Planning Commission voted unanimously on Nov. 19 to...
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Parent echoes need for culture shift
By Carolina Brown 
November 20, 2019
  The need for a culture shift at Ouray School expressed recently by teachers and a former school board member last month continued to be a topic at Monday night’s board meeting, when a parent address...
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City aims to refinance town hall loan
By Mike Wiggins 
November 20, 2019
  The city of Ouray will hire an attorney to help the city save money on the loan it took out two years ago to pay off the expansion and renovation of the Hot Springs Pool. City councilors voted 4-1 M...
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Landscaper sues over unpaid playground bill
By Erin McIntyre 
November 20, 2019
  A Ridgway landscaper has filed a civil complaint against the Ouray School District, the school board members and the contractor who led the project to build the school’s new $400,000 playground, all...
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Town, new manager agree to contract
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Town, new manager agree to contract
By Erin McIntyre 
November 20, 2019
  Ridgway has a new town manager, now that a contract has been accepted by town councilors and signed by Preston Neill, the current assistant town manager of Avon who accepted the job. The town counci...
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Hunting ban upheld in elk-baiting case
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Hunting ban upheld in elk-baiting case
By Erin McIntyre 
November 20, 2019
  The state wildlife commission has upheld a 10-year hunting ban for an outfitter convicted in a case involving baiting elk on a private ranch near Ridgway. A well-known local bowhunter, Tim Stricklan...
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Board denies request to move fair date
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Board denies request to move fair date
By Carolina Brown 
November 20, 2019
  Despite a request from the Ouray County Fair Board to move the event earlier in the year, commissioners have decided to leave the fair where it always has been — over Labor Day weekend. After hearin...
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Board member resigns suddenly
By Erin McIntyre 
November 20, 2019
  One week after the election, Ouray School District’s board vice president resigned. Nicole Skoloda’s letter of resignation to the board dated Nov. 12 doesn’t say much – and she hasn’t elaborated muc...
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STATE CHAMPS! Ridgway boys soccer team wins title
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STATE CHAMPS! Ridgway boys soccer team wins title
By Mike Wiggins 
November 20, 2019
  Kaden Forrest gathered the ball in the shadow of his own goal and glanced at the clock. Less than a minute remained in the Class 2A boys' soccer championship game, with Ridgway and Dawson School ti...
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Dispute over extended background check leads to Ouray police chief’s last day
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Dispute over extended background check leads to Ouray police chief’s last day
City administrator declines to make interim chief permanent
By Mike Wiggins 
December 17, 2025
Ouray Interim Police Chief Daric Harvey is leaving his job over his objections to City Administrator Michelle Metteer’s insistence that he undergo a second, more extensive background check to determin...
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Commissioners fight over board leadership position
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Commissioners fight over board leadership position
Niece to serve as chairperson after he, Nauer reject requests from Padgett's backers to appoint her
By By Lia Salvatierra and Erin McIntyre lia@ouraynews.com erin@ouraynews.com 
December 17, 2025
For the second year in a row, Ouray County commissioners fought over who should serve as board chairperson, rejecting requests from supporters of Commissioner Lynn Padgett to appoint her to the positi...
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Space to Create owner, management address complaints, pledge fixes
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
December 17, 2025
Space to Create’s owner and property management company are pledging to remedy issues with Ouray County’s first affordable housing project and re-establish strong communication with residents after re...
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Council qualifies homebuyer for deed-restricted unit
December 17, 2025
The Ridgway Town Council approved qualifying a homebuyer for a deed-restricted unit in the Vista Park Commons neighborhood after discussing whether the unit was advertised fairly. The council, acting ...
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Following concerns, town delays adopting anti-idling ordinance
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
December 17, 2025
Ridgway town councilors decided to delay final approval of a new anti-idling ordinance after hearing public concerns and discussing other issues related to the new rules during a Dec. 10 regular meeti...
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