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State will reward anglers at Blue Mesa Reservoir
By News Staff 
December 11, 2019
  Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials will host meetings in Montrose and Gunnison next week to explain a new program that will reward anglers who catch smaller lake trout at Blue Mesa Reservoir. The...
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YULE NIGHT FESTIVITIES
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YULE NIGHT FESTIVITIES
By News Staff 
December 11, 2019
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Birder honored for work with black swifts
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Birder honored for work with black swifts
By Erin McIntyre 
December 11, 2019
  When Sue Hirshman first came to Ouray, she had no idea a little, dark canyon and its inhabitants would become the center of her world. There, behind the waterfall, in the nooks and crannies of Box C...
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Tourism Office faces uncertainty
By Mike Wiggins 
December 11, 2019
  The future of Ouray’s marketing organization is in limbo, as the Ouray Tourism Office remains without an executive director while it waits to see how much a new city council shakes up the city’s app...
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Soccer team scores awards
By News Staff 
December 11, 2019
The Ridgway boys' soccer team has received the sort of accolades befitting a state champion. Weeks after winning the team's first state soccer title, Demons' coach Jon Kornbluh and senior midfielder R...
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Hunt honored as administrator of year
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Hunt honored as administrator of year
By Erin McIntyre 
December 11, 2019
  Ouray County Administrator Connie Hunt has been awarded the 2019 Administrator of the Year Award from the Association of Colorado County Administrators. The award was presented to a surprised Hunt a...
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Program brews solutions for mine waste
By News Staff 
December 4, 2019
By Olivia Exstrum, special to the Plaindealer The secret to cleaning up old mine waste might be in beer. Well, the waste from making beer, that is. A new environmental group is putting that theory to ...
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Council approves $10.1M budget for 2020
By Mike Wiggins 
December 4, 2019
  Two years after voters approved a 1 percent sales tax to help pay for capital expenses, the city of Ouray is ready to put some of that money to work. The City Council on Monday approved a $10.1 mill...
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Wildfire mitigation regs hearings continue
By Carolina Brown 
December 4, 2019
  A second public hearing on a Ouray County land-use code amendment regarding wildfire regulations was continued again last month, but county commissioners expect the next hearing on Dec. 10 to be sho...
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Sheriff accused of drunk driving
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Sheriff accused of drunk driving
By Erin McIntyre 
December 4, 2019
  The Ouray County sheriff was arrested by one of his own deputies on suspicion of driving under the influence last week, after he was found to have a breath-alcohol level almost twice the legal limit...
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New board sworn in, officers elected
By Carolina Brown 
December 4, 2019
  After bidding farewell Ouray School Board President Kentee Pasek, who leaves the board after eight years of service, newly elected Ouray School Board members were sworn in and officers were elected ...
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WESTERN SLOPE NEWS BRIEFS
By News Staff 
December 4, 2019
SILVERTON - The Town of Silverton is gearing up for an early opening at Kendall Mountain Ski Area. The chair lift will start spinning at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7. "With recent storms and more snow ...
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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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New county manager seeks to lead with heart
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New county manager seeks to lead with heart
After careers in big cities and large governments, Antonio Mendez is shifting his perspective
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
February 4, 2026
Ouray County is unlike most places Antonio Mendez has lived or worked before, and Mendez brings experience unlike the county has seen in two decades, or possibly ever. Ouray County’s new manager grew ...
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City leader pulls police from patrol duty
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City leader pulls police from patrol duty
Administrator cites concerns about training, liability; sheriff's office assumes full control of services in Ouray
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
February 4, 2026
Ouray City Administrator Michelle Metteer has pulled the police department’s two remaining officers off of patrol duty and reassigned them to administrative tasks, citing concerns about liability and ...
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County considers asking voters for tax hike in November
Staff to research potential funding measures for EMS, road and bridge; sheriff won't seek question this fall
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
February 4, 2026
Ouray County leaders want to research and poll the public’s appetite for asking voters for more tax revenue, to raise additional money for the county’s Emergency Medical Services and the Road and Brid...
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Ridgway gets initial OK for $1.34M grant
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
February 4, 2026
Ridgway has received initial approval for a $1.34 million grant to help it explore an all-electric building code for new construction and help electrify municipal operations, to lower its carbon footp...
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Good for you! Uncompahgre STEAM Fair
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Good for you! Uncompahgre STEAM Fair
February 4, 2026
The “Good For You!” page is a place for reader-submitted photos illustrating community, celebrations and more. Want to submit a photo for publication? Here are some guidelines for submissions: - This ...
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