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Blaze challenges firefighters
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Blaze challenges firefighters
By News Staff 
October 23, 2019
OURAY COUNTY Concerned community members attended a meeting with fire officials Tuesday night who updated them on the Cow Creek Fire, estimated to have grown to 853 acres as of Wednesday morning. The...
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Efforts underway to preserve Idarado Houses
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Efforts underway to preserve Idarado Houses
By News Staff 
October 23, 2019
OURAY COUNTY Hopes are high that the historic Idarado Houses located in a switchback on Highway 550 near Red Mountain Pass may soon be preserved. Pat Willits of the Trust for Land Restoration has long...
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Halloween haunts in Ouray and Ridgway
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Halloween haunts in Ouray and Ridgway
By Carolina Brown 
October 23, 2019
  Exciting events are scheduled around the county this Halloween season. In Ouray, celebrations will supplement the annual trick-or-treating down Main Street. Scary thrills for kids and adults alike w...
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Southwest Colorado back in drought’s grip
By News Staff 
October 23, 2019
WESTERN COLORADO The scene was stark for its incongruity: billows of smoke rising in front of the jagged Cimarrons coated with fresh snow. Perhaps the most noteworthy thing about Ouray County's first ...
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‘Gathering of the Flock’ an epic event for rail fans
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‘Gathering of the Flock’ an epic event for rail fans
By News Staff 
October 23, 2019
OURAY COUNTY More than 1,000 railfans from across the nation and Europe visited Ridgway on Oct. 12 and 13 to ride and learn about five historically significant railroad motor cars, commonly referred t...
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Former undersheriff scheduled for trial
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Former undersheriff scheduled for trial
By News Staff 
October 23, 2019
OURAY COUNTY Former Ouray County Undersheriff Richard Herman has pleaded not guilty to charges alleging he solicited sex from a teenage boy and is scheduled for a three-day jury trial in April. Herman...
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Board meets with ‘Teacher Council’
By News Staff 
October 23, 2019
OURAY SCHOOLS A more than hour-long special session of the Ouray School Board with a “Teacher Council,” held Oct. 16 off campus, was attended by 21 people, mostly Ouray School teachers and three board...
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Candidates share top donors in race
By News Staff 
October 23, 2019
RIDGWAY SCHOOLS Two of the candidates in Ridgway’s contested race for school board have raised campaign contributions outside their own personal spending and share top donors. This is the first school...
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Elks Lodge seeks scholarship applicants
By News Staff 
October 23, 2019
OURAY COUNTY Over the last 85 years, the Elks National Foundation has awarded thousands of college scholarships worth tens of millions of dollars to high school seniors, an effort that encompasses loc...
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Town adopts new water rates, after much debate
By Erin McIntyre 
October 16, 2019
  After months of debate Ridgway’s town council unanimously adopted a new water rate structure, raising the minimum cost of water for residential customers and adjusting the points at which overage ch...
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WESTERN SLOPE NEWS BRIEFS
By News Staff 
October 16, 2019
SILVERTON - Three people were injured in a off-highway vehicle accident on Stony Pass on Sept. 26, according to the San Juan County Sheriff's Office. Sheriff Bruce Conrad said there were actually two ...
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Crews battle Cow Creek Fire
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Crews battle Cow Creek Fire
By News Staff 
October 16, 2019
OURAY COUNTY Fire crews from around Ouray County responded early Wednesday morning to a wildfire that ignited in the Cimarrons east of Ridgway. Ouray County Emergency Manager Glenn Boyd said a group o...
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Board recommends hotel expansion
By Mike Wiggins 
October 16, 2019
  Despite concerns about the size and impact of the project, the Ouray Planning Commission has recommended approval of a major expansion of the Twin Peaks Lodge & Hot Springs. With only three of the f...
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OURAY COUNTY
By News Staff 
October 16, 2019
COPS This is an excerpt of cases handled by the Ouray County Sheriff’s Office from Oct. 7-13, 2019. Oct. 7 Deputies assisted the Colorado State Patrol with an accident involving a deer and car at High...
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RIDGWAY MARSHAL
By News Staff 
October 16, 2019
  The following is an excerpt of cases handled by the Ridgway Marshal's Office from Sept. 24 to Oct. 7, 2019. If you have information on any of the below active cases or of any other incident that you...
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Forums host board candidates
By Carolina Brown 
October 16, 2019
  All four candidates for the Ridgway School Board agree teacher pay and retention are the top issues for the district, they said during a candidate forum Tuesday night. Candidates Brian Patton, John ...
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Councilor focused on housing, infrastructure
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Councilor focused on housing, infrastructure
By Mike Wiggins 
October 16, 2019
  When Bette Maurer attended a Ouray City Council candidate forum on July 24, she did so with the intention of helping others understand the ins and outs of the job she’s spent six years doing. She ha...
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Ridgway, Ouray get new top cops
By News Staff 
October 16, 2019
  Ouray and Ridgway both have new law enforcement leaders, officially. Though Ridgway’s new marshal, Shane Schmalz, is a familiar face, he was promoted to the job last week with council approval. Schm...
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Humans: A bear of a problem
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Humans: A bear of a problem
By News Staff 
October 16, 2019
To read this story, originally published by The Colorado Sun, click here. 
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Businessman: Council has lost public’s trust
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Businessman: Council has lost public’s trust
By Mike Wiggins 
October 16, 2019
  John Wood was, in his words, “awestruck and gobsmacked” when he first laid eyes on Ouray nearly 20 years ago. It’s the place he wants to live the rest of his life, where he hopes one day one of his ...
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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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