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COVID-19 update: Ridgway Town Administrator declares disaster
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COVID-19 update: Ridgway Town Administrator declares disaster
By Mike Wiggins And Erin Mcintyre 
March 14, 2020
Story updated 1:25 p.m. Tuesday Ridgway Town Manager Preston Neill has signed an order declaring a local disaster within the town, in response to concerns about community spread of coronavirus. State ...
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Meet the Ridgway council, mayor candidates
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Meet the Ridgway council, mayor candidates
By News Staff 
March 11, 2020
Editor’s note: We invited the official candidates for mayor and the town council election to submit answers to standardized questions as a community service. There are three seats up for election on ...
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Firing fallout
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Firing fallout
By Mike Wiggins And Erin Mcintyre 
March 11, 2020
The dismissal of Ouray School District Superintendent Scott Pankow has prompted in the last week a small student walkout and a lengthy School Board debate about potentially changing the district’s adm...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
March 11, 2020
GUNNISON Gunnison County health officials confirm that Gunnison County has its first case of COVID-19, or the coronavirus. County Health and Human Services Director Joni Reynolds on Tuesday, March 10,...
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Judge bans man from contact with others
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Judge bans man from contact with others
By Erin McIntyre 
March 11, 2020
A judge granted a permanent restraining order barring a rejected mayoral candidate from interacting with his former boss and the Colorado Boy Brewpub in Ridgway. During a 5 1/2-hour hearing featuring ...
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Board OKs housing code changes
By Mike Wiggins 
March 11, 2020
The Ouray Planning Commission on Tuesday recommended a package of changes to the city’s land-use code aimed at creating more workforce housing. Planning commissioners voted 4-0 to forward code amendme...
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County: Firm overstepped on project
By Carolina Brown 
March 11, 2020
Ouray County is concerned that a company hired to install fiber internet may have overstepped the limitations of the project it was hired to do. Deeply Digital owner Doug Seacat told the county in Jan...
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State basketball tournament closed to fans
By News Staff 
March 11, 2020
Fans planning on attending the state basketball playoffs – where the Ouray Boys basketball team is set to play vs. Kit Carson on Thursday – may want to make other plans. The Colorado High School Activ...
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Forest Service eyes Atlas Mill cleanup
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Forest Service eyes Atlas Mill cleanup
By Mike Wiggins Mike@ouraynews.com 
March 5, 2020
Federal forest officials are looking to partner with conservation groups and others on a project to remove contaminated mine tailings from the Atlas Mill southwest of Ouray. The Grand Mesa, Uncompahgr...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
March 5, 2020
GUNNISON City leaders this week approved a 24 percent rate increase for refuse services in the City of Gunnison. While that figure seems steep, the revenues produced from the city-run utilities will o...
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County struggles to hire road and bridge leader
By Carolina Brown News@ouraynews.com 
March 5, 2020
After a candidate for the open road and bridge superintendent job turned down the county’s offer, the Board of County Commissioners has authorized County Administrator Connie Hunt to solicit prices fr...
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Gulf remains between city, tourism office
By Mike Wiggins Mike@ouraynews.com 
March 5, 2020
The Ouray City Council on Monday officially awarded one-year contracts to the Ouray Tourism Office to manage the Visitors’ Center and market the town to tourists, but the two organizations remain far ...
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Ouray superintendent fired
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Ouray superintendent fired
By News Staff 
March 5, 2020
By Erin McIntyre and Carolina Brown   Citing concerns about leadership, communication and accountability, the Ouray School Board fired Superintenden Scott Pankow on Monday night. The board voted unani...
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Schools prepare for virus, promote handwashing
By Carolina Brown News@ouraynews.com 
March 5, 2020
Coronavirus was a hot topic at last Thursday’s Ridgway School Board meeting with two members of the public voicing concerns. Ridgway parent John Countryman, who has five children at the school, asked ...
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Council to interview 4 for interim manager
By Mike Wiggins Mike@ouraynews.com 
March 5, 2020
Ouray city councilors will interview four candidates for the interim city administrator job, hoping they can select an experienced leader who will guide the city for several months while they simultan...
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In first presidential primary in 20 years, Ouray County turnout exceeds state’s
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In first presidential primary in 20 years, Ouray County turnout exceeds state’s
By Erin Mcintyre Erin@ouraynews.com 
March 5, 2020
Ouray County voters participated in their first presidential primary in two decades, with more than half the registered voters in the county casting ballots. More than 55 percent of registered voters ...
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Board fires Ouray Schools superintendent
By News Staff 
March 2, 2020
The Ouray School Board voted unanimously to dismiss Superintendent Scott Pankow on Monday night, after multiple executive sessions held in the last few weeks to discuss his evaluation and performance....
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Bill seeks to offer lifeline to search and rescue crews
By Mike Wiggins Mike@ouraynews.com 
February 27, 2020
Before moving his family to Ouray 11 years ago, Tim Pasek served in the U.S. Coast Guard and participated first-hand in well-funded search and rescue operations. The men and women called out to look f...
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New program focused on LGBTQ youth
By Carolina Brown News@ouraynews.com 
February 27, 2020
A local nonprofit is embarking on a program to better support LGBTQ youth, focusing on what makes kids feel safe and accepted in the community. The Colorado Health Foundation recently awarded Voyager ...
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Montrose hospital earns top ranking
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Montrose hospital earns top ranking
By Plaindealer Staff Report Plaindealer@ouraynews.com 
February 27, 2020
Montrose Memorial Hospital announced last week it has once again been named one of the Top 100 Rural & Community Hospitals in the United States by The Chartis Center for Rural Health. It is the only h...
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Inmon sentenced to prison in sex assault case
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Inmon sentenced to prison in sex assault case
By Erin McIntyre 
June 5, 2026
A Ridgway man convicted of sexual assault by a Ouray County jury will spend at least four years in prison. Jeffrey Michael Inmon, 48, was convicted in a four-day jury trial in April. Jurors deliberate...
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Second Chance adopts new challenge in expansion
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Second Chance adopts new challenge in expansion
Humane society takes over Delta shelter, seeks to rehome more animals
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
June 3, 2026
Second Chance Humane Society is adopting a new beast: another Western Slope animal shelter in Delta. The Ridgway-based nonprofit organization officially took the reins of the Delta Animal Shelter on M...
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Staff criticizes commissioners
Survey: Workers satisfied with bosses
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
June 3, 2026
Ouray County’s employees are largely happy with their direct supervisors and department heads and dissatisfied with the Board of County Commissioners, according to a recent anonymous staff survey. Som...
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City reverses, will stick with sheriff for now
Council concerned about budget impacts from rebuilding police department
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
June 3, 2026
The Ouray City Council is reversing course on rebuilding an independent police department, agreeing Monday to instead continue to rely on the Ouray County Sheriff’s Office for law enforcement services...
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Board: Ice Park at ‘inflection point’
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Board: Ice Park at ‘inflection point’
Seeking help from city, nonprofit claims funding sources drying up as operational costs climb
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
June 3, 2026
The nonprofit organization that runs the Ouray Ice Park cautioned Monday that it has reached a crossroads, saying its operational costs continue to climb even as its funding sources are saturated. In ...
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