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Ouray Police Blotter Aug. 6-13, 2019
By News Staff 
August 16, 2019
The following is an excerpt of cases the Ouray Police Department handled from Aug. 6 to Aug. 13, 2019. Aug. 6 Officer responded to the Police Department for someone wanting to report a restraining ord...
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Jeep raffle stalled
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Jeep raffle stalled
By Mike Wiggins 
August 15, 2019
CITY OF OURAY A year after financial trouble delayed the purchase of the Jeep for the annual raffle, the Ouray Tourism Office is struggling to get the popular event off the ground again this summer, a...
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Council agrees to revisit water rates
By Erin McIntyre 
August 15, 2019
The Town of Ridgway will re-examine its water rate structure and charges for overages, at the direction of the town council after meeting with business owners in a workshop Tuesday night. Turmoil over...
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Competition aplenty for council
By Mike Wiggins 
August 15, 2019
  There may be plenty of competition for three seats on the Ouray City Council in the coming months. Residents interested in running for mayor and one of the two council seats can now pick up nominati...
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Grants application open to nonprofits
By Plaindealer Staff Report 
August 15, 2019
OURAY COUNTY A local grants fund that awards more than $3.4 million annually in western Colorado is encouraging Ouray County nonprofit organizations to apply for funding. The Western Colorado Communit...
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Epic bloom year a shutterbug’s delight
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Epic bloom year a shutterbug’s delight
By Erin McIntyre 
August 15, 2019
  The sheer majesty of Yankee Boy Basin is what captured Steve Traudt's heart more than 40 years ago, when he passed through Ouray and happened to join a Jeep trip. That was back in 1975, and he stil...
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Petals at their peak
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Petals at their peak
By News Staff 
August 15, 2019
By Mary Menz, Special to the Plaindealer April showers bring May flowers to many places, but abundant snowpack and regular rain make the wildflowers in Ouray County’s high elevations burst in a profu...
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Facilities director resigns, remains in job
By Carolina Brown 
August 15, 2019
Just weeks before the beginning of school, Ridgway School District Facility and Transportation Director Shane Ayer resigned from his position but appears to have changed his mind after submitting that...
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Storage biz to make case for expansion
By Carolina Brown 
August 15, 2019
  The owners of a storage unit business between Ridgway and Ouray will get another chance to make their case for expansion to county commissioners. Red Cliff Storage owner Lynn Emery Olin has until Oc...
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Campers cautioned about bears on Grand Mesa
By News Staff 
August 15, 2019
WESTERN COLORADO U.S. Forest Service and Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials are again warning campers of bear activity on the Western Slope, this time in campgrounds on Grand Mesa southeast of Gran...
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Parks free to active, retired military this month
By Special To The Plaindealer 
August 15, 2019
COLORADO Colorado Parks and Wildlife is offering all active-duty military and veterans free entrance to all 41 Colorado state parks during the entire month of August, including Ridgway State Park. Fre...
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Councilor seeks more trail restrooms
By Mike Wiggins 
August 15, 2019
  If Dawn Glanc has her way, hikers enjoying Mother Nature along the city’s Perimeter Trail will have more places to answer when nature calls. The Ouray city councilor is pushing for the installation ...
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Chinese restaurant to close next week
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Chinese restaurant to close next week
By Mike Wiggins 
August 15, 2019
A popular, long-established restaurant along the main drag through Ridgway will close next week, and plans are already in the works to fill the space. An employee of Oriental Chinese Restaurant, 565 S...
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Search for police chief underway
By Mike Wiggins 
August 15, 2019
CITY OF OURAY The city of Ouray has its new administrator. Now it's looking for a police chief. With former Police Chief Justin Perry taking the reins as the city's CEO in June, there's a vacancy at t...
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Audience receptive to proposed regulations
By Carolina Brown 
August 15, 2019
OURAY COUNTY Ouray County residents who attended a town hall meeting on proposed wildfire mitigation rules were receptive to those regulations. The meeting on Aug. 6 included a presentation on wildfir...
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Ouray resident wins bass tourney
By Special To The Plaindealer 
August 15, 2019
OURAY COUNTY Chase Nicholson of Ouray caught 571 smallmouth bass and won the top prize of $5,000 for the most fish caught in the Colorado Parks and Wildlife tournament at Ridgway Reservoir. Anglers wh...
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Census: Rural areas ‘hard to count’
By Carolina Brown 
August 15, 2019
  Ouray County’s rural population will be harder to count in next year’s Census than areas with home mail delivery, U.S. Census Bureau representatives said last week in a planning meeting. During the ...
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CBS to return to local DirecTV customers
By News Staff 
August 8, 2019
Ouray County DirecTV customers will be able to watch their favorite CBS shows again starting today, as an agreement between the network and the cable provider reached early Thursday ends a blackout of...
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Campers warned to avoid attracting bears in Blue Lakes area
By Mike Wiggins 
August 8, 2019
Forest and wildlife officials are alerting the public to increased black bear activity in and around Blue Lakes in the Mount Sneffels Wilderness they say is caused by campers improperly storing and di...
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OURAY HOT SPRINGS, SCREAMING EELS HOST SWIM MEET
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OURAY HOT SPRINGS, SCREAMING EELS HOST SWIM MEET
By News Staff 
August 7, 2019
The Ouray Hot Springs Pool hosted more than 400 young swimmers from around the state last weekend for the Colorado Summer Club Championships, and among them were four members of the local Screaming E...
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Hurd introduces House bill to transfer Crystal Reservoir to Ouray
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Hurd introduces House bill to transfer Crystal Reservoir to Ouray
By LIA SALVATIERRA 
November 4, 2025
U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd has introduced legislation to transfer ownership of Crystal Reservoir from the U.S. Forest Service to the city of Ouray, identical to a Senate bill introduced in September, after w...
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Ridgway girls cross country team nabs state title
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Ridgway girls cross country team nabs state title
By Plaindealer Staff Report 
November 1, 2025
The Ridgway High School girls’ cross country team is bringing a state title back to the San Juans. The six-person team won the Class 2A state title Saturday afternoon in Colorado Springs, capping a te...
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Food assistance benefits dry up
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Food assistance benefits dry up
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
October 29, 2025
An estimated $51,000 in federal food benefits will no longer be available to 170 Ouray County households starting Friday. The monthlong federal government shutdown without Congressional appropriations...
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Mine shaft wasn’t identified as hazard
State vows to secure opening quickly following Ridgway woman's death
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
October 29, 2025
A dangerous, water-filled mine shaft where a woman's body was found last week had not yet been identified for closure by state officials charged with securing hazardous mine openings. Though the state...
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Pushback against wolves grows
Ranchers oppose release in county; feds seek to block state
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
October 29, 2025
The Ouray County Cattlemen’s Association has objected to releasing wolves in the county, amid other efforts potentially complicating or stifling wolf reintroduction in the region this winter. A letter...
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