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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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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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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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Hot Springs marketing garners award
By News Staff 
November 20, 2019
CITY OF OURAY Four years ago, a small group of southwestern Colorado marketing professionals saw an opportunity. Then-Ouray Tourism Office Executive Director Kat Papenbrock and Director of Industry, M...
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WESTERN SLOPE NEWS BRIEFS
By News Staff 
November 20, 2019
GUNNISON - A mother and a friend. That’s how defense attorneys portrayed Stephanie Jackson during a sentencing hearing this past Friday that appears to have marked the final chapter in the case agains...
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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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Ridgway council calls special meeting Monday over town manager job
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Ridgway council calls special meeting Monday over town manager job
By Erin McIntyre 
November 17, 2019
The Ridgway Town Council will meet during a special meeting Monday night to finalize their decision to offer the town manager job to Preston Neill, who is currently the assistant town manager of Avon....
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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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