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Residents’ complaints persist about speeding
By Carolina Brown 
July 24, 2019
  The Board of County Commissioners heard more complaints about speeding on County Road 24 from residents at their meeting on Tuesday. This time the focus was primarily on dust from speeding vehicles,...
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Ouray Police blotter July 8-14, 2019
By News Staff 
July 18, 2019
July 8 Officer took custody of a found credit card that was turned into the Police Department. Officer conducted two VIN checks at the Police Department. Officer responded to the 800 block of Main Str...
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Council presses potential housing tax
By News Staff 
July 17, 2019
CITY OF OURAY The Ouray City Council is pushing ahead with a plan to ask voters this fall to approve a tax to help fund affordable housing, even as some citizens are urging it to slow down. Councilors...
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San Miguel Power pays $1.2M to settle lawsuit in 2010 Beaver Fire
By Mike Wiggins 
July 17, 2019
San Miguel Power Association has paid $1.275 million to settle a federal lawsuit alleging the power company bore responsibility for a wildfire that burned thousands of acres near Norwood in 2010. The ...
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CSP seeks info
By News Staff 
July 17, 2019
The Colorado State Patrol is looking for witnesses to an accident near mile-marker 88 on U.S. Highway 550 on July 14. The accident involved a 2005 Dodge SUV from Grand Junction, according to Trooper J...
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Mining Silverton for housing fix
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Mining Silverton for housing fix
By Erin McIntyre 
July 17, 2019
Editor’s note: This is the second story in an occasional series of articles about affordable housing issues in Ouray County. The first story ran in the June 20-26 edition. When Scott Pankow hires a ne...
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Speed bumps planned for some county roads
By Carolina Brown 
July 17, 2019
A speed tracker captured speeds of up to 55 miles per hour on pothole- and washboard-riddled County Road 24 and its subsections, prompting Ouray County Road and Bridge Supervisor Steven Calkins to try...
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Shoreline closes to vehicles
By News Staff 
July 17, 2019
WESTERN COLORADO Rising reservoir water levels at Ridgway State Park have prompted officials to close the the shoreline vehicle access on the south side of the reservoir at Dallas Creek until further ...
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Years of work on camping regs yield no changes
By Carolina Brown 
July 17, 2019
After years of discussion and work, Ouray County commissioners decided to postpone further regulation of non-commercial camping, citing inconsistencies. Commissioners reconsidered the drafted ordinanc...
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Tri-State move rankles rural co-ops
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Tri-State move rankles rural co-ops
By Mike Wiggins 
July 17, 2019
WESTERN COLORADO San Miguel Power Association has joined a chorus of rural electric cooperatives asking Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association to slow down its pursuit of being regulated by...
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Groups partner on trail maintenance
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Groups partner on trail maintenance
By News Staff 
July 17, 2019
The Ouray Trail Group partnered with the U.S. Forest Service and local outfitter Action Adventures last weekend to do some much needed-maintenance on four popular trails in the Uncompahgre Wilderness ...
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Road tax survey mailed: Citizen opinion sought
By Carolina Brown 
July 17, 2019
With the deadline of July 26 to file a letter of intent for the 2019 ballot fast approaching, the Board of County Commissioners and county staff worked to finalize a survey to gauge citizen opinion ab...
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Pool to close for meet
By News Staff 
July 17, 2019
CITY OF OURAY The Ouray Hot Springs will be hosting a statewide swim meet and will close to the public during the competition, Aug. 2-4. This is the first time Ouray has hosted the Colorado Seasonal S...
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Council relaxes ban on plastics
By Mike Wiggins 
July 17, 2019
  The Ridgway Town Council has agreed to back away a bit from its strict ban on plastic bags, voting last week to exempt locking, Ziploc-type bags up to a quart in size. Councilors unanimously agreed ...
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Bruin takes over waste transfer station
By News Staff 
July 17, 2019
OURAY COUNTY There’s a new company managing the waste transfer station for Ouray County, and those who use the station may notice slightly lower fees and expanded services. At the request of the forme...
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Community help needed to build new playground
By News Staff 
July 17, 2019
OURAY SCHOOLS The Ouray School District is asking the community to assist with building the new playground, which will be open to the public outside school hours and for community use. The Community C...
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Odor complaints cost grower $32K
By News Staff 
July 17, 2019
OURAY COUNTY A local marijuana grower is paying nearly $32,000 for an odor mitigation system after neighbors formally complained to Ouray County about the smell of his facility. Daniel Castillo of MS ...
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Study: Water quality not impacted by hydrodam release
By Carolina Brown 
July 10, 2019
The Ouray hydrodam’s occasional release of sediment into the Uncompahgre River doesn’t have significant impacts on water quality, according to the findings of a study presented to Ouray County Commiss...
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Commissioners’ comments blamed for mine permit delay
By News Staff 
July 10, 2019
Ouray County commissioners will remain neutral on a mining permit application for the Von Doose Mine, but have issued a warning about the owner illegally plowing the road to access the property in the...
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With vacancy, three seats up for election
By News Staff 
July 10, 2019
RIDGWAY SCHOOLS Ridgway School Board members will interview candidates next month after a vacancy opened on the board when Cindy Lystad accepted the position of interim Secondary School principal. A p...
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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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