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Commissioners discuss speed complaints
By Carolina Brown 
June 24, 2019
County commissioners will examine accident reports and ask the sheriff’s office to follow up on speed complaints, after receiving requests to lower speed limits and monitor speeds on county roads. Com...
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Near drowning at reservoir prompts call for life jackets
By News Staff 
June 24, 2019
A near drowning of a stand-up paddleboarder at Ridgway State Park last week has renewed calls from Colorado Parks and Wildlife for paddlers to wear personal floatation devices. State officials said in...
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Citing housing costs, family pulls plug on dream of living in Ouray
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Citing housing costs, family pulls plug on dream of living in Ouray
By News Staff 
June 24, 2019
The scrapbook from Bryan and Shannon Williams’ honeymoon includes a photo of them in the San Juan Mountains, newlyweds captivated by the sight of Mt. Sneffels and the forest. “Someday we’ll live here,...
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Highway rebuilding begins after rockslide
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Highway rebuilding begins after rockslide
By Mike Wiggins 
June 24, 2019
Motorists traveling on Colorado Highway 145 between Telluride and Cortez should expect delays for the next several weeks as road crews rebuild a section of highway that was destroyed by a massive rock...
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Pool managers tinker with ways to remove mineral stains
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Pool managers tinker with ways to remove mineral stains
By Mike Wiggins 
June 24, 2019
Kentee Pasek has always known about the "great minerals" in the Ouray Hot Springs Pool and how they help a 15-minute soak melt away stress and tension and leave swimmers feeling refreshed and rejuvena...
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Snow, slides, avalanches keep Alpine Loop closed
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Snow, slides, avalanches keep Alpine Loop closed
By News Staff 
June 24, 2019
It might be weeks or months before the Alpine Loop is more than an an up-and-back-down route than a true loop, as record snow, landslides, avalanches and floods have created challenges for roads manag...
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Sherwood’s license revoked by medical board
By Ouray County Plaindealer 
October 25, 2018
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Sherwood Family Medicine shuts doors, license expired
By Ouray County Plaindealer 
February 21, 2018
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Town of Ridgway: Local doc builds new practice
By Plaindealer Staff Report 
December 23, 2012
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HEY, YOU LITTLE SQUIRTS!
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HEY, YOU LITTLE SQUIRTS!
August 2, 2023
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Flood ravages homes
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Flood ravages homes
County deems trio of Ponderosa Village properties uninhabitable, as residents fear more debris flows imminent
By Erin McIntyre, Chart Riggall and Mike Wiggins 
August 5, 2026
When the fire raged above them on the mountain, the evacuated residents of Ponderosa Village hoped for rain. They wished for anything to help the firefighters get control of the blaze so it wouldn't b...
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County floats disaster relief sales tax
By Chart Riggall 
August 5, 2026
Draft ballot language proposes half-cent tax, with revenue split between county, city, town Ouray County commissioners are in talks to put a half-penny sales tax increase question to voters this fall ...
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Log Hill won’t join fire authority
Board: No benefit to cost, operational structure
By James Hanlon 
August 5, 2026
The Log Hill Volunteer Fire Department will not join the proposed consolidated fire and emergency medical services authority in Ouray County. Board members of the Log Hill Mesa Fire Protection Distric...
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Crews near full containment on fire
By James Hanlon 
August 5, 2026
Firefighters who are closing in on fully containing the Gold Mountain Fire have shifted their work to undoing firelines that are no longer needed to prevent erosion. “We've moved out of the suppressio...
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‘We were in a panic’
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‘We were in a panic’
Flooding relocates part of Dexter Creek, forces couple to seek help with pigs
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
August 5, 2026
Hank and Betsy Nicholson were watching TV at home the night of July 26 when the skies opened up and filled Dexter Creek with rainwater, mud and debris. The creek, which serves as the Nicholsons’ only ...
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