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County rejects $11,000 legal bill
Commissioners cite lack of justification for reimbursement; Padgett alleges process flawed
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
April 23, 2025
Ouray County taxpayers won’t foot Commissioner Lynn Padgett’s nearly $11,000 legal bill after commissioners Jake Niece and Michelle Nauer voted against her reimbursement request on Tuesday. Padgett an...
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Ouray police exodus continues
Sergeant's retirement, sergeant's medical leave temporarily makes chief lone full-timer
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
April 23, 2025
Editor's note: This story has been corrected to reflect the Ridgway Marshal's Office has hired a half-time deputy. ___________________ The city of Ouray hired Daric Harvey to stabilize and reform the ...
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Man accused of drunken driving, spitting on deputy
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Man accused of drunken driving, spitting on deputy
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
April 23, 2025
A Ridgway man suspected of hitting a liquor store building with his vehicle, driving drunk and leaving the scene also faces possible felony charges for allegedly spitting on a Ridgway marshal when he ...
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Ouray council backs rental license nonrenewal
Owners of vacation home failed to rent for 30-day minimum
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
April 23, 2025
A Ridgway couple who failed to rent their home for at least 30 days in the last year won't be allowed to keep their short-term rental license. Ouray city councilors on Monday night unanimously rejecte...
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NEWS BRIEFS
Woman released from ICE facility, drugs involved in fatal vehicle crashes, town signs water lease, town seeks info about statue vandalism, Blue Lakes trail to close
April 23, 2025
Ouray woman released from ICE facility A Ouray woman who had been detained since February in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Aurora has been released on bond. After two months, 31-y...
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Duplex answers a housing Hail Mary
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Duplex answers a housing Hail Mary
Home Trust's first new-construction project ensures two families can stay in Ridgway
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
April 23, 2025
For too long, the Patton family had too many discussions about changing school districts or moving away from Ouray County entirely. Now, at their new home on North Laura Street, they can ditch those h...
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Microgrid creates ‘energy island’ in Ridgway
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Microgrid creates ‘energy island’ in Ridgway
New system atop Space to Create building ensures lights stay on in power outage
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
April 23, 2025
When a nearly countywide power outage darkened homes and businesses for an evening last week, the downstairs window at Ridgway’s Space to Create remained glowing with light. That’s because a solar mic...
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CORRECTION
April 23, 2025
An article on Page 7 of the April 17-23 edition incorrectly attributed comments about property taxation to Ouray County Planning Director Mark Castrodale. Gold Mountain Ranch Operations Manager Keller...
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Deportation fears add to resort workers’ mental health problems
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Deportation fears add to resort workers’ mental health problems
By By Natalie Skowlund KFF Health News 
April 16, 2025
SILVERTHORNE — When Adolfo Román García-Ramírez walks home in the evening from his shift at a grocery store in this central Colorado mountain town, sometimes he thinks back on his childhood in Nicarag...
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Uncertainty over federal cuts remains
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
April 16, 2025
Federal funding slashes and freezes may mean emptier food pantry shelves, fewer library resources and cuts to public health, emergency management and environmental projects in Ouray County. The Trump ...
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Ridgway, landowner battle over property
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Ridgway, landowner battle over property
Town seeks condemnation for walking path; owner insists no public benefit
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
April 16, 2025
The landowner who fenced his property and put up “no trespassing” signs to keep children from cutting through his River Park lot to get to school is fighting the town of Ridgway's attempt to condemn t...
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Public health sounds alarm on measles
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Public health sounds alarm on measles
Director flags falsehoods about virus, cites concern about low preschool vaccination rate
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
April 16, 2025
As measles cases continue to crop up in Colorado, Ouray County Public Health Director Kristin Kelley is encouraging residents to vaccinate against the highly contagious disease, especially at the Ridg...
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City wades into mobile home deed restrictions
Rules meant to keep Swiss Village affordable after sale
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
April 16, 2025
Ouray city councilors are beginning to sort through a package of deed restrictions intended to maintain Swiss Village Mobile Home Park as affordable housing after its residents purchase the property l...
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Ouray man suspected of vandalizing restaurant
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Ouray man suspected of vandalizing restaurant
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
April 16, 2025
A Ouray man was arrested last weekend after he allegedly broke out a window at the Outlaw Restaurant. William Kropuenske, 33, was booked into the Montrose County Jail on suspicion of felony criminal m...
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County plots next manager hiring steps
Commissioners to tap consulting firm, hope to employ new executive within six months
By Deb Hurley Brobst Special to the Plaindealer 
April 16, 2025
Ouray County commissioners hope to hire a county manager in the next six months by using a similar process the city of Ouray used to hire its city administrator. The first step, they decided at a work...
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Mixed reviews, votes for proposed guest ranch
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
April 16, 2025
Editor's note: This story has been corrected to correctly attribute comments about property taxation made by Gold Mountain Ranch Operations Manager Keller Herrin. ____________ A proposed guest ranch w...
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Ouray’s new top cop promises integrity, accountability and transparency
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Ouray’s new top cop promises integrity, accountability and transparency
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
April 9, 2025
For more than a year, Ouray’s search for a police officer proved fruitless, yielding only the same copy-and-paste monthly update to the City Council — the police department was still seeking a full-ti...
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Detained Ouray mother in limbo
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Detained Ouray mother in limbo
After two months in an immigration detention center, a woman with a work permit faces an uncertain future even after criminal charges against her were dropped
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
April 9, 2025
AURORA, Colo. — Before this, she had never been away from her daughter for more than a week. Aurora Yadira Mireles Terrazas has spent the past two months struggling to stomach meals or get any real sl...
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City buys property for police, housing
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City buys property for police, housing
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
April 9, 2025
The Ouray City Council signed off Monday night on the purchase of a two-story building across the street from City Hall, with the intent of converting it into a police station and temporary employee h...
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Design options unveiled for hot springs bathhouse
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Design options unveiled for hot springs bathhouse
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
April 9, 2025
An architect unveiled Monday night three potential concepts for the design of the exterior of a new bathhouse at the Ouray Hot Springs Pool, giving the public a glimpse of what the entrance to the poo...
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A christening for Cimarron Athletic Field
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A christening for Cimarron Athletic Field
March 18, 2026
The Cimarron Athletic Field at Ridgway Secondary School hosted its inaugural meet with the Ridgway Invite on March 14. Ridgway senior Sophia Forrest won the girls' 100-meter dash with a time of 13.19....
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Race pits experience against new perspective
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RIDGWAY MAYOR CANDIDATES
Race pits experience against new perspective
Clark proud of town's progress, aware of challenges
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
March 18, 2026
Even after 14 years serving as Ridgway's mayor, John Clark still thinks there's work to be done. He's served seven terms. Every two years, when his seat comes up for election, folks ask him if he want...
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Mihelarakis advocates for creatives in first bid for office
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RIDGWAY MAYOR CANDIDATES
Mihelarakis advocates for creatives in first bid for office
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
March 18, 2026
Tia Mihelarakis believes the Ridgway Town Council deserves a leader with new perspectives — specifically those of creatives, renters and the younger generation. Mihelarakis, 34, is challenging Mayor J...
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Water leaders sound supply alarm
Record-low snowpack in San Juans, balmy temps portend meager runoff
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
March 18, 2026
State water managers Tuesday painted a dire picture of record-low snowpack and abnormally warm temperatures this winter straining water supplies for Western Slope municipalities and agricultural produ...
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Ribbing focuses bid on sustainability
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RIDGWAY COUNCILOR CANDIDATES
Ribbing focuses bid on sustainability
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
March 18, 2026
If you ask Sheridan Ribbing why she's running for town council, the answer is pretty simple. It's because Councilor Terry Schuyler decided not to run, and she's passionate about making sure a champion...
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