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City to drop business registration program fee
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
June 25, 2025
The city of Ouray is expected to drop the $10 annual fee charged as part of its business registration program in an effort to get more businesses to sign up. The city created the program in 2021 in an...
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June 26-July 10, 2025
June 25, 2025
THURSDAY JUNE 26 LIVE MUSIC: Mountain Air Music Series presents The Nightowls with The Hip Snacks. 6 p.m. at Fellin Park in Ouray. Free. STORY AND CRAFT TIME: "The Tiny Seed" book and seed bomb activi...
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Saving Swiss Village
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AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRESERVED
Saving Swiss Village
Collaboration to buy Ouray mobile home park could serve as model elsewhere in Colorado, as residents celebrate with applause, tears
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
June 23, 2025
It took an attorney willing to work for free and hop on a midnight phone call in the middle of her vacation. It took two couples who had never met before performing remarkable acts of generosity and h...
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Snow shed fire continues to burn on Red Mountain Pass
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Snow shed fire continues to burn on Red Mountain Pass
U.S. 550 remains closed for safety
By erin@ouraynews.com 
June 23, 2025
UPDATE, 3 p.m.: The highway has reopened with alternating lanes of traffic. Authorities urge motorists traveling through the area to use caution, as firefighters are still active in the area. ––––––– ...
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Fireworks shot at homes
Council enacts blanket ban as police look for truck
By By Mike Wiggins, Erin McIntyre and Deb Hurley Brobst mike@ouraynews.com erin@ouraynews.com deb.hurley.brobst@gmail.com 
June 18, 2025
Ouray city leaders moved swiftly this week to ban all personal fireworks in the city, days after homes near Lee’s Ski Hill were shot with a barrage of pyrotechnics on Sunday night that ignited multipl...
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Home Trust to close on rental property
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Home Trust to close on rental property
Ouray triplex will be retained as affordable housing
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
June 18, 2025
Five new affordable rental units are coming to the city of Ouray, as the Home Trust of Ouray County will close next month on its second affordable housing acquisition. The property at 835 Second St. i...
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Sex assault trial delayed
Defense seeks DNA expert; attorneys disagree on possible venue change
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
June 18, 2025
The trial of one of three men accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl inside the home of the former Ouray police chief has been delayed. Nate Dieffenderffer, 20, was scheduled to stand trial...
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City pulls back on plans for Fellin Park stage
Search on for funding as price tag drops to between $1M and $1.6M
By Deb Hurley Brobst Special to the Plaindealer 
June 18, 2025
Ouray city councilors are much happier with revised plans for a permanent stage in Fellin Park. Now the challenge is finding money to pay for it. Councilors on Monday looked at two scenarios that drop...
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SMPA delays Ouray work until August
Power cooperative vows to improve communication with city
By Deb Hurley Brobst Special to the Plaindealer 
June 18, 2025
San Miguel Power Association is postponing work to replace power poles and more in the city of Ouray until late August because of delays in getting supplies. The company rescheduled the dates earlier ...
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City seeks parking solutions
Priorities: Turnover on Main Street, more parking on side streets
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
June 18, 2025
Ouray city leaders want to encourage turnover of parking spaces on Main Street and utilize more parking on side streets, while creating more enforceable parking rules. Those were just some of the prio...
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County enhances emergency planning
To prepare for various threats, officials update disaster mitigation plans, create evacuation plan
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
June 18, 2025
After years of work, Ouray County has refreshed its emergency readiness capabilities by updating three disaster mitigation plans and adopting an official evacuation plan, all in an effort to prepare t...
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Some tips on evacuating in case of an emergency
By LIA SALVATIERRA 
June 18, 2025
If an emergency happens in Ouray County and evacuation is required, one of the best things you can do is sign up for emergency alerts ahead of time so you're prepared to receive notifications. It's im...
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Security hired for Fourth of July
June 18, 2025
Ouray’s police force will have help keeping crowds under control on the Fourth of July. The Ouray City Council on Monday approved spending about $15,000 to hire Citadel Security Group to provide secur...
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City will restrict River Walk traffic to pedestrians
June 18, 2025
At a workshop meeting on Monday, Ouray city councilors directed City Attorney Carol Viner to create an ordinance limiting traffic on the Uncompahgre River Walk to pedestrians, citing concerns about th...
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Man accused of motel menacing
June 18, 2025
A Ridgway man was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly confronted staff at a Ouray motel with a high-powered pellet gun. Luis Garcia-Castro, 20, was booked into the Montrose County Jail on suspicion of...
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City backs fire, EMS consolidation
June 18, 2025
The city of Ouray has endorsed a plan to consolidate the county’s emergency services into one county-wide authority through an intergovernmental agreement, after hearing details at a council workshop ...
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Sheriff: Use of Signal message ‘contradictory to Colorado law’ led to student’s ICE arrest
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Sheriff: Use of Signal message ‘contradictory to Colorado law’ led to student’s ICE arrest
By By Chase Woodruff Colorado Newsline 
June 18, 2025
The Mesa County Sheriff’s Office said Monday that it had shared information leading to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrest of a Utah college student, which unintentionally violated a state l...
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Senate GOP chooses Simpson as leader
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Senate GOP chooses Simpson as leader
By Sara Wilson Colorado Newsline 
June 18, 2025
Colorado Senate Republicans unanimously chose Sen. Cleave Simpson as their new minority leader last week. Simpson, an Alamosa Republican who was first elected in 2020, will replace former Sen. Paul Lu...
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Ouray starts free shuttle this month
Ouray starts free shuttle this month
June 18, 2025
The city of Ouray will offer a free daily shuttle to get locals and visitors around town starting June 30. Councilors at their meeting Monday said they hope the shuttle will help alleviate summer traf...
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Police investigating fireworks shot at homes
City plans to enact ban on personal use of pyrotechnics
By Deb Hurley Brobst Special to the Plaindealer, Erin McIntyre, Mike Wiggins 
June 17, 2025
Police are searching for suspects who shot a barrage of fireworks onto homes on Sunday night, sparking fires in the southern part of Ouray. The explosions startled residents just after 9 p.m., with fi...
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Local briefs: Ridgway appoints two to sustainability board, updates marshal overtime policy
Town seeks bike park design proposals, moves forward with pre-approved ADU plan designs
By James Hanlon 
September 17, 2026
New members appointed to sustainability board The Ridgway Town Council appointed Terry Schuyler and Christiane Frischmuth to the Ridgway Sustainability Advisory Board after brief interviews at the Sep...
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County: Layoffs likely
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County: Layoffs likely
Commissioners, administrators warn of job cuts to close $1.5 million gap; staff criticizes leaders for not addressing problem earlier
By James Hanlon 
September 16, 2026
Ouray County will likely need to lay off employees to make up a projected $1.5 million gap between requested expenses and revenue next year, county officials warned at a budget workshop on Sept. 9. Th...
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Disaster tax not ‘backfill’ for fire costs, leaders say
By Chart Riggall 
September 16, 2026
In the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s declaration of the Gold Mountain Fire as a major federal disaster, Ouray County commissioners say the potential influx of additional federal funds doesn't ...
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Town considers options for sewer plant location
By James Hanlon 
September 16, 2026
The Ridgway Town Council wants to see some dollar estimates before deciding where to build a new wastewater treatment plant. Town staff briefed the council on three possible locations north of town at...
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City prepared to pay fees for housing project
Despite some councilors' misgivings, Ouray in line to give more money to deed-restricted apartment complex
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
September 16, 2026
The city of Ouray is set to provide up to $225,000 to a nonprofit organization to cover water and sewer tap and building permit fees for a 13-unit affordable housing project. At City Administrator Mic...
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