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Pool manager resigns, citing differences
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Pool manager resigns, citing differences
By Mike Wiggins 
April 13, 2023
Ouray Hot Springs Pool Manager Carmen Brashier resigned from her job last week, citing differences with city leadership and what she considered a lack of support from management. Brashier, whose last ...
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AN EGGS-CELLENT EASTER AT FELLIN PARK
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AN EGGS-CELLENT EASTER AT FELLIN PARK
By News Staff 
April 13, 2023
Left, some of the Easter egg hunt participants were laser-focused on getting the special eggs they could turn in for stuffed animals. The Ouray Elks Lodge also filled hundreds of eggs with treats for...
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Comparing water rates
By News Staff 
April 13, 2023
Elk Meadows residents pay some of the lowest water rates in the region: $33 a month. While most municipalities and utility companies raise rates gradually every year or every few years to keep up with...
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Local impact of affordable housing funds still unclear
By Liz Teitz 
April 13, 2023
Millions of dollars for affordable housing efforts will become available to Colorado counties and municipalities later this year, a result of Proposition 123 passing last fall. But to qualify for thos...
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Ridgway pizzeria rolls up, heads for Delta
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Ridgway pizzeria rolls up, heads for Delta
By Liz Teitz 
April 13, 2023
John Lynch can easily rattle off the orders of his regulars at Panny’s Pizza: Ouray Police Chief John Wood, for example, orders 10 wings with a side of teriyaki; Deputy Gio Mendoza usually likes an As...
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Wasted water riles residents
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Wasted water riles residents
By Mike Wiggins 
April 13, 2023
After living and working in Los Angeles for 18 years, Tim Beene relished the idea of having some privacy. He sold his yacht repair business and, in 2001, discovered a subdivision tucked away at the e...
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TRACK TEAMS MEET AGAIN IN GRAND JUNCTION
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TRACK TEAMS MEET AGAIN IN GRAND JUNCTION
By News Staff 
April 13, 2023
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CALENDAR & EVENTS
By News Staff 
April 13, 2023
THURSDAY, APRIL 13 LEGAL CLINIC: A free legal clinic for parties who have no attorney. Volunteer attorneys answer questions by phone. Ouray Library, 320 Sixth Ave., 2-5 p.m. Call 970325-4616 to be add...
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READY, SET, HUNT!
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READY, SET, HUNT!
By News Staff 
April 13, 2023
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City, county eye reducing wildire risk above Ouray
By Katie Langford And Mike Wiggins 
April 5, 2023
Ouray County and the city of Ouray are partnering to identify dead, dying or diseased trees that need to be removed from forested areas that rim the city in order to reduce the risk of wildre The coun...
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NEWS BRIEFS
By News Staff 
April 5, 2023
Starting May 15, rapid COVID tests will no longer be available at the Ouray County Health Department. Health Department Director Tanner Kingery explained these tests cost roughly $500 apiece on the op...
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TRACK MAKES THE TREK TO GRAND JUNCTION
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TRACK MAKES THE TREK TO GRAND JUNCTION
By News Staff 
April 5, 2023
Top far left, Roman Sackman competes in the 100 meter dash on April 1 at the Mickey Dunn Invitational track meet in Grand Junction. He placed fourth, with a time of 11.61. Overall, the boys’ team pla...
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Ridgway school leader earns high marks
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Ridgway school leader earns high marks
By Erin McIntyre 
April 5, 2023
Ridgway School District Superintendent Susan Lacy's annual performance review included accolades for her leadership, professionalism and support for not only her staff but the entire school community....
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Ridgway board rejects disputed subdivision
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Ridgway board rejects disputed subdivision
By Liz Teitz 
April 5, 2023
The Ridgway Planning Commission voted Tuesday to reject an application for a new subdivision east of Highway 550, after nearly a year of continuations, debate and revisions, including a last-minute o...
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Local mayors object to housing bill
By Liz Teitz 
April 5, 2023
Local mayors are pushing back against proposed legislation that would make major changes to land use rules in Colorado, though Ridgway and Ouray appear likely to be largely exempt from new requirement...
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Council reconsiders, may opt for pay raise
By Mike Wiggins 
April 5, 2023
Weeks after declining to act on a proposal to give itself a pay raise and an accompanying benefits package, the Ouray City Council is reconsidering part of the idea. Councilors on Monday informally di...
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Reservoirs face grim outlook despite good snowpack
By Shannon Mullane 
April 5, 2023
The healthy snowpack whitening Colorado’s mountain peaks has given water officials some breathing room to manage the Colorado River Basin’s ongoing drought. The challenge will be not to squander it. A...
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Pool heater sparked clubhouse fire
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Pool heater sparked clubhouse fire
By Liz Teitz 
March 30, 2023
The fire that destroyed the former Fairway Pines clubhouse in November started in a pool heater in a maintenance room, investigators determined. According to a report written by Ouray County Sheriff’s...
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Enough with winter, it’s time to bring on spring
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Enough with winter, it’s time to bring on spring
By Karen Risch 
March 30, 2023
Goodbye La Niña, it’s been a heckuva ride! To be fair, she brought Ouray two normal snow years (178.4 inches in 2020-21, 149.9 inches so far in 2022-23) and one dry stinker (128.9 inches in 2021-22)....
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Ridgway project trying to buy its way in
By News Staff 
March 30, 2023
Dear Editor: I am writing this letter to highlight the Four Winds proposed development located adjacent to the established Vista Terrace Subdivision in Ridgway. The application approval process for th...
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Firefighters gain ground on Gold Mountain Fire
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Firefighters gain ground on Gold Mountain Fire
Sheriff allows some evacuees to return home; blaze shifts away from populated areas
By By Mike Wiggins, Erin McIntyre and Deb Hurley Brobst mike@ouraynews.com erin@ouraynews.com 
July 8, 2026
Residents forced to flee the Gold Mountain Fire north of Ouray nearly two weeks ago returned to charred landscapes but fully intact homes Wednesday, an indication that authorities believe the threat h...
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Despite fire, downsized Fourth celebration marches on
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Despite fire, downsized Fourth celebration marches on
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
July 8, 2026
A scaled-back Fourth of July celebration of the 250th birthday of the United States and 150th birthday of Ouray attracted thousands to the city, despite the cancellation of fireworks, water fights and...
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First fire, then floods? Leaders start planning for next potential emergency
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First fire, then floods? Leaders start planning for next potential emergency
By Deb Hurley Brobst Special to the Plaindealer 
July 8, 2026
Even though the Gold Mountain Fire is still burning, Ouray County officials are already thinking about flash flood risks in the burn scar as Colorado moves into monsoon season. “This is a predictable ...
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Water providers ask customers to pull back
Ridgway enacts mandatory irrigation restrictions
By Mike Wiggins and Erin McIntyre mike@ouraynews.com erin@ouraynews.com 
July 8, 2026
Water managers in Ouray County are asking residents to curtail water use and avoid putting more demand on their distribution systems in light of the Gold Mountain Fire and ongoing tinder-dry condition...
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Looking Back
50 Years Ago
July 8, 2026
July 7, 1966 Charges have been filed in Ouray County Court against three Ouray youths for violation of state statutes in climbing over a fence at the municipal swimming pool last Friday and breaking b...
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