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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
March 23, 2022
SILVERTON Sasquatch Expedition Campers, a start-up business in San Juan County, was approved by the Colorado Economic Development Commission to receive incentives through the Rural Jump-Start Program....
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Covid
County to offer more vaccine perks
By Liz Teitz 
March 23, 2022
Ouray County Public Health may increase gift card incentives to $100 in an effort to improve COVID-19 vaccination rates, especially among school-aged children. Public Health Director Tanner Kingery is...
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SMPA looks to diversify power supply
By Mike Wiggins 
March 23, 2022
The San Miguel Power Association is considering finding another company to supply some of its power, a move it says would likely save members money while boosting the amount of renewable energy in its...
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‘He was just living his best life’
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‘He was just living his best life’
By Mike Wiggins And Erin Mcintyre 
March 23, 2022
Out of the hundreds of photos he posted on his social media accounts — craggy thirteeners and fourteeners, a splitboard perched above untouched, hip-deep powder, a speck of a man in the middle of a h...
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Staff issues crop up in exec review
By Carolina Brown 
March 23, 2022
The usually straightforward process of giving Ouray County Administrator Connie Hunt her yearly performance evaluation proved lengthy on March 16 after a staff survey revealed two out of 13 department...
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RUNNERS SET RECORDS
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RUNNERS SET RECORDS
By News Staff 
March 23, 2022
Left, Kharis Weller of Silverton follows Daisy Lipton of Ridgway in the 800 meter run on Saturday in Delta. Weller set personal records in both the 800 meter dash and 1,600 meter run at the meet. Rig...
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Districts raise teacher pay
By Carolina Brown 
March 23, 2022
Teachers in both Ouray and Ridgway schools will make more money next year, after the districts approved raises. This week, the Ouray School Board also agreed to let teachers count the professional dev...
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Man killed in avalanche near Telluride
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Man killed in avalanche near Telluride
By News Staff 
March 18, 2022
A 29-year-old man with ties to Ridgway died after he was caught and buried in an avalanche south of Telluride on Thursday, the San Miguel County Sheriff's Office said. The body of Devin Overton was re...
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Comments sought on inactive mine work on Engineer Pass
By News Staff 
March 17, 2022
The Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests’ Ouray Ranger District is seeking public comments on a project to close or modify entrances to six inactive mines along Engineer Pass southeas...
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Medical Center upgrades planned
By News Staff 
March 17, 2022
Ouray County’s Regional Services Authority, which owns and oversees the Mountain Medical Center building, plans to spend almost $50,000 on exterior improvements. The board voted Tuesday to accept a pr...
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County seeks long-term facility plans
By Carolina Brown 
March 17, 2022
Ouray County commissioners are expected to look for a consultant to develop a long-term facility-needs plan after they toured buildings and saw major problems with county Road and Bridge facilities an...
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Ridgway developer gets 7th extension
By Liz Teitz 
March 17, 2022
Ridgway Town Council voted to give a seventh twoyear extension to complete the Ridgway Industrial Park, where developers say they hope to begin work this month. Owner Glenn Pauls wrote to Town Adminis...
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State offering grants to reduce bear conflicts
By Mike Wiggins 
March 17, 2022
As bears begin their early spring emergence from hibernation on the Western Slope, Colorado Parks and Wildlife is offering up to $1 million in grants to help reduce conflicts between the animals and h...
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OURAY COUNTY AND CORONAVIRUS — A TIMELINE OF THE MAJOR MILESTONES OF THE LAST TWO YEARS
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OURAY COUNTY AND CORONAVIRUS — A TIMELINE OF THE MAJOR MILESTONES OF THE LAST TWO YEARS
By News Staff 
March 17, 2022
With this month marking the two-year anniversary of the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we thought it worthwhile to revisit noteable dates and events, turning points and landmarks as they occurred in...
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CALENDAR & EVENTS
By News Staff 
March 17, 2022
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Every Friday and Saturday morning at 9 a.m. and every Wednesday night at 5:30 p.m. at St. Daniel’s Church, 614 Fifth St., Ouray. Every Thursday and Sunday at 7 p.m. in the sanctu...
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THE PANDEMIC AT 2
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THE PANDEMIC AT 2
By Liz Teitz 
March 17, 2022
As he began a monthly multi-agency command meeting last week, Ouray County Emergency Manager Glenn Boyd paused before launching into the agenda. “March 5 marked our two-year anniversary of being invo...
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COVID: By the numbers
By News Staff 
March 17, 2022
Cases : 845 Hospitalizations : 23 Deaths among cases : 6 Outbreaks : 8 Vaccinations : 68.9% of residents 5 and older “fully vaccinated” (two Moderna or Pfizer or 1 Johnson and Johnson)
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
March 17, 2022
SILVERTON A movement continues to build in town to classify Silverton as a “Dark Sky Community.” Dark Sky sites signify that an area has either reduced or no light pollution from artificial lights, ei...
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County narrows plans for federal funds
By Liz Teitz 
March 17, 2022
Ouray County, which is set to receive almost $1 million from the American Rescue Plan Act, is planning to spend the first of those dollars on a fiber infrastructure project at the Land Use facility. A...
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Ouray ditches plan to install water meters
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Ouray ditches plan to install water meters
By Mike Wiggins 
March 9, 2022
The city of Ouray will abandon plans to purchase and install water meters throughout the city for the time being, citing the impending construction of new sewer and water treatment plants as greater p...
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Ridgway girls run down state title
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Ridgway girls run down state title
Young team blows past competition to hoist Class 2A cross country trophy
By By Matt Meyer Special to the Plaindealer 
November 5, 2025
There isn’t a perfect translation for “hill” in Chinese. That's something Natasha Hessler discovered when she arrived at the famous creek crossing during the Colorado State Cross Country Championship ...
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Underwood elected mayor
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ELECTION 2025
Underwood elected mayor
Hart joins council, which needs to fill two spots
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
November 5, 2025
Ouray City Councilor Michael Underwood won election to the mayor’s seat Tuesday night, succeeding on a campaign that emphasized fiscal conservatism and a vow to fix what he perceives as a disconnect b...
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Property tax hikes pass for cemetery, fire districts
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
November 5, 2025
Voters Tuesday night approved tax increases for the Cedar Hill Cemetery District and the Ouray Fire Protection District. A measure to increase the cemetery district’s mill levy from 0.33 mills to 1 mi...
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ELECTION 2025
Voters approve new county lodging tax
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
November 5, 2025
Voters in unincorporated Ouray County approved a new 6% lodging tax that is expected to provide more than $182,000 in additional funding during a tight 2026 budget year and into the future. The measur...
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ELECTION 2025
Fagrelius, Meruelo win school board seats
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
November 5, 2025
Ouray voters have chosen two former educators to join the Ouray School Board, according to unofficial results from Tuesday’s election. Three candidates competed for two open seats on the school board,...
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