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Animal medical program aims to grow
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Animal medical program aims to grow
By Erin McIntyre 
March 28, 2022
As soon as they emptied the can of fish on the ground, Lisa Knight saw the cats pouring out from under the double wide trailer. "There must have been 50 of them," she said. She grabbed five kittens th...
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Ouray tax revenue off to strong start
By Mike Wiggins 
March 28, 2022
Coming off back-to-back record years of sales and lodging tax revenue, the city of Ouray is off to a strong economic start in 2022, which includes receipts from the new excise tax on short-term rental...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
March 28, 2022
SILVERTON Congratulations to Tyler George, Dayna Kranker and Jeff Davis on their new roles as trustees on Silverton’s Town Board. Because there were no write-in candidates submitted by the deadline on...
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Brewery owner latest to convert lodging into housing
By Liz Teitz 
March 28, 2022
Erin Eddy hasn’t hidden his frustration with Ouray’s shortage of affordable housing. Last summer, he took to social media and posted a sign outside the Ouray Brewery, attributing the restaurant’s shor...
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CALENDAR & EVENTS
By News Staff 
March 28, 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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ALWAYS ON THE MOVE
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ALWAYS ON THE MOVE
By Liz Teitz 
March 28, 2022
Editor's note:  This is the fourth profile in an occasional series highlighting those in Ouray County who are struggling to find housing, living in unusual situations or trying to solve the housing pr...
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City to revise accessory dwelling unit rules
By Liz Teitz 
March 28, 2022
The Ouray City Council and Planning Commission plan to revise their accessory dwelling unit regulations, removing two requirements in the hopes of encouraging more people to build the units for long-t...
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Halt on marijuana grows to be extended
By Carolina Brown 
March 23, 2022
Ouray County commissioners plan to extend a moratorium on new marijuana cultivation licenses in the county for another six months after their fourth work session on reworking the county’s marijuana or...
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State of the River offers mixed outlook
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State of the River offers mixed outlook
By Mike Wiggins 
March 23, 2022
An above-average snowpack so far this winter is good news for water users in the Gunnison River Basin, but area reservoir levels are expected to remain well below average into the summer and the long-...
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Ouray OKs loan, rate hike for new sewer plant
By Mike Wiggins 
March 23, 2022
The city of Ouray has been approved for a loan of up to $18.5 million to pay for the construction of a new wastewater treatment plant, even as officials acknowledged the loan amount and potential inte...
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CALENDAR & EVENTS
By News Staff 
March 23, 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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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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Helping the helpers: The anatomy of a complex rescue
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Helping the helpers: The anatomy of a complex rescue
Volunteers saved an 11-year-old girl from the bottom of a cliff thanks largely to the skills of Mike Gibbs, who's made a career out of training rescuers
By By Nancy Lofholm Special to the Plaindealer 
February 18, 2026
It took Mike Gibbs all of five seconds on that morning in early August to figure out it was time to execute one of the world’s most complicated rope rescues. A car had tumbled 320 feet off the edge of...
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Bills to give reservoir to Ouray debut in Congress
Administrator: City can afford repair expenses, which are still unknown
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
February 18, 2026
U.S. House and Senate bills to transfer ownership of Crystal Reservoir from the U.S. Forest Service to the city of Ouray made it to subcommittee hearings in Washington, D.C. last week. Both bills are ...
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County spurns prairie dog control request
Commissioners say they're unwilling, unable to adopt restrictions; resident withdraws lawsuit threat
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
February 18, 2026
Ouray County leaders last week snuffed a resident’s request to require property owners to control prairie dogs, citing a legal inability and unwillingness to do so. At the start of a Feb. 11 work sess...
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Local Briefs
Ridgway awards visitor services contract to chamber
February 18, 2026
Ridgway will hire the Ridgway Area Chamber of Commerce for $33,824 per year to support town marketing efforts. “RACC expressed confidence in its ability to execute the scope of work, based on many yea...
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Town approves measures to boost housing affordability
By Deb Hurley Brobst Special to the Plaindealer 
February 18, 2026
The Ridgway Town Council approved three measures at its meeting on Feb. 11 to boost affordable housing in the town. Ridgway applying for ADU grant Ridgway is applying for a grant that will allow it to...
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