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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
December 16, 2021
GUNNISON The Gunnison Watershed School District has released a plan to drop its mask mandate that could make indoor masks voluntary in early 2022, if conditions are met. Developed with Gunnison County...
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Sex assault trial continued
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Sex assault trial continued
By Erin McIntyre 
December 16, 2021
A trial for a local businessman accused of sexual assault has been postponed again, extending the three-year-old case into 2022. The latest delay came after new details surfaced in the case, which ste...
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State requires schools to raise taxes
By Liz Teitz 
December 16, 2021
Both Ouray County school districts will be required by the state to begin increasing their mill levies annually for the next nine years under a mandate to reverse previous mill levy reductions. Ouray ...
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A SLICK PARTNERSHIP
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A SLICK PARTNERSHIP
By Mike Wiggins 
December 16, 2021
Brian Briggs remembers the Ouray Silver Mines’ relationship with local ice climbing guides being as cold as the sheets of frozen water that beckoned to climbers up County Road 361. Mine employees and...
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With trio of events, park poised for biggest season ever
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With trio of events, park poised for biggest season ever
By Mike Wiggins 
December 16, 2021
As far as beginnings go, it’s not how Peter O’Neil would have scripted it. High temperatures reaching the 50s and overnight lows hovering in the 30s deep into November in Ouray simply don’t allow for...
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Avalanche mitigation work to close U.S. 550 for several hours
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Avalanche mitigation work to close U.S. 550 for several hours
By News Staff 
December 10, 2021
Motorists brave enough to try to navigate U.S. Highway 550 over Red Mountain Pass today should expect several hours' worth of delays. The Colorado Department of Transportation announced just before 8 ...
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County to add 4 full-time employees in 2022
By Carolina Brown 
December 9, 2021
Ouray County will add four new full-time employees in 2022, in the annual budget approved unanimously by commissioners on Tuesday. With increased projected revenues from both property and sales taxes,...
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Ouray extends RV permit program
By Liz Teitz 
December 9, 2021
Ouray will continue to allow local workers to camp in recreational vehicles in the city through next November, though only one employer used the program last summer. The City Council voted unanimously...
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CALENDAR & EVENTS
By News Staff 
December 9, 2021
ART SHOW: Ouray County Community Art Show at the Ridgway Library during normal hours. Nov. 12 through Jan. 12. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Every Friday and Saturday morning at 9 a.m. and every Wednesday nig...
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Cost of new Ouray sewer plant surges
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Cost of new Ouray sewer plant surges
By Mike Wiggins 
December 9, 2021
A newly sworn-in and reconfigured Ouray City Council was immediately confronted with a sizable challenge Monday: the skyrocketing cost of the new wastewater treatment plant. City Administrator Silas ...
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Covid
COVID cases climb after holiday
By Liz Teitz 
December 9, 2021
After nearly a week with only one new COVID case, Ouray County reported eight new cases Monday, which Public Health Director Tanner Kingery attributed to Thanksgiving festivities. “This may be just th...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
December 9, 2021
GUNNISON Gunnison County commissioners plan to rely heavily on grant funding to take on 16 infrastructure projects in 2022, including the completion of a new terminal at the Gunnison-Crested Butte Air...
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State mental health safety net is ‘failing’ Coloradans
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State mental health safety net is ‘failing’ Coloradans
By Susan Greene 
December 9, 2021
Editor's note: The Ouray County Plaindealer is publishing this story about mental health issues as part of the Colorado News Collaborative, or COLab, the nonprofit that unites more than 160 communiti...
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Police: Man assaulted 2 officers
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Police: Man assaulted 2 officers
By Erin McIntyre 
December 1, 2021
Two law enforcement officers were assaulted on Thanksgiving by a transient who is accused of refusing to leave private property. Shaine Herrin, 31, was arrested after he attacked and injured Ouray Cou...
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Panel OKs Ridgway townhome project
By Liz Teitz 
December 1, 2021
The Ridgway Planning Commission voted Tuesday to recommend approval of six new townhouses on Charles Street after two lengthy discussions about design and density. The preliminary plat for the RidgSix...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
December 1, 2021
GUNNISON The results of a study commissioned by the Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport put numbers to the throne of Coloradans and Texans who come to the valley during peak tourist seasons. Using...
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Issues put chill on schools’ hot lunches
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Issues put chill on schools’ hot lunches
By Carolina Brown 
December 1, 2021
Hot lunches are on a bit of a hiatus at Ridgway schools and are likely going to be limited this semester. The district announced the hot lunch schedule changes to parents this week, letting families k...
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County regroups flawed fair board
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County regroups flawed fair board
By Erin Mcintyre And Carolina Brown 
December 1, 2021
Ouray County is hitting the reset button on its fair board, after years of dysfunction, state open meetings laws violations and noncompliance with state laws governing when county fairs can be held. C...
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New positions added to 2022 budget
By Carolina Brown 
December 1, 2021
The Board of County Commissioners met with County Administrator Connie Hunt last week to discuss their goals for 2022 as well as the draft budget. The budget is scheduled to be adopted at a hearing ne...
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Dog survives deer attack
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Dog survives deer attack
By Liz Teitz 
December 1, 2021
John Randolph will never forget the sound. Just minutes after letting his dogs out into the yard in Ridgway on the morning of Nov. 23, he heard Moses, the 3-year-old chocolate lab, wailing in pain. “...
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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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