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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
October 7, 2021
GUNNISON Gunnison County commissioners have intervened to save Gunnison’s newest childhood education center from closure, granting the school $60,000 in COVID relief funds. The nonprofit Wonderland Na...
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County appoints planning commissioner
By Carolina Brown 
October 7, 2021
The Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously on Tuesday to appoint Andrea Sokolowski to fill a vacancy on the Planning Commission left by former Chairwoman Sheelagh Williams. Sokolowski has liv...
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Ouray eyes business registration program
By Mike Wiggins 
October 7, 2021
The city of Ouray intends to create a business registration program aimed at ensuring better communication and keeping business owners apprised of health and safety incidents and emergencies. The prog...
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Covid
Youth account for half of new COVID cases in county
By Liz Teitz 
October 7, 2021
Ouray County has reported 17 new COVID cases in the last 10 days, half of whom were children and teenagers. Public Health Director Tanner Kingery said many of the cases are members of the same househo...
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Council reverses course, won’t grant exemption for 4 short-term rentals
By Mike Wiggins 
October 7, 2021
A week after indicating they would consider approving shortterm rental licenses for four homes still under construction, the Ouray City Council reversed course Monday, saying granting an exemption to ...
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A HART FOR GOLF
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A HART FOR GOLF
By News Staff 
October 7, 2021
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Water users may be paid to consume less
By Heather Sackett 
October 7, 2021
The Colorado River Water Conservation District staff plans to present its own framework for a water-savings plan — separate from one the state of Colorado is developing — at its October board meeting....
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POLICE LOG
By News Staff 
October 7, 2021
The following is an excerpt of cases handled by the Ouray County Sheriff's Office from Sept. 27-Oct. 3: SEPT. 27 Deputy responded to the 1200 block of Catamount Drive for an alarm. Deputy responded to...
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San Juan County still has COVID outbreaks, despite 99.9% vaccination rate
Covid
San Juan County still has COVID outbreaks, despite 99.9% vaccination rate
By News Staff 
October 1, 2021
By  Rae Ellen Bichell San Juan County, Colorado, can boast that 99.9% of its eligible population has received at least one dose of covid-19 vaccine, putting it in the top 10 counties in the nation,  a...
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Town toasts Space to Create construction
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Town toasts Space to Create construction
By Liz Teitz 
September 30, 2021
More than five years after the town of Ridgway was selected by the state for an affordable housing project, current and past town leaders and state officials gathered for a toast to celebrate long-awa...
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SILVERTON
By News Staff 
September 30, 2021
A Durango-based company called Farm to Table Composting presented a proposal to the town board of trustees for bringing their services to Silverton. They would come up once a week and collect compost ...
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CALENDAR & EVENTS
By News Staff 
September 30, 2021
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Every Friday and Saturday morning at 9 and every Tuesday and Wednesday night at 7 at St. Daniel’s Church, 614 Fifth St., Ouray. Every Thursday and Sunday at 7 p.m. in the sanctua...
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GUNNISON
By News Staff 
September 30, 2021
After weeks of meetings, public hearings and staff review, the Gunnison County commissioners voted unanimously on Tuesday to amend the land use resolution, changing the review and approval process for...
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Deed-restricted housing proceeds
By Liz Teitz 
September 30, 2021
The Ridgway Planning Commission voted Tuesday to approve a sketch plan for the Telluride Foundation’s proposal to build “Yellow Brick Lane,” a development of 14 deed-restricted homes. The decision cle...
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Ouray may grant exemption to planned rentals
By Mike Wiggins 
September 30, 2021
The Ouray City Council appears ready to process applications for short-term rental licenses from four property owners whose homes are still under construction, providing an exemption to a new set of p...
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Answers sought in accidents that killed four horses
By Erin McIntyre 
September 30, 2021
Investigators are continuing to look into a gruesome accident on U.S. Highway 550 that involved two separate vehicles and killed four horses last week. The first accident happened around 5 a.m., when ...
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Planning Commission ready to tackle master plan
By Carolina Brown 
September 30, 2021
The county's Planning Commission will focus on updating the master plan, originally written in the 1980s and not updated since 1999. Commissioners and members of the Planning Commission held a joint m...
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RISE AND SHINE
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RISE AND SHINE
By News Staff 
September 30, 2021
The San Juans are alive with fall colors, including this stretch along the Million Dollar Highway south of Ouray. This photo was taken on Sept. 27 by local photographer Mike Boruta. The area along Red...
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LAKE CITY
By News Staff 
September 30, 2021
Low stream flow in the Lake Fork River below Lake San Cristobal has prompted partial release of an in-stream water right from the lake, which is controlled by the Colorado Water Conservation Board. At...
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Horses killed in pickup, ambulance crashes on Highway 550
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Horses killed in pickup, ambulance crashes on Highway 550
By News Staff 
September 23, 2021
Four horses were killed in two separate accidents on Highway 550 this morning, near Cutler Creek just west of mile marker 99. The crash happened around 5 a.m. near the turnoff for the KOA, near the Ce...
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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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