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David M. Drayer
By News Staff 
October 7, 2021
David M. Drayer, 80, of Indianapolis, passed away on September 23, 2021, with his loving family by his side. Born January 14, 1941 in Akron, Ohio, he was the third of four children of Harold T., Sr an...
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Peter Klein
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Peter Klein
By News Staff 
September 22, 2021
Peter Klein (Pete) was born on June 9th, 1942, in Linton, North Dakota. He spent his early years on a ranch outside of Linton, and later moved into town. Pete passed away on September 18th at Hope Wes...
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Maximus Paul Schuetz
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Maximus Paul Schuetz
By News Staff 
September 15, 2021
Maximus passed at the age of 17, peacefully at home, Montrose, CO, from Treatment-Induced Glioblastoma after battling Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia since the age of 22 months. He is survived by his mot...
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Kenneth R. Wyrick
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Kenneth R. Wyrick
By News Staff 
September 15, 2021
Kenneth R. Wyrick, was born February 9, 1944 to John-Duke and Lilly Carlene Wyrick in Mercedes, Texas. Ken passed peacefully at home on September 5, 2021. He faced his death as fearlessly as he led hi...
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Gary C. Wenande
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Gary C. Wenande
By News Staff 
August 18, 2021
Gary was born on February 24, 1939, in Mitchell, South Dakota to John P. and Ann Wenande. He graduated from the University of South Dakota and proudly served in the United States Army and the Minnesot...
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Steven J. Svaldi
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Steven J. Svaldi
By News Staff 
August 18, 2021
Steve was born in Ouray, Colorado to John and Betti Svaldi. He graduated class of 1970 from Ouray High School. He followed in his father's footsteps working in the mines and mills around Colorado. He ...
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James Evan Petersen
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James Evan Petersen
By News Staff 
August 11, 2021
James Evan Petersen died Tuesday, July 27, 2021 in Montrose, CO surrounded by his family. Jim was born October 26, 1928 to Evan and Pearl Wright Petersen in Las Animas, CO. After graduating from Bent ...
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Priscilla Ely Warren
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Priscilla Ely Warren
By News Staff 
August 4, 2021
Born in San Mateo, California, Priscilla worked in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, setting chokers for a logging company and serving as a firefighter there. She moved to Silverton, Colorado, in 1978 wher...
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Harry Raymond Noland
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Harry Raymond Noland
By News Staff 
August 4, 2021
Harry was born October 24, 1972, to Bill and Marilyn Noland of Ridgway, Colorado where he was raised. He loved the outdoors and enjoyed living and working on Pleasant Valley Ranch and hunting and fish...
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Nancy Lorraine Borman
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Nancy Lorraine Borman
By News Staff 
July 28, 2021
Nancy Lorraine (Lahvic) Borman (age 83) of Montrose, CO passed away peacefully at home July 18, 2021. She is survived by her husband Tom; daughters Kay (Scott) Arbough of Castle Rock, CO and Lisa (Ken...
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Jack Eugene Clark Sr.
By News Staff 
July 21, 2021
Jack Eugene Clark Sr. Born November 20, 1925, passed away at his home in Ouray, Colorado, on July 8th, 2021 at the age of 95 years. Jack was proceeded in death by his father Lister F. Clark and mother...
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H. Daryl Klein
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H. Daryl Klein
By News Staff 
July 21, 2021
H. Daryl Klein was a Dust Bowl baby, born July 17, 1930. His family farmed in eastern Colorado until he was 5. After years of drought, a bank failure, where they lost all their savings, and the other ...
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Paul Nicholas McElrea
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Paul Nicholas McElrea
By News Staff 
July 15, 2021
Paul Nicholas McElrea was born on February 4, 1969 in Christchurch, New Zealand. He was the eldest of three sons of Richard and Rosemary McElrea. Tragically he was found deceased on July 7, 2021, at a...
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Richard B. Zortman
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Richard B. Zortman
By News Staff 
July 1, 2021
Richard was born to Horace E. and Gretta (Bethel) Zortman in Fowler, Kansas on July 26, 1938. He died suddenly and unexpectedly in Denver, Colorado on June 19, 2021. In 1986 he married his wife of thi...
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Wayne M. Nash
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Wayne M. Nash
By News Staff 
June 16, 2021
Wayne Morris Nash was born on July 1, 1925 to Walter H. and Alta (Chambers) Nash in Red Wing, Minnesota. Wayne attended public schools in Red Wing, graduating in 1943. His love of sports developed in ...
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Ralph Lowery
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Ralph Lowery
By News Staff 
June 10, 2021
Ralph Lowery, 58, of Ridgway, CO passed away unexpectedly May 28th, 2021. He was born in 1962 in Montrose, CO to Lester and Delphane Lowery. As a boy, he could be found playing in the dirt with his tr...
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Larry Fredrick Falk
By News Staff 
May 26, 2021
Larry Fredrick Falk of Ridgway died peacefully on April 27, after a brief illness. Larry was born on Feb. 8, 1949 in Dearborn, MI, the only child of Ernest Falk Jr. and Joyce Howard. He spent the firs...
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CELEBRATION OF LIFE
By News Staff 
May 19, 2021
Dec. 11, 1920-Dec. 14, 2020 Elaine Kessler went to be with the Lord on Dec. 14, 2020. We will celebrate her life on May 24 at the Ouray Christian Fellowship church at 10:00 o'clock. Following the serv...
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Thomas David Griffiths
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Thomas David Griffiths
By News Staff 
April 28, 2021
Thomas David Griffiths, 77, of Johnstown died on January 15, 2021, at the Hillcrest Assisted Living Center in Loveland. He was born in an Army hospital on September 12, 1943, in Washington D.C. to Tho...
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Jeff Norman
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Jeff Norman
By News Staff 
April 28, 2021
I remember when my dad taught me how to ski, when I was maybe four years old. My mother was a ski instructor, and so she tried to teach me using the “correct” methods, using “pizza, french fries,” etc...
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After hiatus, a rally for high school baseball in Ridgway
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After hiatus, a rally for high school baseball in Ridgway
Sporting nearly 30-year-old jerseys, pilot junior varsity team takes field, aims for long-term viability through fundraising
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
April 15, 2026
Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect when Ridgway School District last had a baseball team, given updated information provided by Ouray County Baseball after the story was published. ...
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Zero-waste policy draws public fire
Council tables proposal for compostable, recyclable materials over concerns from business owners, community groups
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
April 15, 2026
Ridgway town councilors tabled a draft “zero-waste” policy for events on town property after public backlash about how the rules would impact business owners and community groups. The proposal discuss...
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Administrator sought info backing chief decision
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Administrator sought info backing chief decision
Records: Officers concerned about training
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
April 15, 2026
Ouray City Administrator Michelle Metteer sought input from neighboring law enforcement agencies about how they conduct background checks — after she decided not to hire Daric Harvey as the permanent ...
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Track and field returns to Grand Junction
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Track and field returns to Grand Junction
April 15, 2026
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County renews water lease for fourth year
By LIA SALVATIERRA 
April 15, 2026
Ouray County commissioners signed off on an agreement Tuesday to lease and help pay for backup water to support the county’s irrigators for a fourth year. The lease secures a 2021 no-call agreement be...
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