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Thomas N. Hollenbeck
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Thomas N. Hollenbeck
By News Staff 
April 21, 2022
Thomas Neal Hollenbeck was born on May 26, 1957 to Neal and Winnie Hollenbeck in Pocatello, Idaho. The family moved several times due to Neal’s employment with Mountain Bell, but eventually settled in...
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Lt. Col. Melvin Dunn
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Lt. Col. Melvin Dunn
By News Staff 
April 13, 2022
Lt. Col. Melvin E. Dunn was born in 1923 in Fremont, Nebraska. Part of his early life was spent in Father Flanagan’s Boys Town in Omaha, Nebraska. Upon graduating from high school Mel and his classmat...
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Christopher David Blair
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Christopher David Blair
By News Staff 
April 7, 2022
Christopher David Blair, 77, passed away peacefully with his family by his side on March 8, 2022. He was born in Seattle, Washington to Leon Blair and Mary Birchfield and was raised by his father and ...
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Jack Miller
By News Staff 
March 9, 2022
E. Jack Miller, a man who loved high mountains and deep fjords, passed away on March 1 in a hospital in Montrose, Colorado, of injuries suffered in an auto accident the week before. He was 83. Miller ...
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David Roland Hinkson
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David Roland Hinkson
By News Staff 
February 24, 2022
David, 65, died on February 4, 2022, to cancer at a Duke University Hospital. He was born on July 18, 1956, in Artesia, California. The son of Roland Cecil and Faye (Kartchner) Hinkson. David went to ...
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Lynne LaCorte
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Lynne LaCorte
By News Staff 
February 24, 2022
Longtime local Lynne LaCorte passed away late Friday night, Feb. 11, due to massive heart complications. She was 70 years old and survived by her two wonderful sons, Luke and Paul. She was a devoted p...
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Lydia Trujillo
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Lydia Trujillo
By News Staff 
February 24, 2022
Lydia Trujillo of Ouray, Colorado, passed away on February 19th in her home surrounded by her children and many members of their families. She was 94 years old. Lydia was born in Abiquiu, New Mexico, ...
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Gwen T. M. Serra
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Gwen T. M. Serra
By News Staff 
February 3, 2022
Gwendolyn Theresa Marie Serra passed away on Tuesday, January 25, 2022, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction after a long battle with Calciphylaxis and kidney disease. Gwen was born August 21, 19...
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Claudia Mae Brummett
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Claudia Mae Brummett
By News Staff 
January 13, 2022
Born on February 28, 1927 in Amarillo, Texas to Mae Kight Brummett and Claude Brummett, Claudia died peacefully at home surrounded by loved ones on Jan 4, 2022 in Colleyville, TX. Viewing will be at B...
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Michael Ott
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Michael Ott
By News Staff 
January 13, 2022
Rode his 'police edition" big white Harley through the pearly gates of heaven on Dec. 27, 2021. His adventurous and free spirit will ride on. The Bavarian ski legend will be greatly missed by many wor...
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Eleanor M. Leeper
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Eleanor M. Leeper
By News Staff 
January 6, 2022
Eleanor Mae Leeper, 95, died of heart failure at her son’s home in Montrose, Colorado. She was the daughter of Lelia and Oscar Linn in Canton, IL. She graduated from Canton High School and attended Kn...
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David W. Gillis
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David W. Gillis
By News Staff 
December 9, 2021
David was born in Miami, Florida, the second of six siblings. He graduated from Florida International University in Miami with a degree in accounting in 1984. David and Sara Sharpe were married in 198...
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Craig F. Schneider
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Craig F. Schneider
By News Staff 
December 9, 2021
Craig F. Schneider, age 73, passed away on November 25th in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was born on February 18th, 1948 to Francis and Lillian Schneider and is survived by his two sons, Henry and Peter Sc...
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Steve “Parky” Parkinson
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Steve “Parky” Parkinson
By News Staff 
December 1, 2021
Steve “Parky” Parkinson, of Ridgway, passed away with his family beside him on November 9, 2021 at the age of 67 after tenaciously fighting metastatic prostate cancer for four and a half years. He wil...
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Kaye Don Lathrop
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Kaye Don Lathrop
By News Staff 
November 24, 2021
Kaye was born in Bryan, Ohio and grew up in Macomb, Illinois. He attended West Point Military Academy, graduating in 1955. He and Judith Green met while he was at West Point and she at Vassar College ...
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Obituaries
Dennis William O’Leary
By News Staff 
November 18, 2021
Dennis O’Leary of Ouray, Colorado passed away suddenly on October 27 at Montrose Memorial Hospital. He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts to William and Gladys O’Leary and is survived by his loving ...
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Ester Montonati Oct. 11, 1938-Nov. 1, 2021 / Romana Hibbs Nov. 18, 1942-Nov. 4, 2021
By News Staff 
November 11, 2021
Both Ester and Romana were born in Regnana, Italy, to Dominico and Clementina (Mattivi) Groff. After immigrating to the United States, they joined their father in Silverton, Colorado. There they grew ...
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William “Bill” Stark Jr.
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William “Bill” Stark Jr.
By News Staff 
November 11, 2021
William “Bill” Stark, Jr. passed onward in Colorado Springs on Monday, November 1st of complications from cancer. He was surrounded by loving family members. Bill was born and raised in Ouray, Colorad...
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Obituaries
Vernon Floyd Hudson
By News Staff 
November 11, 2021
Vernon Floyd Hudson, 86, of Ridgway, Colorado, passed away peacefully with his family by his side October 28, 2021. Vernon was born October 29, 1934, in Wheatland, Wyoming, to Floyd and Vesta Hudson. ...
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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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Accident closes U.S. Highway 550
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Accident closes U.S. Highway 550
Alternate route is County Road 1
By Erin 
August 1, 2025
A single vehicle rollover accident involving a truck and a trailer has shut down U.S. Highway 550 at mile marker 114, near Billy Creek State Wildllife Area north of Ridgway. Both lanes of the highway ...
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Ouray County included in potential wolf release area, county’s $50,000 Swiss Village contribution pending deed restrictions 
By LIA SALVATIERRA 
July 30, 2025
Ouray County included in potential wolf release area Ouray County could be selected for the state's next site for wolf reintroduction, according to an update from Colorado Parks and Wildlife given to ...
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Bill drafted to cede reservoir
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Bill drafted to cede reservoir
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
July 30, 2025
Federal lawmakers are working on legislation to transfer Crystal Reservoir to the city of Ouray. The city received a draft of incomplete, boilerplate legislation last month that would grant it ownersh...
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Perfect swarm forms near state park
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Perfect swarm forms near state park
Skipped spring mosquito treatment triggers complaints about pests
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
July 30, 2025
Complaints about increased mosquito activity near Ridgway State Park have prompted officials to ask what happened with preventative treatments, which usually happen in the spring and curb the populati...
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Town wins condemnation case
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Town wins condemnation case
Judge: Ridgway proved trail 'serves a legitimate public purpose,' will pay property owner $45,000
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
July 30, 2025
The town of Ridgway will be allowed to condemn private property to build a trail from the River Park subdivision to Ridgway Secondary School. According to an order from Seventh Judicial Chief District...
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