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Doug Macfarlane
Obituaries
Doug Macfarlane
By News Staff 
August 4, 2022
Doug Macfarlane went to be with Jesus on July 22, 2022 at the age of 63 while surrounded by his family in his lovingly designed home. He is finally able to rest after several years fighting with stren...
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Betsy Backo-Pyeatte
By News Staff 
July 7, 2022
Betsy Backo-Pyeatte unexpectedly gave up her earthly tethers on Friday, June 24 while sharing the splendor of SW Colorado with family. Betsy “Boopy” was a force to be reckoned with; an artist, master ...
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Sue Ann Schlosser
Obituaries
Sue Ann Schlosser
By News Staff 
July 7, 2022
Sue Ann (McMahan) Schlosser passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by family on June 24th, 2022. Sue was born to John and Helen McMahan on November 3rd, 1937 in the Ouray Hospital (now the Ouray C...
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Nancy Schroeder Liggett
Obituaries
Nancy Schroeder Liggett
By News Staff 
June 30, 2022
Nancy Schroeder Liggett, 79, passed away on June 10, 2022, in Louisville, Colo. Nancy Anne Schroeder was the oldest child of Walter and Leora (Coleman) Schroeder. She was born May 16, 1943, in Fremont...
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Robert Ellis Luttrell
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Robert Ellis Luttrell
By News Staff 
June 23, 2022
Robert (Bob) Ellis Luttrell born November 27, 1927, in Urbana, Illinois to Lloyd Luttrell and Rachel Weaver, peacefully passed away at his home in Palm Harbor, Florida, on June 3rd, leaving behind his...
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Kenneth Guy McKenzie
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Kenneth Guy McKenzie
By News Staff 
June 9, 2022
Kenneth Guy McKenzie, born July 24, 1927, passed away at his home in Ouray, Colorado, on January 12, 2022 at the age of 94 years. Ken was proceeded in death by his wife Claire Davis McKenzie, his fath...
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Sally Swartz
By News Staff 
June 9, 2022
Sara Helen Swartz (Sally) passed away on May 23rd after a spirited, joyful, and purposeful life. Sally is survived by her husband of nearly 60 years, Don, sons Andy and Keith, daughters-in-law Janna a...
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Vernon Floyd Hudson
Obituaries
Vernon Floyd Hudson
By News Staff 
June 2, 2022
A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, June 18, 2022, 11:00 A.M. at the Ranch in Ridgway. Please join us with your memories and stories. Please plan to be our guests at the lunch served after...
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Bill Halasz
Obituaries
Bill Halasz
By News Staff 
June 2, 2022
William Richard Halasz, born March 29, 1925, in Chicago, passed away at home in Dallas on May 14. Bill spent all of his 97 years cultivating a spirit of independence, borne from necessity during the G...
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Raima Ann Chalmers
Obituaries
Raima Ann Chalmers
By News Staff 
May 26, 2022
Well-known Tucson artist, dancer, architectural designer, historical restorer, and mother passes away at 83. Raima Ann Chalmers (Wiper) passed away in late April 2022 in Tucson, AZ. Raima is survived ...
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Charlotte Kay Bradburn
Obituaries
Charlotte Kay Bradburn
By News Staff 
May 12, 2022
Charlotte Kay Bradburn was a caring wife, Mother, Grandmother, and friend. She left this world on May 5th at the young age of 63. The battle with Alzheimer’s and Dementia is finally over. She was born...
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John Alton Malone Jr.
Obituaries
John Alton Malone Jr.
By News Staff 
May 5, 2022
John Alton Malone Jr. was born to John and Ava Malone on August 2, 1940 and raised on a working ranch in Tarkington, Texas. He was the youngest of three children. After graduating from Tarkington High...
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Everett Hess
By News Staff 
April 27, 2022
Many knew him as Everett, but to us, he was dad. On April 13, 2022, sadly, we all said goodbye to him. Although we say goodbye to his person, his legacy is one not soon forgotten. Everett Lynn Hess Jr...
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John Lesnefsky Jr.
Obituaries
John Lesnefsky Jr.
By News Staff 
April 27, 2022
John Lesnefsky, Jr., a long time resident of Ouray and Montrose, Colorado, passed away on April 11, 2022 at St. Anthony’s North Hospital in Westminster, Colorado at the age of 79. He is survived by hi...
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Mark R. Warren
Obituaries
Mark R. Warren
By News Staff 
April 21, 2022
Mark Richard Warren was born in Coeur d ‘Alene, Idaho on March 9, 1958 to Richard Lavern Warren and Della Melissa (Hutson) Warren. He was one of three children with one older sister and one younger br...
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Thomas N. Hollenbeck
Obituaries
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
Obituaries
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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Obituaries
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
Obituaries
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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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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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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