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Mark R. Warren
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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
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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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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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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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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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