Ouray County Emergency Manager Glenn Boyd and Ouray County Public Health Director Tanner Kingery talk logistics at the fairgrounds in December. Photo by Liz Teitz.
Covid
THE POWER OF TWO
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April 16, 2025
SILVERTHORNE — When Adolfo Román García-Ramírez walks home in the evening from his shift at a grocery store in this central Colorado mountain town, sometimes he thinks back on his childhood in Nicarag...
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April 16, 2025
Federal funding slashes and freezes may mean emptier food pantry shelves, fewer library resources and cuts to public health, emergency management and environmental projects in Ouray County. The Trump ...
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Town seeks condemnation for walking path; owner insists no public benefit
April 16, 2025
The landowner who fenced his property and put up “no trespassing” signs to keep children from cutting through his River Park lot to get to school is fighting the town of Ridgway's attempt to condemn t...
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Director flags falsehoods about virus, cites concern about low preschool vaccination rate
April 16, 2025
As measles cases continue to crop up in Colorado, Ouray County Public Health Director Kristin Kelley is encouraging residents to vaccinate against the highly contagious disease, especially at the Ridg...
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Rules meant to keep Swiss Village affordable after sale
April 16, 2025
Ouray city councilors are beginning to sort through a package of deed restrictions intended to maintain Swiss Village Mobile Home Park as affordable housing after its residents purchase the property l...
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April 16, 2025
A Ouray man was arrested last weekend after he allegedly broke out a window at the Outlaw Restaurant. William Kropuenske, 33, was booked into the Montrose County Jail on suspicion of felony criminal m...
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Commissioners to tap consulting firm, hope to employ new executive within six months
April 16, 2025
Ouray County commissioners hope to hire a county manager in the next six months by using a similar process the city of Ouray used to hire its city administrator. The first step, they decided at a work...
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April 16, 2025
Editor's note: This story has been corrected to correctly attribute comments about property taxation made by Gold Mountain Ranch Operations Manager Keller Herrin. ____________ A proposed guest ranch w...
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PREP ROUNDUP
April 16, 2025
It can be difficult for a coach not to oversee every aspect of an athlete’s training or competition during a given season. It’s also rough to juggle scheduling conflicts when an athlete competes in mu...
Calendar & Events
April 17 - 30, 2025
April 16, 2025
THURSDAY APRIL 17 LIVE MUSIC: Golden Shoals, 7:30 p.m. at The Sherbino, 604 Clinton St. in Ridgway. $15 advance tickets at sherbino.org, $20 day of show. SEWING CLASS: Free basic sewing class from 1-3...
Letters, Opinion...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
April 16, 2025
Dear Editor: At their April 22 meeting, the Ouray County commissioners will be deciding to approve or deny a request from Commissioner Lynn Padgett to pay her personal attorney fee of approximately $1...
