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The man behind the tower
Erin McIntyre — Ouray County Plaindealer Marcus Garcia works Tuesday morning on the 32-foot tower ice climbers will scale during this weekend's Ouray Ice Festival. The Durango man will create two routes for the festival, but competitors won't know the official competition route looks like until right before they climb on Saturday.
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By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com on January 22, 2025
The man behind the tower
Marcus Garcia's 'artwork' serves as focal point of Ice Fest competition

It peers out from the Uncompahgre Gorge like a swan with a body of rock and ice, daring climbers to reach its head.

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Ouray to take over via ferrata
Nonpro_it to transition out of management, as guides, users hail move
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
January 22, 2025
The city of Ouray is expected to take charge of the operations of the Ouray Via Ferrata within the next year, overseeing an outdoor attraction that has simultaneously surged in popularity and stirred ...
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Legislators to back K-12 funding, rural values
Suckla seeks to equalize state funding; Simpson wants to bolster prosecutor fellowship program
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
January 22, 2025
Ouray County’s state legislators are looking to fast-track state funds into local coffers, help staff district attorneys’ offices and uphold the state’s commitment to fully fund K-12 education in the ...
Choice for Ouray police chief narrows to pair
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Choice for Ouray police chief narrows to pair
Bay_ield police chief no longer in consideration, leaving Delta sergeant Furstenfeld, Montrose commander Valerio
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
January 22, 2025
The search for Ouray’s new police chief has narrowed to two candidates whose careers have placed them in the closest proximity to the city. With input from incoming City Administrator Michelle Metteer...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Despite headlines, my mother deserves love and support
January 22, 2025
Dear Editor: I write this letter not to you, but to my mother, Lynn Padgett. One of my earliest memories is holding her hand as we walked through Ouray, knocking on doors and meeting residents. I didn...
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Snowpack near average despite warmth
Forecast for Colorado River, strained by low _lows for decades, looks like more of the same
By Shannon Mullane The Colorado Sun 
January 22, 2025
Colorado’s mountain snowpack is hovering around average so far this winter despite flatlining snowfall in December. While winter recreationists might watch the buildup of snow in Colorado’s mountains ...
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ICE FEST TURNS 30
Weekend event packs in film screening, conversation with founders, clinics, climbing competition
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
January 22, 2025
Ouray Ice Park’s 30th Ice Festival doubles as a four-day long birthday party that is equal parts celebration and reflection of three decades as a keystone of Ouray winter. “There's going to be an ener...
Looking Back
OURAY COUNTY
LOOKING BACK
40 YEARS AGO
January 22, 2025
January 24, 1975 – Most of the threehour meeting of the Ouray City Council Monday night was concerning garbage and the new two-hour parking restrictions on Main Street. About 20 citizens of this commu...
Rose Ellena Widegren
Obituaries
Rose Ellena Widegren
January 22, 2025
January 25, 1946-January 19, 2025 Rose Widegren was born in the doctor's office in Hotchkiss, Colorado, on Jan. 25, 1946. She was the third of five children born to her mother, Agnes Egger Welch, and ...
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CALENDAR & EVENTS THURSDAY, JANUARY 23
CALENDAR & EVENTS
FRIDAY JANUARY 24
January 22, 2025
SPECIAL EVENT: IGNITE Talks. 6:30 p.m. at The Sherbino, 604 Clinton St., Ridgway. Entry by donation. More info at sherbino.org. BOOK CLUB: "Good Material" discussion from 5-6 p.m. at the Ouray Public ...
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