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Ouray’s new top cop promises integrity, accountability and transparency
Daric Harvey retired from law enforcement in 2020 after three trying years of rebuilding the Cañon City Police Department. But he took quickly to Ouray when he was a finalist for the Ouray city administrator job last fall, then took up City Administrator Michelle Metteer's offer to become the interim police chief. In just a month he's already implemented a series of changes. Erin McIntyre — Ouray County Plaindealer
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By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com on April 9, 2025
Ouray’s new top cop promises integrity, accountability and transparency

For more than a year, Ouray’s search for a police officer proved fruitless, yielding only the same copy-and-paste monthly update to the City Council — the police department was still seeking a full-time officer and advertising the job on the same social media channels and websites.

Deportation fears add to resort workers’ mental health problems
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Deportation fears add to resort workers’ mental health problems
By By Natalie Skowlund KFF Health News 
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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Uncertainty over federal cuts remains
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
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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Ridgway, landowner battle over property
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Ridgway, landowner battle over property
Town seeks condemnation for walking path; owner insists no public benefit
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
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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Public health sounds alarm on measles
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Public health sounds alarm on measles
Director flags falsehoods about virus, cites concern about low preschool vaccination rate
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
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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City wades into mobile home deed restrictions
Rules meant to keep Swiss Village affordable after sale
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
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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Ouray man suspected of vandalizing restaurant
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Ouray man suspected of vandalizing restaurant
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
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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County plots next manager hiring steps
Commissioners to tap consulting firm, hope to employ new executive within six months
By Deb Hurley Brobst Special to the Plaindealer 
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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Mixed reviews, votes for proposed guest ranch
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
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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Sharing between soccer, track breeds success
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PREP ROUNDUP
Sharing between soccer, track breeds success
By By Matt Meyer Special to the Plaindealer 
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...
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CALENDAR & EVENTS
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April 17 - 30, 2025
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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...
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Padgett needs to pay for her own attorney
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...
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