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Sauvage Spectrum closes Ouray tasting room
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Sauvage Spectrum closes Ouray tasting room
Ouray's first wine-tasting room will close at the end of this month, bringing an experiment to a close on Main Street. In July 2022, Sauvage Spectrum ...
September 25, 2024
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Town rejects higher sale price for home
The Ridgway Town Council has rejected a request from a Wetterhorn affordable housing project homeowner to sell her home for more than the allowed sale...
September 18, 2024
Blue Lakes to adopt permit system
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Blue Lakes to adopt permit system
A permit system is coming as soon as next year for those who want to hike to the Blue Lakes southwest of Ridgway, now that the U.S. Forest Service has...
September 11, 2024
Ex-police chief to sue Ouray
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Ex-police chief to sue Ouray
Former Ouray Police Chief Jeff Wood plans to sue the city of Ouray, alleging city leaders violated Wood’s constitutional rights when then-City Adminis...
September 4, 2024
Buck up: Ouray County Rodeo returns Monday
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Buck up: Ouray County Rodeo returns Monday
Erin Stadelman is usually the one bringing up the end of the Labor Day rodeo parade, making sure errant swag gets picked up off the road and a lost ce...
August 28, 2024
Ridgway dentist hangs up his drill
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Ridgway dentist hangs up his drill
More than 17 years ago, Dr. Michael Thomas came from the Front Range to Ridgway to get out of the rat race. He and his wife, Darcy, bought a small pra...
August 28, 2024
New owners to captain Clipper Inn
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New owners to captain Clipper Inn
Page Cokinos' first impression of Ouray came on a trip with a friend back in 2018, on a trip in an Airstream trailer.They were driving to Telluride bu...
August 28, 2024
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Padgett asks county to pay legal fees
By LIA SALVATIERRA 
March 24, 2025
Ouray County Commissioner Lynn Padgett is asking the county to pay nearly $11,000 for the attorney she hired after the county road and bridge superintendent filed a harassment complaint against her la...
City pays $120K to settle lawsuit
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City pays $120K to settle lawsuit
Fired police chief Wood agrees to drop claim; Ouray denies wrongdoing
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
March 20, 2025
The city of Ouray and its insurer paid former Police Chief Jeff Wood $120,000 to settle the wrongful termination and defamation lawsuit he filed against the city last year. City officials agreed to th...
Reimagining school lunch
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Reimagining school lunch
Forget the box cutter and microwave — Denean Colby insists on cooking from scratch in the school kitchen. And Ridgway students are eating it up
March 19, 2025
By Ariel Hessler, Special to the Plaindealer Denean Colby arrives for work at Ridgway Secondary School at 6 in the morning, long before other staff members begin to trickle in. She makes the bread fir...
Man takes plea deal in sex assault
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Man takes plea deal in sex assault
Scranton pleads guilty to reduced charges, will receive prison
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
March 19, 2025
A Ridgway man has pleaded guilty to reduced charges in a sex assault case in exchange for a sentence of one to six years in prison. Brian Scranton, 49, waived his right to a jury trial and will be con...
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