Covid
By Carolina Brown 
May 7, 2020
A charitable fund established to help Ouray County residents in need during the economic downturn has received nearly $300,000 in donations so far. The Ouray County Response Fund, set up as part of th...
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Covid
By Carolina Brown 
May 7, 2020
Ouray County will proceed with its normal schedule of plowing high-country roads, after lengthy discussions about delaying the maintenance to discourage visitors from flocking to the area and potentia...
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Covid
By Kailyn Lamb 
May 7, 2020
On May 1, when state officials announced that personal service businesses in Colorado could reopen their doors, the news was met with mixed feelings, even from those in the business. For Kendra Manley...
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Covid
By Mike Wiggins 
April 30, 2020
Hundreds of Ouray County residents have filed for unemployment benefits in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, as the economy has all but shut down. A total of 339 people in the county filed for job...
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Covid
By Carolina Brown 
April 30, 2020
The new coronavirus has dealt significant financial blows to most Ouray County businesses, keeping tourists, the lifeblood of the local economy, at bay and forcing shops and restaurants to severely cu...
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Covid
By Carolina Brown 
April 30, 2020
Local businesses have had to get creative to maintain their income streams in this time of restrictions on travel and public gatherings. One local business has found an outside-the-box idea that fills...
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Covid
By Carolina Brown 
April 30, 2020
Ouray County Attorney Carol Viner told county commissioners on Tuesday they need to discuss how to start having in-person meetings again. "These meetings are not legal and proper," Viner said of the v...
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Covid
By Carolina Brown 
April 30, 2020
Ridgway School District is cautiously examining its budget, anticipating cuts to state funding as a result of coronavirus and the statewide economy. The information on how drastic the cuts may be will...
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Covid
By Mike Wiggins And Erin Mcintyre 
April 30, 2020
For the last couple of weeks, the mannequin in the window of Mountain Fever Shirts & Gifts has sported attire befitting the season: fleece jacket, ski cap, sunglasses - and a polka-dot face mask. "Don...
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Covid
By News Staff 
April 30, 2020
Just because the statewide "stay at home" order expired on Sunday doesn't mean it's a free-for-all. That was the message from officials this week as the state transitioned to a less-restrictive "safer...
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Covid
By Erin McIntyre 
April 30, 2020
The kennel was eerily silent, the floor gleaming. The boisterous cacophony that usually greets guests was absent. It was quiet, just like the empty streets, the empty schools, the near-empty town. Bu...
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Covid
By News Staff 
April 27, 2020
The state has issued a detailed protocol with its newest health order introducing a "safer at home" transition from the previous "stay-at-home" order. Gov. Jared Polis' order still says Coloradans sho...
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Covid
By News Staff 
April 26, 2020
ABOUT THIS PROJECT When the coronavirus pandemic hit, a coalition of Colorado journalists already had been talking about how to better serve the public by collaborating and sharing stories. The urgen...
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Covid
By News Staff 
April 26, 2020
Local businesses are navigating layers of health orders from the state and county regarding when and how they can reopen, as the governor's statewide stay-at-home order expires today. While some categ...
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Covid
By News Staff 
April 24, 2020
Ouray County won't have more than 2,000 cyclists coming through this summer, as Ride the Rockies' 2020 event has been canceled. Event officials emailed local authorities earlier this week to let them ...
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Covid
By News Staff 
April 24, 2020
Ouray County will lift two public health orders requiring the closure of bars, restaurants and non-essential personal services and limiting mass gatherings, but will keep restrictions in place for sec...
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Covid
By News Staff 
April 23, 2020
By Samantha Tisdel Wright Special to the Plaindealer "Go away." It's a tough message to send out into the world, for a community hard-wired to woo tourists to stay and play. But ever since March 20,...
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Covid
By Carolina Brown And Erin Mcintyre 
April 23, 2020
Ouray County plans on loosening restrictions in relation to COVID-19 on a different timeline than the rest of the state, which will relax "stay-at-home" orders and transition to a "safer at home" phas...
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Covid
By Erin McIntyre 
April 23, 2020
The peach, sequined dress arrived weeks ago, delivered in a box to the house. She carefully opened the package, lifted out the gown and admired its sequins, the applique flowers. Seventeen-year-old L...
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Main, News...
September 19, 2024
This unusually colored fawn pictured here with its twin is called a piebald deer, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife terrestrial biologist Alyssa Kircher. The white pattern is a result of a gene...
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Calendar & Events, Feature...
Sept. 19-Oct. 3 , 2024
By Erin 
September 19, 2024
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 POETRY READING: Literary Living Room presents Jeanine Renee at 7:30 p.m. at the Sherbino Theater, 604 Clinton St. Free. PRINTMAKING CLASS: Printmaking 101 for ages 12+, free, fr...
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Oak Street project could break ground in spring
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
September 18, 2024
The Ouray City Council unanimously agreed Monday to donate $100,000 toward an affordable housing project on Oak Street, boosting the chances it will break ground next spring. The money will go to the ...
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County will weigh cost savings against impacts to Whispering Pines
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
September 18, 2024
Ouray County commissioners are considering a proposal from the road and bridge superintendent for a gravel crushing operation across from the Whispering Pines subdivision that could create around a mo...
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News
Ridgway council rebuffs Wetterhorn exemption request because improvements weren't approved
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
September 18, 2024
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 price. This is the latest in a series of firsts f...
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