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By Photos by Erin McIntyre 
January 1, 2025
Ouray’s most famous resident, Dexter the Brittany spaniel, goes on a walk with his owner, Kentee Pasek. Dexter has become an online influencer and though he is getting older, he still makes public app...
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TOP STORIES OF THE YEAR: OURAY POLICE TURMOIL
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
January 1, 2025
The revelation that a 17-yearold girl was allegedly sexually assaulted inside the home of Ouray’s police chief ignited a turbulent 2024 for the police department, a year that witnessed multiple intern...
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TOP STORIES OF THE YEAR: TROUBLES WITHIN DA'S OFFICE
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
January 1, 2025
The top prosecutor for Ouray and five other counties announced his resignation in September and left the job only days before he would have been re-elected to his unopposed seat. His replacement will ...
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TOP STORIES OF THE YEAR: CRYSTAL'S FUTURE CLOUDY
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
January 1, 2025
The future of Crystal Reservoir, the shallow body of water atop Red Mountain Pass prized for its scenic values and water rights, is very much up in the air heading into the new year. The U.S. Forest S...
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TOP STORIES OF THE YEAR: CHANGE AT THE TOP IN OURAY
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
January 1, 2025
When the Ouray City Council hired Silas Clarke as the city administrator in 2020, it did so hoping to end a merry-go-round of chief executive officers. Three people had rotated through the job in the ...
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TOP STORIES OF THE YEAR: SUMMER MONSOON WREAKS HAVOC
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
January 1, 2025
Record August rainfall caused extensive countywide destruction, at least $5 million in damages and triggered emergency disaster declarations at the local and state level, creating ripple effects for t...
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TOP STORIES OF THE YEAR: AFFORDABLE HOUSING'S SUCCESSES, CHALLENGES
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
January 1, 2025
Gains in planning and constructing deed-restricted housing in 2024 were matched by struggles to preserve one of Ouray County’s largest existing affordable housing communities. As homeowners celebrated...
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TOP STORIES OF THE YEAR: BLUE LAKES PERMIT SYSTEM
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
January 1, 2025
Hikers and campers will need permits to visit Blue Lakes southwest of Ridgway as soon as the summer of 2025 as part of a larger wilderness management plan the U.S. Forest Service signed in 2024. The “...
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TOP STORIES OF THE YEAR: THE THEFT HEARD 'ROUND THE WORLD
January 1, 2025
A Ridgway business owner upset at the Ouray County Plaindealer tried to prevent others from reading it when he stole nearly 200 copies of the newspaper from racks in Ridgway and Ouray in January. Inst...
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Opinion
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
January 1, 2025
Dear Editor: Where moo the cows that once feasted On the greenest of Uncompahgre grasses? Perhaps they were whisked away by green aliens, Jersey drones, Mothman, or the chupacabra? Or maybe the bovine...
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Looking Back, News...
OURAY COUNTY
40 YEARS AGO
January 1, 2025
50 YEARS AGO January 3, 1975 – John Wilson, 28, of Ouray suffered the loss of his left arm in an accident at the Camp Bird Mill Dec. 28. The accident occurred between 3:30 and 4 p.m. According to Jim ...
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