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October 28, 2026
The Telluride Foundation is honoring Williams with its 2026 Volunteer ...
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October 28, 2026
A Colorado judge will consider next week whether regional water manage...
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Trio of increases would raise access charge 27%
October 28, 2026
San Miguel Power Association has proposed to hike its base monthly acc...
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October 28, 2026
The bodies of a college student from Ridgway and another man were found Wednesday afternoon in Chaffee County, five days after they left for a weekend hiking trip and got caught in a snowstorm. Kaden Matsuda, 19, a 2025 Ridgway High School graduate, and Jackson Donlon, 20, of New York, were found dead about 3:30 p.m. in a basin of West Apostle Mountain, the Chaffee County Sheriff's Office announce...
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October 28, 2026
A U.S. Forest Service survey of the Gold Mountain Fire says flooding and debris flows will likely continue to be dangers within the most severely scorched areas of the burn scar. A report released thi...
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Searchers looking for Kaden Matsuda, s econd man near Buena Vista
October 28, 2026
Dozens of searchers spent a third day Wednesday looking for a college student from Ridgway and another man who went hiking in the central Colorado mountains last weekend and didn’t return. Kaden Matsu...
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Home Trust withdraws Pleasant Valley project application
October 28, 2026
The Home Trust of Ouray County withdrew a request for a land use variance before county commissioners could vote to deny it at a hearing Tuesday. The variance would have allowed Martha Campbell to sub...
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October 28, 2026
An article in the Oct. 22-28 edition, “County wants water users to take on reservoir lease,” misstated the amount of funds that Tri-County Water Conservancy District receives to operate and manage Our...
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October 28, 2026
Compiled from the files of The Ouray County Herald, The Ridgway Sun, and The Ouray County Plaindealer 60 Years Ago October 27, 1966 A change of venue was granted on the vandalism trial of five Denver ...
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Commissioner, resident present pro/con views
October 28, 2026
A Ouray County commissioner and a tax hike critic took opposing sides last week on the merits of a proposed county sales tax increase to help cover the costs of future disasters. Commissioner Jake Nie...
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October 27, 2026
A firefighter with the Log Hill Volunteer Fire Department and another man are missing near Buena Vista after they went hiking last weekend and didn’t return. Kaden Matsuda, 19, of Ridgway, and Jackson...
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Ouray Ice Park's new executive director trims staff, seeks more buy-in from recreational climbers amid financial crunch
October 21, 2026
In the waning weeks of the 2019 ice climbing season, a 27-year-old Tres Barbatelli stood at the bottom of the Uncompahgre Gorge wondering what he’d just done. Minutes before, he’d rappelled down into ...
Columns, Feature...
October 28, 2026
After a year of serious drought, anomalously wet weather blew into southwestern Colorado in September and October, riding on moisture-laden winds from several Pacific hurricanes. Raging rivers and flo...
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PREP ROUNDUP
October 28, 2026
In her first year in high school, Ouray senior Charlotte Vander Ploeg was one of the strong threads that helped Ouray cling to its bare-bones volleyball program guided by then-second-year coach Brian ...
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October 28, 2026
Ouray sophomore Cameron Skoloda (356) pursues Ridgway junior Ariel Hessler (360) during first-mile action Oct. 23 at the Colorado High School Activities Association Class 2A Region 4 Championships in ...
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Business & Real Estate
In nod to late developer Pat O'Leary, Fireroot Kitchen opens with farm-to-table emphasis
October 28, 2026
An experienced restaurateur has reopened the Old Firehouse in Ridgway with a farm-to-table menu that honors local food and the late Pat O’Leary’s original vision for the remodeled space. After quietly...
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Business & Real Estate
October 28, 2026
Local philanthropist Barthold Lichtenbelt is the newest member of Citizens State Bank's board of directors. He recently retired as vice president of software for NVIDIA this fall after a decades-long ...
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Business & Real Estate
Bank building added to historic register, pet store opens in Ridgway, flower shop closes in Ouray
October 28, 2026
The 126-year-old brick building once used as a bank in Ridgway has been added to the National Register of Historic Places and the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties. Constructed in 1911, t...
Letters
October 28, 2026
Dear Editor: I am writing regarding a subject with which I am well familiar and about which I care deeply: health care. I am writing as a registered independent voter, and a former longtime and genera...
Letters
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
October 28, 2026
Dear Editor: Let’s face it, we baby boomers are unlikely to see any significant reversal of global warming in our lifetimes. Which means more punishing droughts and heat waves, and more brutal wildfir...
Letters
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
October 28, 2026
Dear Editor: The demise of the Ouray Police Department started with city leadership's decision to let former Interim Chief Daric Harvey patrol our streets for months without a full background check. D...
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Business & Real Estate
Citizens State Bank rebrands as Altitude Bank, expands to Durango
October 28, 2026
One of Ouray County’s longest standing institutions got its start in a room in the Beaumont Hotel, when the Home State Bank of Ouray signed a five-year lease for the space in June 1913. Don’t recogniz...
Obituaries
October 28, 2026
December 20, 1950 – October 18, 2026 Jean Marie Hollowell, 75, passed away on Sunday, October 18, 2026, after a courageous battle against pulmonary fibrosis. Born Jean Marie Duell on December 20, 1950...
