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City issues notice about possible water contamination sources
The city issued the letter to water users this week, notifying them of six cross-connections that had not met the requirements to prevent possible contamination.
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By News Staff, on January 27, 2021
City issues notice about possible water contamination sources

A required notice to Ouray water customers about possible sources of contamination triggered panic and more questions from some residents on Wednesday.

But there’s nothing to panic about. There is no evidence of contamination. There’s no need to boil water. The notification was spurred by a requirement to notify customers that six water accounts had not installed backflow-prevention devices within a 120-day deadline.

The letter, required by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environm...

UPDATE: Body of Ridgway man found in Chaffee County
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UPDATE: Body of Ridgway man found in Chaffee County
By Mike 
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 ...
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A well-deserved honor
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A well-deserved honor
By Erin McIntyre 
October 28, 2026
The Telluride Foundation is honoring Williams with its 2026 Volunteer of the Year award. Williams, who moved to Ouray in 1975, is a longtime volunteer and former Ouray city councilor. Her experience i...
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Cow Creek project fight heads to key hearing
By Chart Riggall 
October 28, 2026
A Colorado judge will consider next week whether regional water managers have enough ground to stand on to pursue a plan to divert water from Cow Creek into Ridgway Reservoir, as a long-running battle...
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SMPA proposes fifth consecutive rate hike
Trio of increases would raise access charge 27%
By Chart Riggall 
October 28, 2026
San Miguel Power Association has proposed to hike its base monthly access charge for the vast majority of its customers from $33 to $42, marking the fifth straight year the power provider has sought a...
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Agency warns of ongoing flood threats in burn scar
By Chart Riggall 
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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Ridgway college student missing after hike
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Ridgway college student missing after hike
Searchers looking for Kaden Matsuda, s econd man near Buena Vista
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
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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Plan to donate land for housing rescinded
Home Trust withdraws Pleasant Valley project application
By James Hanlon 
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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Romero will be strong voice in Congress
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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...
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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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CORRECTION
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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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