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LEAVES’ LAST STAND
Ridgway photographer Ed Bovy captured this image of a fall cattle roundup near Silver Jack Reservoir. The backdrop of the Cimarron Range near the East Fork of the Cimarron River with the fall colors was spectacular. The yellow and orange foliage is still hanging on in many places in Ouray County with the aid of mild weather. High temperatures are expected to remain near or above 60 degrees through the beginning of next week, with little or no rain in the forecast. Photo courtesy Ed Bovy
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By News Staff, on October 13, 2022
LEAVES’ LAST STAND
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October 28, 2026
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Cow Creek project fight heads to key hearing
By By Chart Riggall chart@ouraynews.com 
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 By Chart Riggall chart@ouraynews.com 
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 By Chart Riggall chart@ouraynews.com 
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Plan to donate land for housing rescinded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 By James Hanlon james@ouraynews.com 
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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CORRECTION
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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Romero will be strong voice in Congress
By Dear Editor: 
October 28, 2026
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 generational Republ...
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Vote for Romero is vote for clean air, water
By Dear Editor: 
October 28, 2026
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 wildfires and devast...
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City leaders bear blame for demise of Ouray PD
By Dear Editor: 
October 28, 2026
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. During this ti...
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Will drenched fall give way to snowy winter?
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Will drenched fall give way to snowy winter?
By Karen Risch 
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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