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By MarcusonNovember 3, 2023
Ouray Halloween 2023
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    Best feathers forward
    August 19, 2026
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    Bear activity ramping up
    News
    Bear activity ramping up
    Second bruin killed in a week after several conflicts, entering home
    By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
    August 19, 2026
    State wildlife officials killed a young, female bear that entered a Ridgway home last weekend after days of conflicts and at least one incident with the bear killing chickens. Colorado Parks and Wildl...
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    Police admin assistant resigns, blasts city
    By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
    August 19, 2026
    The Ouray Police Department's administrative assistant has resigned, leaving the office with one remaining employee assigned to desk duty. The resignation comes just after the city's response to a civ...
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    News
    Disaster relief tax moves closer to ballot
    Ouray, Ridgway councils negotiate for larger share of revenue; use tax for roads all but ruled out
    By Mike Wiggins and James Hanlon 
    August 19, 2026
    A proposed countywide sales tax to address fires, floods and other natural disasters appears to have a clear path to the November ballot, while a potential use tax on construction materials to raise m...
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    County road superintendent arrested on suspicion of DUI
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    County road superintendent arrested on suspicion of DUI
    By James Hanlon 
    August 19, 2026
    Ouray County Road and Bridge Superintendent Ty Barger was placed on paid administrative leave Monday following a driving under the influence arrest in Montrose Aug. 14. Crew Chief Don Castle has been ...
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    Ouray won’t join fire authority
    By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
    August 19, 2026
    Council cites unanswered questions, concerns about consolidation A proposal to consolidate all of Ouray County’s fire departments and its emergency medical services into one organization absorbed anot...
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    Chamber music fest returns to San Juans
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    Chamber music fest returns to San Juans
    By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
    August 19, 2026
    World-renowned concert pianist Max Levinson and the Ulysses String Quartet return to Ouray County next week for the Ouray County Performing Arts Guild's 43rd annual San Juan Chamber Music Festival. Th...
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    County OKs flood construction contract
    By By James Hanlon james@ouraynews.com 
    August 19, 2026
    Ouray County commissioners awarded Haynes Excavation Inc. the contract for the Emergency Watershed Protection project at a special meeting Monday for certain areas below the Gold Mountain Fire burn sc...
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    Ridgway student proposes ‘free box’ for donations
    By James Hanlon 
    August 19, 2026
    A presentation about an idea for a “free box” by a Ridgway National Honor Society student at the Ridgway Town Council meeting Aug. 12 led to lengthy discussion and a $750 contribution to the project, ...
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    Debra Lynn Todd
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    Debra Lynn Todd
    August 19, 2026
    November 5, 1953 – August 15, 2026 Debra Lynn Todd, 72, of Ouray, Colorado, passed away on August 15, 2026. She was born November 5, 1953, in Hutchinson, Kansas. She was the daughter of Chester and Ka...
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    Aug. 20-Sept. 2, 2026
    August 19, 2026
    Thursday, August 20 Community book club, noon-1 p.m. at the Ridgway Public Library. Bring lunch and discuss "Whistler" by Ann Patchett. Friday, August 21 Historic True Grit Walking Tour, 3 p.m., free....
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