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By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com on May 21, 2025
Reported bear attack sparks warnings
Wildlife officers, police urge residents, businesses to take precautions in light of early bear activity

A Ouray woman’s claim that she was attacked by a bear last weekend is prompting wildlife and law enforcement officers to remind residents and business owners to take steps to prevent future encounters in the face of earlier-than-normal bear activity in the region.

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Perfect swarm forms near state park
Skipped spring mosquito treatment triggers complaints about pests
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
July 30, 2025
Complaints about increased mosquito activity near Ridgway State Park have prompted officials to ask what happened with preventative treatments, which usually happen in the spring and curb the populati...
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Town wins condemnation case
Judge: Ridgway proved trail 'serves a legitimate public purpose,' will pay property owner $45,000
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
July 30, 2025
The town of Ridgway will be allowed to condemn private property to build a trail from the River Park subdivision to Ridgway Secondary School. According to an order from Seventh Judicial Chief District...
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Scientists, nature will aid Black Canyon recovery
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Scientists, nature will aid Black Canyon recovery
Spared from fire, national park's North Rim reopens, providing up-close view of devastation, regrowth
By Olivia Prentzel The Colorado Sun 
July 30, 2025
BLACK CANYON OF THE GUNNISON NATIONAL PARK — Two archaeologists clad in neon yellow shirts with notebooks in hand moved through the wildfire’s path, taking notes as they navigated around charred oak t...
Is 3D printing the future of building houses?
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Is 3D printing the future of building houses?
Salida company developing high country community hopes to be model for other rural areas
By By Sue McMillin The Colorado Sun 
July 30, 2025
CHAFFEE COUNTY – A structure that looks as if it could have been made from a giant Erector set sprawls over a homesite in a new development just east of Salida. It supports a dangling, moveable arm pr...
A disappointingly dry start to monsoon season
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A disappointingly dry start to monsoon season
By Karen Risch 
July 30, 2025
Ouray gardeners, like their counterparts across the Four Corners states, count on the Southwest Monsoon from July to September. In the city of Ouray it brings over 30% (7.31 inches) of our average ann...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Hurd not looking out for average citizen
July 30, 2025
Dear Editor: Our congressman, Jeff Hurd, is not looking out for the average citizen in his district. He pretended to be concerned about the huge cuts to Medicaid but it did not stop him from voting in...
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40 Years Ago
July 30, 2025
July 31, 1975 The odds against a meeting last week at the Box Canyon Motel would have confounded Jimmie the Greek. On Monday, July 22, a white-haired tourist from Kittanning, Pennsylvania, registered ...
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