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Looking Back
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October 1, 2025
Looking Back

Compiled from the files of The Ouray County Herald, The Ridgway Sun, and The Ouray County Plaindealer

50 Years Ago

October 2, 1975 A one-ticket purchaser won the Jeep Cherokee in the Color Week drawing this year. Cliff Williams from Lincoln, Nebraska, was the lucky winner. Williams is retired and will be claiming his Jeep in Ouray soon. The Sweet Adalines from Montrose provided musical entertainment during the chili and hot dog supper last Saturday night at city hall.

John and Sarah Lesnefsky, who ...

A race against time, Mother Nature
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A race against time, Mother Nature
More than a year after catastrophic flooding, Ridgway pushes to finish water diversion project
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
October 1, 2025
Randy Barnes knew that morning he needed to check on Beaver Creek and the ditch bringing water down from the mountains above Elk Meadows to supply the town of Ridgway. More than 40 years of experience...
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U.S. HIGHWAY 550 ACCIDENTS
State to speed up some safety upgrades on Highway 550
Safety audit of Ridgway-Montrose County section to be done June 2026; shoulder widening to start in 2027
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
October 1, 2025
The Colorado Department of Transportation will expedite a shoulder-widening project on U.S. Highway 550 and potential interim safety measures along the corridor in response to public concern about dan...
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October 1, 2025
THURSDAY OCTOBER 2 Ouray County Republican Central Committee monthly meeting, 6 p.m., Twin Peaks Hot Springs Riverside breakfast room, 124 Third St. in Ouray. More information at ourayrepublicans.com....
Ilene MacLennan
Obituaries
Ilene MacLennan
October 1, 2025
June 1941 – September 2025 Ilene Anita (Jones) MacLennan, widely known as Mimi Mac, passed peacefully in the arms of her son and daughter-in-law. Mimi Mac was born in Waldron, Arkansas in June of 1941...
Ben Kuehling
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Ben Kuehling
October 1, 2025
September 1974 - September 2025 With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of Ben Kuehling, a beloved son, brother, and friend, who left us too soon on September 8, at the age of 50, following a brief...
Hurd mum on reservoir transfer
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Hurd mum on reservoir transfer
Congressman not yet saying whether he'll back city taking over Crystal Reservoir
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
September 24, 2025
U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd is remaining mum on whether he will support a bill that would transfer Crystal Reservoir from the U.S. Forest Service to the city of Ouray. Since Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hick...
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