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For first time in four years, Ridgway to hold election
Two vying for mayor, three competing for five council seats
By Lia Salvatierra
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Two years after launch, OurWay ridership has doubled. It’s unclear if grant money and matching local funds will help it keep running
February 25, 2026
Georgia Evans greeted the bus driver with jugs of milk and water in her hands and boarded the 11-seater OurWay shuttle, headed home from work in Ridgway to Montrose. She noticed it was a different bus...
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County to shut off portion of Yankee Boy Basin to vehicles this summer due to environmental damage
February 25, 2026
Ouray County commissioners on Tuesday directed staff to pursue closing an upper section of Yankee Boy Basin this summer to motorized traffic, in response to a resident’s request to reduce environmenta...
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Doherty claims job keeps him out of town; council to decide whether to change cap on remote participation
February 25, 2026
A newly appointed Ouray city councilor who has attended just half of the city council’s meetings in person so far this year has asked the council to relax an attendance policy and allow him to govern ...
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After spending more than $100K on branding, design and fabrication, council halts wayfinding initiative that could have cost up to $800K
February 25, 2026
Large maroon wayfinding signs installed on Main Street in Ouray last summer, triggering protests from residents and business owners detesting their appearance and size, will soon be gone like they wer...
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February 25, 2026
Thanks to warming sun, wet snow showers, spells of shirtsleeve weather, earlier sunrises and later sunsets, meteorological spring (March 1) is upon us. It’s been an a-ha moment these last two weeks as...
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February 25, 2026
Compiled from the files of The Ouray County Herald, The Ridgway Sun, and The Ouray County Plaindealer 60 Years Ago February 24, 1966 In a decision handed down Feb. 10, District Judge Fred Calhoon rule...
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Niece, Nauer give Caselli 99 out of 100 points; no record of evaluation from Padgett, who missed meeting
February 25, 2026
Ouray County Attorney Leo Caselli received a near-perfect annual performance review score from two county commissioners who reviewed his performance earlier this month. Caselli scored 99 out of 100 po...
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NEIGHBORS AND HELPERS
Volunteers saved an 11-year-old girl from the bottom of a cliff thanks largely to the skills of Mike Gibbs, who's made a career out of training rescuers
February 18, 2026
It took Mike Gibbs all of five seconds on that morning in early August to figure out it was time to execute one of the world’s most complicated rope rescues. A car had tumbled 320 feet off the edge of...
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Administrator: City can afford repair expenses, which are still unknown
February 18, 2026
U.S. House and Senate bills to transfer ownership of Crystal Reservoir from the U.S. Forest Service to the city of Ouray made it to subcommittee hearings in Washington, D.C. last week. Both bills are ...
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Commissioners say they're unwilling, unable to adopt restrictions; resident withdraws lawsuit threat
February 18, 2026
Ouray County leaders last week snuffed a resident’s request to require property owners to control prairie dogs, citing a legal inability and unwillingness to do so. At the start of a Feb. 11 work sess...
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Ridgway awards visitor services contract to chamber
February 18, 2026
Ridgway will hire the Ridgway Area Chamber of Commerce for $33,824 per year to support town marketing efforts. “RACC expressed confidence in its ability to execute the scope of work, based on many yea...
