Life as a legislator these days is unusual and challenging. Our time at home is spent working, navigating a world of new problems and new concerns. We...
April 30, 2020
Opinion
The joy of eating out after a long day, the fun of meeting friends for a drink or the convenience of buying a cup of coffee on the way to work have di...
March 26, 2020
Opinion
Slow progress on education funding More than ever, I am hearing about the struggles with Colorado’s school funding formula. Educators want a livable w...
February 27, 2020
Opinion
Stand up and be counted. Since 1790, every person in America has been counted every 10 years through the U.S. census. Data gathered is used by the fed...
February 19, 2020
Opinion
A group of legislators toured the Winter Colorado Outdoor Recreation Convention in Denver last week, where companies from around the world touted thei...
February 12, 2020
Opinion
After a couple of weeks celebrating our Western heritage at the National Western Stock Show, hobnobbing with steers in the Brown Palace Hotel during t...
January 29, 2020
News
July 11, 2025
Heavy smoke and haze choked Ouray County for a second straight day Friday as a series of wildfires churned through tinder-dry trees and brush in southwestern Colorado and southeastern Utah. The Colora...
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City halts production after public backlash over size, appearance of wayfinding signs
July 9, 2025
Ouray business owners and residents threw up a symbolic stop sign in front of the city council on Monday, urging city leaders to pause or altogether abandon plans to install dozens of new wayfinding s...
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July 9, 2025
The crowd cheers as a fire department tanker truck sprays the wet side of the street during the July 4 parade in Ouray. Ouray Tourism and Destination Marketing Director Kailey Rhoten said cellular dat...
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Leaders pull from multiple sources to cover $300,000 tab, look to replenish emergency fund
July 9, 2025
Ouray County is scraping together money to pay for emergency repairs on County Road 361 while looking for ways to replenish its emergency fund in anticipation of other disasters. During a work session...
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Council OKs bathhouse design contract; pipeline replacement, heat exchange system on tap this fall
July 9, 2025
A series of much-anticipated upgrades to the Ouray Hot Springs Pool is coming together, with the city beginning infrastructure replacements this fall and searching for ways to pay for building a new b...
