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EMS moves overnight quarters with help from chamber grant

Ouray County Emergency Medical Services is moving its sleeping quarters for on-call staff in Ouray into the former Public Health office location, with...

April 1, 2026

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County attorney gets high marks in evaluation

Editor's note: This article has been edited to make clear that Ouray County had four members of the administration team and one employee leave their p...

February 25, 2026

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Ridgway sewer rates may rise this year

Ridgway residents may end up paying more on their sewer bills next year, but the timing of the proposed increase and the amount is still up in the air...

February 25, 2026

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Town approves measures to boost housing affordability

The Ridgway Town Council approved three measures at its meeting on Feb. 11 to boost affordable housing in the town.Ridgway applying for ADU grantRidgw...

February 18, 2026

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County navigating federal assistance program changes

Ouray County officials are working to figure out what it will mean for clients needing food and other assistance when the Colorado Department of Human...

February 11, 2026

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Board votes to change school calendar next fall

Families in the Ouray School District will see several changes to the school calendar for the next two years, including the addition of a mid-winter b...

January 28, 2026

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District delays adopting master plan

The Ouray School District is one step closer to having an approved facilities master plan to use as a conceptual blueprint guiding future building pro...

January 28, 2026

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County OKs permit for guest ranch

Gold Mountain Ranch will be allowed to operate a guest ranch in Ouray County, and county commissioners hope the special-use permit they approved in De...

January 14, 2026

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Ouray School Board considers calendar options

The Ouray School District is looking at calendar options for the next two years, and officials are considering feedback from a survey of parents, staf...

December 10, 2025

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‘There’s not a day where I don’t do something impactful’

Editor’s note: There’s a proposal to start a community paramedicine program here in Ouray County, and we wanted to know more about how these kinds of ...

November 19, 2025

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Ridgway sues MTN Lodge

Town seeks payment of sales, lodging taxes; hotel calls lawsuit 'misguided'

By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com

April 1, 2026

The town of Ridgway is suing the owners of MTN Lodge over their plans to use the hotel as workforce housing for the next several years, aiming to suspend operations and demanding they pay lodging and ...

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Board rebukes commissioner

Niece, Nauer censure Padgett for secretly recording closed-door meeting

By By Lia Salvatierra and Erin McIntyre lia@ouraynews.com erin@ouraynews.com

April 1, 2026

Two Ouray County commissioners publicly reprimanded their fellow commissioner after discovering she secretly recorded an executive session last week. Portions of the audio from that executive session ...

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Proposed merger could make fire chief highest paid official

Latest draft bases members' voting power on financial contributions

By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com

April 1, 2026

The current proposal to combine fire and emergency medical services entities in Ouray County could eventually make the new fire chief the highest-paid public official in the county and may base partic...

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Jury convicts mother in retaliation case

By Erin McIntyre and Mike Wiggins erin@ouraynews.com mike@ouraynews.com

April 1, 2026

A jury has convicted a former Ouray woman of retaliating against another woman who accused her son of sexual assault in 2023. Jurors deliberated for about an hour on March 26 before finding Kristyn Tr...

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DA ordered again to turn over report in sexual assault case

By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com

April 1, 2026

Prosecutors have again been ordered to turn over to defense attorneys a report detailing some of the contents of a cellphone belonging to a woman who accused three men of sexually assaulting her in Ou...

Deb Hurley Brobst Special to the Plaindealer

Remote-triggered avalanche in San Juan Mountains

First responders receive first COVID-19 vaccines