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Investigators close case on mine shaft death
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Investigators close case on mine shaft death
Eleven months after rescue volunteers found Jennifer Nelson's body in a water-filled mine shaft on Red Mountain Pass, investigators are left wondering...
September 23, 2026
New, familiar events mark return of rodeo
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New, familiar events mark return of rodeo
It's time to kick up a little dust, hoot n' holler and watch cowboys and cowgirls show off their skills at the rodeo.This year's rodeo features the tr...
September 2, 2026
Bear activity ramping up
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Bear activity ramping up
State wildlife officials killed a young, female bear that entered a Ridgway home last weekend after days of conflicts and at least one incident with t...
August 19, 2026
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Police admin assistant resigns, blasts city
The Ouray Police Department's administrative assistant has resigned, leaving the office with one remaining employee assigned to desk duty. The resigna...
August 19, 2026
Chamber music fest returns to San Juans
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Chamber music fest returns to San Juans
World-renowned concert pianist Max Levinson and the Ulysses String Quartet return to Ouray County next week for the Ouray County Performing Arts Guild...
August 19, 2026
County fair carries on
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County fair carries on
The night the Gold Mountain Fire started, the Cornell family anxiously watched the fire spreading toward their fenced livestock, the billowing smoke f...
August 12, 2026
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Visitors cited for feeding bears
Wildlife officials killed a bear last weekend after it entered a home on North Oak Street and broke out a car window in Ouray, seeking food. The same ...
August 12, 2026
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Popular trail needs new steward
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Popular trail needs new steward
Uncompahgre Riverway Trail founder, longtime volunteer ready to step down
By James Hanlon 
September 23, 2026
Chip Marlow, the man who spearheaded the construction of the Uncompahgre Riverway Trail from Ridgway to Ridgway State Park, has maintained the multiuse path largely by himself for many years. Now 80 y...
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‘Super El Niño’ won’t be savior for West Slope
Officials: Warming Pacific temps may bring more snow but won't wipe out drought or fill reservoirs
By Chart Riggall 
September 23, 2026
GRAND JUNCTION — Amid a stream of bad news for Western Slope water stakeholders last week, Russ Schumacher had the pleasure of opening the sluice. Nearly on the far side of the state’s worst drought y...
Judge to hotel: End workforce housing
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Judge to hotel: End workforce housing
Injunction prohibits MTN Lodge from housing resort construction workers
By James Hanlon 
September 23, 2026
A district court judge has ordered Ridgway's largest hotel to stop housing construction workers who are building a new Four Seasons in Mountain Village. In a preliminary injunction filed Sept. 16, the...
City ready to cut losses with building
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City ready to cut losses with building
More than a year after purchase, council tells staff to sell empty Sixth Avenue property for reduced price
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
September 23, 2026
When the two-story building across the street from Ouray City Hall went up for sale last spring, Ouray city leaders scrambled to buy it, envisioning a top-tobottom renovation culminating in a new, lar...
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