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Funding OK’d for Corbett Creek bridge
More than a million dollars of federal funding for replacing the bridge over Corbett Creek into Whispering Pines has been passed by the U.S. Senate an...
April 3, 2024
WALLEYE COMING TO RIDGWAY RESERVOIR
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WALLEYE COMING TO RIDGWAY RESERVOIR
Introduction of sterile predatory fish meant to reduce population of non-native small-mouth bass, boost angling opportunities If everything goes accor...
March 27, 2024
GRAVE CONCERNS
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GRAVE CONCERNS
As Cedar Hill Cemetery struggles to keep up with maintenance backlog, resource shortage, advocates seek to form nonprofit When John Hart volunteered t...
March 13, 2024
HOLLYWOOD SPOTLIGHTS SAN JUANS
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HOLLYWOOD SPOTLIGHTS SAN JUANS
Director, actor and new Ouray County property ownerTyler Perry films movie in Ouray, near Ridgway One of Ouray County's most famous new landowners has...
February 21, 2024
Teen charged as adult in alleged rape
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Teen charged as adult in alleged rape
Prosecutors have decided to charge the Ouray police chief's stepson as an adult in an alleged sexual assault case. The 7th Judicial District Attorney'...
February 7, 2024
Girl: Rapes occurred at chief’s house
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Girl: Rapes occurred at chief’s house
Accuser claims she was assaulted multiple times while Ouray police chief, family slept *** Editor's note: This note was not included in the print edit...
January 17, 2024
Skijoring rides again this weekend
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Skijoring rides again this weekend
Event combining rodeo and snow sports expands to 3 days, adds novice competition Competitors for this weekend’s San Juan Skijoring competition will co...
January 10, 2024
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Flood ravages homes
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Flood ravages homes
County deems trio of Ponderosa Village properties uninhabitable, as residents fear more debris flows imminent
By Erin McIntyre, Chart Riggall and Mike Wiggins 
August 5, 2026
When the fire raged above them on the mountain, the evacuated residents of Ponderosa Village hoped for rain. They wished for anything to help the firefighters get control of the blaze so it wouldn't b...
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County floats disaster relief sales tax
By Chart Riggall 
August 5, 2026
Draft ballot language proposes half-cent tax, with revenue split between county, city, town Ouray County commissioners are in talks to put a half-penny sales tax increase question to voters this fall ...
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Log Hill won’t join fire authority
Board: No benefit to cost, operational structure
By James Hanlon 
August 5, 2026
The Log Hill Volunteer Fire Department will not join the proposed consolidated fire and emergency medical services authority in Ouray County. Board members of the Log Hill Mesa Fire Protection Distric...
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Crews near full containment on fire
By James Hanlon 
August 5, 2026
Firefighters who are closing in on fully containing the Gold Mountain Fire have shifted their work to undoing firelines that are no longer needed to prevent erosion. “We've moved out of the suppressio...
‘We were in a panic’
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‘We were in a panic’
Flooding relocates part of Dexter Creek, forces couple to seek help with pigs
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
August 5, 2026
Hank and Betsy Nicholson were watching TV at home the night of July 26 when the skies opened up and filled Dexter Creek with rainwater, mud and debris. The creek, which serves as the Nicholsons’ only ...
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