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Pianist returns to Wright Opera House, adds benefit concert in Ridgway Since Kara Huber last performed in Ouray, she's finished her doctorate degree a...

June 5, 2024

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Fatal highway accident under investigation

A 22-year-old man who had been working in Ouray died after an accident where his vehicle ended up partially submerged in the Uncompahgre River last we...

June 5, 2024

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Ouray bookshop starts new chapter

Last-minute sale keeps beloved store alive Pat Light was half-joking when he yelled, "If someone else doesn't buy the bookshop I'll buy it," to his ne...

May 29, 2024

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County gets flak over Pride flag, support

Retired judge involved in landmark Texas case calls proclamation 'an abuse of discretion' For the second year in a row, Ouray County commissioners are...

May 29, 2024

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Cohousing project crumbles

Property for sale after Ridgway development can't overcome rising costs, delays Alpenglow Cohousing's death was a slow one, stretched over years of de...

May 15, 2024

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Blast causes blowback

Demand for local regulations follows explosion above Ouray, lack of notification Blasting for a homeowner's new garage inside a mountain above Ouray l...

May 1, 2024

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Complaint filed against Ouray PD

Internal probe initiated after ex-employee alleges misconduct, lack of professionalism The city of Ouray has initiated an internal investigation of it...

April 24, 2024

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State investigating unauthorized blasting; more blasting expected

Explosives used to blast rock above Ouray last week resulted in an investigation by the Colorado Division of Oil & Public Safety, which regulates ...

April 24, 2024

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PREHISTORIC PRESERVATION

Forest Service acquisition northwest of Ouray ensures public access and protects world's longest dinosaur trackway for generations The Charles family ...

April 10, 2024

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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

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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...

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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...

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Investigators close case on mine shaft death

Nearly a year later, authorities conclude Ridgway resident Jennifer Nelson accidentally drowned

By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com

September 23, 2026

Eleven months after rescue volunteers found Jennifer Nelson's body in a water-filled mine shaft on Red Mountain Pass, investigators are left wondering what her final moments looked like. Their case, w...

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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...

Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com

Remote-triggered avalanche in San Juan Mountains

First responders receive first COVID-19 vaccines