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Since moving back to Ouray County just over a year ago, local artist Josef Mayfield hasn’t let off the gas pedal. When not at his day job as deputy co...

September 20, 2023

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Music & Makers Festival celebrates arts

The inaugural Ouray Music & Makers Festival is set to bring together artists, performers, musicians and creatives from across the county and state...

August 30, 2023

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Spotlight on the Arts: Floyd Day

Floyd Day’s artistic muse hasn’t always been cows, despite drawing and painting nearly 1,000 of them since moving to Ouray County in 2000. Before movi...

August 23, 2023

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A STORY OF HEALING, HISTORY

The stone building at 420 Sixth Ave. in Ouray has plenty of stories to tell. Built in 1887 as the St. Joseph's Miners' Hospital, it now helps keep loc...

August 2, 2023

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Spotlight on the Arts: Enda Junkins

Anyone who spends enough time in Ouray probably knows Enda Junkins as a villain. A nationally recognized psychotherapist and motivational speaker who ...

July 19, 2023

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A Monster celebration

October 7, 2026

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City, county near pact on police services

Boards to vote this month on sheriff 's $1.1M annual proposal to police Ouray

By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com

October 7, 2026

Ouray County and the city of Ouray are hammering out the details of an agreement that would enlist the Ouray County Sheriff’s Office to provide full law enforcement services to the city for potentiall...

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Reservoir transfer bill clears Senate

By By Chart Riggall chart@ouraynews.com

October 7, 2026

Federal legislation to transfer ownership of Crystal Reservoir to the city of Ouray cleared the U.S. Senate last week, sending the bill to the House of Representatives as the clock winds down for Cong...

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SMPA plans Four Corners solar project

Utility: Array, ba ttery storage could meet up to 40% of consumer power needs

By By Chart Riggall chart@ouraynews.com

October 7, 2026

San Miguel Power Association has joined three other southwest Colorado electricity providers in throwing their weight behind a sprawling solar facility near Cortez that could meet up to 40% of their c...

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Council not on board with transit funding next year

Ouray won't budget for in-town shuttle, Montrose bus

By By James Hanlon james@ouraynews.com

October 7, 2026

The Ouray City Council dropped funding from the proposed 2027 budget for the city’s free in-town shuttle and contributions to the OurWay bus that runs between Montrose and Ouray. The in-town Ouray shu...

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Remote-triggered avalanche in San Juan Mountains

First responders receive first COVID-19 vaccines