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Ouray County taxpayers won’t foot Commissioner Lynn Padgett’s nearly $11,000 legal bill after commissioners Jake Niece and Michelle Nauer voted agains...

April 23, 2025

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Duplex answers a housing Hail Mary

For too long, the Patton family had too many discussions about changing school districts or moving away from Ouray County entirely. Now, at their new ...

April 23, 2025

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Microgrid creates ‘energy island’ in Ridgway

When a nearly countywide power outage darkened homes and businesses for an evening last week, the downstairs window at Ridgway’s Space to Create remai...

April 23, 2025

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Montrose gift, toy shop expands to Ridgway

Sonja Horn was looking for a way to retire from running her gift shop in Montrose when she got a call asking if she’d be interested in opening a secon...

April 23, 2025

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Custom cowboy couture saddles up to Ouray

Tourists and locals alike can add a feather in their cap at The Mercantile Ouray, a new build-your-own hat bar and Western wear shop opening on Main S...

April 23, 2025

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Uncertainty over federal cuts remains

Federal funding slashes and freezes may mean emptier food pantry shelves, fewer library resources and cuts to public health, emergency management and ...

April 16, 2025

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Public health sounds alarm on measles

As measles cases continue to crop up in Colorado, Ouray County Public Health Director Kristin Kelley is encouraging residents to vaccinate against the...

April 16, 2025

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Mixed reviews, votes for proposed guest ranch

Editor's note: This story has been corrected to correctly attribute comments about property taxation made by Gold Mountain Ranch Operations Manager Ke...

April 16, 2025

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Detained Ouray mother in limbo

AURORA, Colo. — Before this, she had never been away from her daughter for more than a week. Aurora Yadira Mireles Terrazas has spent the past two mon...

April 9, 2025

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Pushback grows over road plowing

Outrage over wintertime wheeled access on public county roads is resurging as Ouray County residents scorn new requests from private landowners to plo...

April 2, 2025

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April 23, 2025

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Ouray police exodus continues

Sergeant's retirement, sergeant's medical leave temporarily makes chief lone full-timer

By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com

April 23, 2025

Editor's note: This story has been corrected to reflect the Ridgway Marshal's Office has hired a half-time deputy. ___________________ The city of Ouray hired Daric Harvey to stabilize and reform the ...

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Man accused of drunken driving, spitting on deputy

By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com

April 23, 2025

A Ridgway man suspected of hitting a liquor store building with his vehicle, driving drunk and leaving the scene also faces possible felony charges for allegedly spitting on a Ridgway marshal when he ...

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Ouray council backs rental license nonrenewal

Owners of vacation home failed to rent for 30-day minimum

By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com

April 23, 2025

A Ridgway couple who failed to rent their home for at least 30 days in the last year won't be allowed to keep their short-term rental license. Ouray city councilors on Monday night unanimously rejecte...

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NEWS BRIEFS

Woman released from ICE facility, drugs involved in fatal vehicle crashes, town signs water lease, town seeks info about statue vandalism, Blue Lakes trail to close

April 23, 2025

Ouray woman released from ICE facility A Ouray woman who had been detained since February in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Aurora has been released on bond. After two months, 31-y...

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Remote-triggered avalanche in San Juan Mountains

First responders receive first COVID-19 vaccines