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Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com

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Legislators to back K-12 funding, rural values
Ouray County’s state legislators are looking to fast-track state funds into local coffers, help staff district attorneys’ offices and uphold the state...
January 22, 2025
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Nearly $1M grant to assist with Ironton drought, mining impacts
Ironton Park’s fens, wetlands and stream channels will see nearly $1 million to rehabilitate drought and mining impacts at the headwaters of the Uncom...
January 22, 2025
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ICE FEST TURNS 30
Ouray Ice Park’s 30th Ice Festival doubles as a four-day long birthday party that is equal parts celebration and reflection of three decades as a keys...
January 22, 2025
Avalanche training grounds open to public
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Avalanche training grounds open to public
Backcountry skiers, snowboarders and snowshoers can practice the safety skill of locating beacons buried beneath snowpack at Ouray Mountain Rescue Tea...
January 15, 2025
BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS
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BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS
In the shadows of the Uncompaghre Gorge, Sonya Wilson carefully swung her ice axe and kicked her crampons up a frosty pitch. Hooked into belayers watc...
January 8, 2025
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Blasting project resumes above Ouray
Blasting for a private homeowner’s garage project resumed Tuesday in the side of a mountain above Ouray, with operations paused for the upcoming Ouray...
January 8, 2025
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Governments playing waiting game for housing dollars
Ouray County’s local governments and developers are still working to draw from the state’s first stream of dedicated affordable housing dollars mainly...
January 8, 2025
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Ice Park on precipice of fundraising goal
More than two years after securing conditional rights to access water from Canyon Creek, the Ouray Ice Park is about $200,000 away from finishing its ...
January 8, 2025
Top story of 2024: What will become of Red Mountain reservoir?
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Top story of 2024: What will become of Red Mountain reservoir?
The future of Crystal Reservoir, the shallow body of water atop Red Mountain Pass prized for its scenic values and water rights, is very much up in th...
January 1, 2025
Top story of 2024: Record rain triggers destructive flooding
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Top story of 2024: Record rain triggers destructive flooding
Record August rainfall caused extensive countywide destruction, at least $5 million in damages and triggered emergency disaster declarations at the lo...
January 1, 2025
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December 10, 2025
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Vehicle problems toss wrench at sheriff
Maintenance costs pile up as agency wrestles with delays in replacing patrol cars
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
December 10, 2025
Gio Mendoza’s coworkers thought he was missing for more than an hour. Emergency dispatchers were scrambling to get in touch with him. They had no idea the Ouray County sheriff’s investigator was stran...
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Resident: Tax money should fund ‘creatives’
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
December 10, 2025
A Ridgway woman is proposing the town give "creative" residents a monthly, unconditional cash payment to encourage them to stay living and working in town. Ridgway resident Tia Mihelarakis proposed a ...
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Commissioner opposes change to cost-savings policy
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
December 10, 2025
Ouray County Commissioner Lynn Padgett voted against a minor change to the county's new cost-savings policy, citing unclear language as the reason she canceled her attendance at a statewide conference...
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County OKs budget, will diminish savings
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
December 10, 2025
Editor’s note: This story has been corrected to accurately reflect the county's disaster fund balance heading into 2026. Ouray County commissioners approved the county's 2026 budget during their regul...
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