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Road, retaining wall fixes nearing $300K
The cost of repairing County Road 361 and a retaining wall following a large rockfall is nearing $300,000, a sum Ouray County is paying in full. When ...
June 11, 2025
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Wildfire mitigation nonprofit shrinks
Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect that the West Region Wildfire Council received $7,184.63 donations from individuals in 2023. The...
June 4, 2025
A HEART FOR ADVOCACY
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A HEART FOR ADVOCACY
A good administrator never forgets what it’s like to be a teacher. Those are the words signing off Tammy Johnson’s email and ones she’s lived by while...
June 4, 2025
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Ridgway water repair design moves ahead
Ridgway is drawing closer to rebuilding its destroyed water system after town councilors agreed on a new water diversion design during a special meeti...
June 4, 2025
Ketamine therapy clinic opens in Ridgway
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Ketamine therapy clinic opens in Ridgway
After years of working to treat anxiety and depression with standard medication, Brie Silverman decided she wanted better results for some of her pati...
May 28, 2025
In Ouray, Corkscrew offers twist on pizza
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In Ouray, Corkscrew offers twist on pizza
Corkscrew Tavern Pizzeria — formerly Colorado Boy Southwest Pub and Corkscrew Coffee — is shedding its side ventures and zeroing in on ‘za. The eatery...
May 28, 2025
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Water restrictions exception, not rule
Colorado is on track for its warmest year ever. Source flows are diminishing or at historic lows. So why has only one water provider in Ouray County ordered cutbacks this summer?
By By Chart Riggall chart@ouraynews.com 
September 9, 2026
In the early days of summer, it remained a matter of some debate where the drought of 2026 ranked in the annals of long, hot Colorado summers. For Cary Denison, Ouray County’s representative on the Co...
Crews working to plug old water well
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Crews working to plug old water well
Operation part of state program to reclaim abandoned sites
By By Chart Riggall chart@ouraynews.com 
September 9, 2026
It’s not what you think. A towering steel drill that’s been perched along the side of U.S. Highway 550 in recent weeks isn’t probing for gas, or oil, or even a route to the Far East. The operation is ...
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