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A mop of hair obscures the face of a young boy curled over his own knees, barefoot on the street staring at a cellphone. But most distinct is not the ...

August 27, 2025

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Waterview project may include rentals

The second phase of the Waterview Homes affordable housing development at the south end of Ouray may include rental units, a pivot for nonprofit devel...

August 27, 2025

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Ridgway opens door for tourism marketing

The town of Ridgway is opening up a competitive process for its tourism and marketing services after years of handing the task to the Ridgway Area Cha...

August 20, 2025

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County drafts language for lodging tax ballot question

Ouray County commissioners finished drafting a buzzer beater ballot measure to ask voters to approve a new county lodging tax on Tuesday.Commissioners...

August 20, 2025

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County weighs lodging tax measure

Ouray County commissioners are considering a ballot measure this fall to levy a new lodging tax in the unincorporated county to help pay for public sa...

August 13, 2025

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Neighborhood to consider mosquito fogging

Ouray County may help Dallas Meadows residents pay to kill adult mosquitos swarming the area since some preventative treatments were skipped earlier t...

August 13, 2025

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Fired federal rangers return to backcountry

Kricket Olin pulled the side-by-side ATV over to a cluster of off-highway vehicles and leaned over the door, sticking her head in the neon helmet out ...

August 6, 2025

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More than a scholarship

Andrea Peralta Villa was unsure how she would make it to college until the final few days before classes started, despite having a roommate and a near...

August 6, 2025

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Library OKs immigrant-protection policy

The Ridgway Public Library is the first entity in Ouray County to adopt a policy focused on protecting immigrant patrons, students and employees.A new...

August 6, 2025

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Bill drafted to cede reservoir

Federal lawmakers are working on legislation to transfer Crystal Reservoir to the city of Ouray. The city received a draft of incomplete, boilerplate ...

July 30, 2025

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Ridgway hotel to convert to housing

MTN Lodge owner: Change needed to sustain operations; town leaders worried

By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com

September 10, 2025

Ridgway’s largest hotel plans to convert to construction and hotel workforce housing for a new Four Seasons development in Mountain Village for at least the next four years. MTN Lodge signed an agreem...

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With federal funds in limbo, Ouray seeks options to reduce wildfire danger

By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com

September 10, 2025

Ouray city leaders are exploring other ways to address dead, fallen trees littering neighborhoods and hillsides now that it's unclear when a large-scale, federally funded wildfire mitigation project w...

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Interim police chief retained through Dec. 31

By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com

September 10, 2025

Ouray City Administrator Michelle Metteer has extended the contract of Interim Police Chief Daric Harvey through the end of the year. Harvey was hired as the interim chief in March, replacing Sgt. Gar...

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City to hear public input on wayfinding sign solutions

By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com

September 10, 2025

The Ouray City Council will hold a work session Monday to discuss possible solutions to concerns raised by residents and business owners about new wayfinding signs installed along Main Street earlier ...

Letters, Opinion...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Article about Space to Create too negative

September 10, 2025

Dear Editor: The origin and theory behind the Space To Create movement is tied to the common phenomenon where creative individuals, looking for affordable and functional space, move into semi-industri...

Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com

Remote-triggered avalanche in San Juan Mountains

First responders receive first COVID-19 vaccines