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Pushback grows over road plowing
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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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7th District to receive additional judge
The 7th Judicial District, which includes Ouray County, will receive a sixth district court judge next year, after Gov. Jared Polis signed a Senate sp...
April 2, 2025
Padgett: County should pay legal bill
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Padgett: County should pay legal bill
Ouray County Commissioner Lynn Padgett is asking the county to pay nearly $11,000 for the attorney she hired after the county road and bridge superint...
March 26, 2025
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Conduct policy talks marked by conflict
Ouray County commissioners spent six hours debating two new policies – specifying how they should treat each other and the public – in meetings last w...
March 26, 2025
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County rejects tax refund request
Ouray County commissioners refused a Ridgway property owner's request for a tax refund and asked him to leave the room for disorderly conduct during a...
March 26, 2025
A THRIFT SHOP WALKS INTO A BAR
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A THRIFT SHOP WALKS INTO A BAR
When people walk inside Cahoots Tavern they sometimes double check with owner Crystal Tadlock to make sure they haven’t accidentally broken into someo...
March 26, 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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