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Engineer tapped for water repairs
The town of Ridgway selected an engineer to design a portion of the town’s pricey repairs to its water system, which was destroyed by record monsoonal...
February 19, 2025
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Town retains chamber services — for now
Ridgway town councilors have decided to keep the Ridgway Area Chamber of Commerce as the town’s contracted provider for tourism marketing this year, b...
February 19, 2025
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Ridgway agrees to film festival changes
The Sherbino Theater may take over the Ridgway Film Festival to help manage the prospering event and build its long-term finances.During a Feb. 12 cou...
February 19, 2025
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New bus service launches
A new busing option is now available for commuters looking for workweek transit between Montrose, Ridgway and Telluride.The 40-passenger bus paid for ...
February 19, 2025
LENDING A ‘LISTENING EAR’
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LENDING A ‘LISTENING EAR’
Sometimes they’ll talk about Minecraft, movies or lunch at school that day. Other times they’ll play video games and dream up plans to bike around or ...
February 12, 2025
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Ridgway bike trails to remain fee-free
Mountain bikers will continue to ride freely and free of charge on Ouray County’s Ridgway Area Trails, now that proposed day-use fees are off the tabl...
February 5, 2025
‘I want to build something really cool’
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‘I want to build something really cool’
Nathan McCullough's new desk is stickered all over with pink Post-it notes about supply orders, grants, paying volunteers and reminders about determin...
January 29, 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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