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Ouray childcare model a blueprint for others
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Ouray childcare model a blueprint for others
The solution to the statewide childcare shortage might be here in Ouray County, where a blueprint for building childcare-ready affordable homes was dr...
May 13, 2026
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County tests: No mold problem in meeting rooms
Ouray County commissioner meeting rooms don’t have a mold problem, according to testing ordered after Commissioner Lynn Padgett said the facilities ca...
May 13, 2026
Beefed-up alpine ranger program returns
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Beefed-up alpine ranger program returns
Ouray County’s alpine ranger program is back and bigger this year with the help of a state grant.The public will see alpine rangers patrolling areas i...
May 13, 2026
Two candidates vie for seat on San Miguel Power board
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Two candidates vie for seat on San Miguel Power board
For the first time in more than a decade, there’s a contested election for the District 6 seat on the San Miguel Power Association board of directors,...
May 13, 2026
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Commissioners hedge on compensation requests
A Ouray County employee rescinded a request Tuesday to be paid for the hours she spent outside her regular work week helping run the 4-H Event Center ...
May 13, 2026
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Town to pilot zero-waste rules at concerts
The town of Ridgway's Sustainability Advisory Board will pilot “zero-waste” rules at the town’s summer concert series, while it continues to craft a b...
May 6, 2026
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Governor Basin cleanup project faces delays
A collaborative restoration project to clean up mine waste in Governor Basin dating back to 2018 remains on hold, while project partners continue to w...
May 6, 2026
Evacuation drill an exercise not in futility
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Evacuation drill an exercise not in futility
Sirens will wail and residents will likely see emergency vehicles headed through Ridgway, up County Road 5 on May 15. Traffic will filter back into to...
April 29, 2026
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Town mulls affordable housing mandate
The town of Ridgway will consider requiring developers to reserve 10% of units within market-rate residential projects as affordable housing for local...
April 29, 2026
County raises 4-H use fees
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County raises 4-H use fees
Fees for using the Ouray County 4-H Event Center and Fairgrounds are going up for the first time in more than a decade, with the aim of making the fac...
April 29, 2026
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Will Coloradans choose the ‘right to hunt’?
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Will Coloradans choose the ‘right to hunt’?
Proposed constitutional amendment asks who should dictate wildlife policy
By Chart Riggall 
October 14, 2026
Colorado’s vote next month on whether to amend the state Constitution by codifying the right to hunt and fish has intensified debate among hunters, conservationists and legal experts over exactly who ...
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City hit with another police suit
Ex-admin assistant claims Ouray lost personal info, violated policies
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
October 14, 2026
The city of Ouray faces another lawsuit from an ex-employee of the police department. In a complaint filed last week in district court, former Ouray Police Department administrative assistant Lucy Ree...
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County OKs police deal
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
October 14, 2026
Ouray County commissioners approved a revised contract Tuesday that would make the Ouray County Sheriff’s Office the full-time provider of police services in the city of Ouray — but at a higher cost t...
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In light of budget cuts, Padgett takes 10% salary reduction
By James Hanlon 
October 14, 2026
Ouray County Commissioner Lynn Padgett will take a voluntary 10% salary reduction next year in a show of solidarity with other departments that took cuts for the 2027 budget. Padgett said budget reduc...
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School district to sell workforce unit
Pay raise bumps Ridgway staff out of affordable housing income bracket
By James Hanlon 
October 14, 2026
The Ridgway School Board plans to sell the school district’s last affordable housing unit and rejected a land donation that could have been used to build more housing at a board meeting Oct. 8. No sta...
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