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Town seeks grant for move toward electric building regulations

The town of Ridgway will apply for a state grant to help it create and implement new all-electric building rules and possibly achieve other sustainabi...

July 30, 2025

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‘It just took off very quickly’

BLACK CANYON OF THE GUNNISON — Campgrounds filled with families just a matter of days before are surrounded by a web of spidery, blackened trees. Bare...

July 23, 2025

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Hunting down the ghosts

During his time as a bus driver in Telluride, Mikael Madsen encountered many of his fellow veterans struggling to survive a Western Slope winter. At t...

July 16, 2025

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Judge to rule on land condemnation

A district judge is expected to rule this week on whether the town of Ridgway can seize a slice of a resident’s property to create a walking trail, af...

July 16, 2025

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County to tackle problem with addresses

Sometimes it takes Ouray County emergency responders knocking on doors and waking people at three different homes at 2 a.m. to find the person who nee...

July 16, 2025

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Funding issue postpones Ouray wildfire mitigation

A 93-acre wildfire mitigation project in the hillsides above Ouray is on hold until at least next fall, while project leaders keep their fingers cross...

July 16, 2025

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County scrambles to pay for road repairs from rockfall

Ouray County is scraping together money to pay for emergency repairs on County Road 361 while looking for ways to replenish its emergency fund in anti...

July 9, 2025

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Leaders object to public lands sale

Recent federal proposals to sell or develop Ouray County’s public lands would harm the county’s economy, identity and culture of ranching and public r...

July 2, 2025

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New weapons policy would ban public, allow employees to conceal carry

County leaders are debating a new policy that would ban the public from carrying any weapons within Ouray County buildings but allow county employees ...

July 2, 2025

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County to debate Yankee Boy Basin restrictions

Ouray County officials will hold a work session to consider a resident's request to partially restrict motorized access in Yankee Boy Basin, which cit...

July 2, 2025

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Ute dancers perform at film fest

October 22, 2025

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Board makes offer on top job

On same day commissioners pick Peace Corps director, interim manager resigns

By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com

October 22, 2025

Ouray County’s new county manager will travel from Santiago de Queretaro, Mexico, for the job, if he accepts the position. Ouray County commissioners unanimously voted Tuesday to offer the county’s to...

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Federal shutdown threatens food assistance program

By By Lia Salvatierra and Erin McIntyre lia@ouraynews.com erin@ouraynews.com

October 22, 2025

Food assistance for low-income residents in Ouray County will likely be cut off at the end of the month due to the federal government shutdown, leaving an estimated 170 households with less money and ...

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Woman’s body found in mine shaft

By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com

October 22, 2025

A Ridgway woman who was reported missing Monday night was found dead in a deep, water-filled mine shaft on Red Mountain Pass. Rescuers found Jennifer Nelson, 54, early Tuesday morning after accidental...

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City OKs purchase of new police vehicles

Interim police chief sought five hybrid SUVs to replace aging fleet; council authorizes three

By Mike Wiggins and Deb Hurley Brobst mike@ouraynews.com

October 22, 2025

The Ouray City Council approved the purchase of three new police vehicles Monday night, allowing the police department to start rotating in new patrol cars for an aging fleet that hasn’t been replaced...

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Remote-triggered avalanche in San Juan Mountains

First responders receive first COVID-19 vaccines