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Move made to create space for family changing room; owners decry lack of community inputMark Field takes a lot of pride in Ouray Hot Springs Massage.H...

May 1, 2024

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SCHOOLS HUNGRY FOR HELP

Shortage of cafeteria workers forces Ridgway schools to stop serving lunch on Mondays — and look for long-term solutionsFor 13 years, Janet Collins ha...

April 24, 2024

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Revenue up in Ouray in Feb.

Revenue in all categories was up in Ouray in February.Sales tax receipts increased 4.5%, from $145,936 in February 2023 to $152,570 this year. Year to...

April 24, 2024

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Montrose outpatient care center opens

With hospital bursting at seams, new facility offers less-expensive services in easier to access setting Nearly five years ago, leaders at Montrose Re...

April 24, 2024

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Calls for chief’s resignation grow

Citizens circulate letter urging Ouray Police Department leader Jeff Wood to step down A group of citizens is calling for the resignation of Ouray Pol...

April 17, 2024

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SMPA contract termination fee: $52M

Wholesale power provider to appeal regulators’ methodology, leaving co-op in limbo San Miguel Power Association would have to pay its wholesale power ...

April 10, 2024

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Suspect seeks to transfer case back to juvenile court

Hearing set for September The attorneys for an 18-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting a girl in Ouray County last summer are seeking to have h...

April 10, 2024

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The top vacation spot? Look out your back door

Men's Journal ranks Ouray best destination in U.S. in 2024 The best vacation spot in the U.S.? It’s closer than you might think. A lot closer. That’s ...

April 10, 2024

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Panel OKs Ouray affordable rentals

Planning Commission recommends approval of sketch plan for 13 townhomesA proposed 13-unit affordable townhome complex won approval Tuesday from the Ou...

April 10, 2024

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Wanted: Child care providers

Nonprofit initiative still searching for home-based daycare supplier for Ouray development As developers prepare to resume construction on Ouray’s fir...

April 3, 2024

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Firefighters gain ground on Gold Mountain Fire

Sheriff allows some evacuees to return home; blaze shifts away from populated areas

By By Mike Wiggins, Erin McIntyre and Deb Hurley Brobst mike@ouraynews.com erin@ouraynews.com

July 8, 2026

Residents forced to flee the Gold Mountain Fire north of Ouray nearly two weeks ago returned to charred landscapes but fully intact homes Wednesday, an indication that authorities believe the threat h...

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Despite fire, downsized Fourth celebration marches on

By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com

July 8, 2026

A scaled-back Fourth of July celebration of the 250th birthday of the United States and 150th birthday of Ouray attracted thousands to the city, despite the cancellation of fireworks, water fights and...

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First fire, then floods? Leaders start planning for next potential emergency

By Deb Hurley Brobst Special to the Plaindealer

July 8, 2026

Even though the Gold Mountain Fire is still burning, Ouray County officials are already thinking about flash flood risks in the burn scar as Colorado moves into monsoon season. “This is a predictable ...

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Water providers ask customers to pull back

Ridgway enacts mandatory irrigation restrictions

By Mike Wiggins and Erin McIntyre mike@ouraynews.com erin@ouraynews.com

July 8, 2026

Water managers in Ouray County are asking residents to curtail water use and avoid putting more demand on their distribution systems in light of the Gold Mountain Fire and ongoing tinder-dry condition...

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Looking Back

50 Years Ago

July 8, 2026

July 7, 1966 Charges have been filed in Ouray County Court against three Ouray youths for violation of state statutes in climbing over a fence at the municipal swimming pool last Friday and breaking b...

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Remote-triggered avalanche in San Juan Mountains

First responders receive first COVID-19 vaccines