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Council reviews hot springs heat options

Most expensive alternative tops $5M, though overlook area could help offset cost Engineers on Monday presented the Ouray City Council with a range of ...

March 6, 2024

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Dems seek re-election to board

Commissioners Niece, Padgett announce bids; GOP eyes competition for both seats Ouray County commissioners Lynn Padgett and Jake Niece will run for re...

March 6, 2024

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Ouray Riverside Resort grows footprint

Owners acquire River Run Cabins, plan to add employee housing When Jason and Amber Perkins rolled into the San Juans in an RV and bought a narrow rect...

February 28, 2024

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‘Love Letters’ both simple and complex

On its face, “Love Letters” seems like a simple play. Two actors sit across from each other at a table, reading letters written over a lifetime. But a...

February 28, 2024

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HIGH PRICES, LOW INVENTORY

That combo put Ouray County buyers in a vise in 2023. Realtors differ on how much the market will loosen up this year but agree on one thing: Prices w...

February 21, 2024

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Chief questioned accuser’s credibility

Emails, texts also reveal response to media frenzy, doubts about Wood staying in job Ouray Police Chief Jeff Wood questioned the credibility of the te...

February 21, 2024

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Judge orders mediation in foodborne illness suits

Trial set for Jan. 2025; health officials fail to identify source of taco shop contamination A judge has ordered the two people who sued Taco del Gnar...

February 14, 2024

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Ouray begins tackling question: where to put dozens of new housing units

Faced with a projected need to build dozens of housing units in the next decade, Ouray city leaders on Monday began brainstorming potential locations ...

February 7, 2024

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City mulls in-town shuttle to ease traffic bottleneck

The city of Ouray is exploring the possibility of launching a shuttle service that would ferry visitors and residents from one end of town to the othe...

February 7, 2024

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Community kicks around solutions to Hot Springs Pool problems

Studying aquifer, replacing geothermal line, collecting seeping water all pitched at meeting Collect superheated water bubbling up from beneath the Ea...

January 31, 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