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Judge delays assault trials
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Judge delays assault trials
The trials for two men accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl in Ouray County in 2023 have been postponed, even as the woman and the judge ...
January 21, 2026
Public: Rebuild Ouray PD
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Public: Rebuild Ouray PD
Ouray residents sent a clear message this week: They want to maintain an independent police department instead of permanently relying on the Ouray Cou...
January 14, 2026
Schiffer, Doherty picked for council
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Schiffer, Doherty picked for council
Ouray Planning Commissioner Kevin Schiffer and former city building inspector Dave Doherty were selected Monday to fill the two vacancies on the Ouray...
January 7, 2026
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Sheriff steps in again to help police
The city of Ouray is once again leaning on the Ouray County Sheriff’s Office to fill gaps in police officer patrol shifts, after City Administrator Mi...
January 7, 2026
Field of dreams realized in Ridgway
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Field of dreams realized in Ridgway
Ridgway Secondary School athletes were tired. Tired of running on hard surfaces that were tough on their bodies and practicing in school hallways and ...
December 31, 2025
Still full of Grit, 40 years later
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Still full of Grit, 40 years later
If you walk into True Grit Cafe, there's a good chance the proprietor herself will be the one who greets you before the door shuts behind you. She doe...
December 24, 2025
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Slow start to snow season
A series of post-Thanksgiving storms delivered desperately needed snow to the moisture-starved San Juans, but snowpack at the start of December remain...
December 3, 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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