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Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com

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Ouray to hire full-time fire chief in ’26
The city of Ouray plans to bring aboard a full-time, salaried fire chief next year, a change that will shift the responsibility for hiring, firing and...
October 29, 2025
Gulde touts experience, years of service
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Gulde touts experience, years of service
Tamara Gulde didn’t intend to assemble campaign flyers and put up yard signs this fall. After four years as a Ouray city councilor, she was ready to s...
October 15, 2025
Underwood sees gap between council, public
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Underwood sees gap between council, public
When he looks out at the audience at a Ouray City Council meeting or walks Main Street, Michael Underwood said he sees and hears people who are discon...
October 15, 2025
Fire chief vows to clean up fireworks trash found by visitors
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Fire chief vows to clean up fireworks trash found by visitors
Michal Nowicki was looking for a panoramic view above Ouray when he hiked near the "Switzerland of America" sign last week. He found it — along with a...
October 8, 2025
‘An Iliad’ shares ‘an epic story in a really intimate setting’
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‘An Iliad’ shares ‘an epic story in a really intimate setting’
Playing in Ouray this weekend, modern-day retelling of Homer's poem explores valor, savagery of Trojan War In the last 20 years, John Kissingford has ...
October 1, 2025
Once in ‘crisis,’ Ouray police rebuilding
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Once in ‘crisis,’ Ouray police rebuilding
Daric Harvey needs another dry erase board. The one hanging on the wall next to his desk is out of room, crammed with a checklist of goals and initiat...
September 24, 2025
Ouray to ditch large downtown signs
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Ouray to ditch large downtown signs
The city of Ouray is prepared to scrap a series of new large signs installed this summer in the downtown core meant to direct drivers to various locat...
September 17, 2025
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Councilors: Ouray residents, company need to do better securing trash
With bears loading up on calories in preparation for hibernation, some Ouray city councilors said they're looking for both residents and the city's tr...
September 17, 2025
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Pickleball tournament hits Ridgway this weekend
When members of the Ridgway Pickleball Club decided to launch a pickleball tournament two years ago, their biggest challenge was organizing it in just...
September 17, 2025
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Interim police chief retained through Dec. 31
Ouray City Administrator Michelle Metteer has extended the contract of Interim Police Chief Daric Harvey through the end of the year.Harvey was hired ...
September 10, 2025
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Flood ravages homes
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Flood ravages homes
County deems trio of Ponderosa Village properties uninhabitable, as residents fear more debris flows imminent
By Erin McIntyre, Chart Riggall and Mike Wiggins 
August 5, 2026
When the fire raged above them on the mountain, the evacuated residents of Ponderosa Village hoped for rain. They wished for anything to help the firefighters get control of the blaze so it wouldn't b...
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County floats disaster relief sales tax
By Chart Riggall 
August 5, 2026
Draft ballot language proposes half-cent tax, with revenue split between county, city, town Ouray County commissioners are in talks to put a half-penny sales tax increase question to voters this fall ...
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Log Hill won’t join fire authority
Board: No benefit to cost, operational structure
By James Hanlon 
August 5, 2026
The Log Hill Volunteer Fire Department will not join the proposed consolidated fire and emergency medical services authority in Ouray County. Board members of the Log Hill Mesa Fire Protection Distric...
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Crews near full containment on fire
By James Hanlon 
August 5, 2026
Firefighters who are closing in on fully containing the Gold Mountain Fire have shifted their work to undoing firelines that are no longer needed to prevent erosion. “We've moved out of the suppressio...
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‘We were in a panic’
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‘We were in a panic’
Flooding relocates part of Dexter Creek, forces couple to seek help with pigs
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
August 5, 2026
Hank and Betsy Nicholson were watching TV at home the night of July 26 when the skies opened up and filled Dexter Creek with rainwater, mud and debris. The creek, which serves as the Nicholsons’ only ...
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