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Company seeks to expand fiber access
As Ouray County's $4.8 million effort to install high speed internet service lines between Montrose and the Ouray County Public Health Department near...
March 25, 2021
Fire bans sweep across region
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Fire bans sweep across region
Federal and local agencies moved swiftly and simultaneously this week to implement fire bans across Ouray County and the surrounding region, citing pa...
July 2, 2020
Ouray recreation climbs to new heights with Via Ferrata opening
Ouray recreation climbs to new heights with Via Ferrata opening
[tecnavia_gallery slug='ouray-recreation-climbs-to-new-heights-with-via-ferrata-opening-gallery' view='carousel']The long-anticipated Ouray Via Ferrat...
May 7, 2020
Law enforcement: Complaints will drive stay-at-home order
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Law enforcement: Complaints will drive stay-at-home order
Ouray County law enforcement officers say they are largely relying on the public to follow Gov. Jared Polis' stay-at-home order, rather than taking a ...
April 2, 2020
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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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