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Ouray teachers vouch for paraprofessional
Ouray School District is losing three paraprofessionals after this school year, with two resignations and one whose contract is not being renewed. Dur...
June 2, 2021
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State ramps up wildlife area enforcement
Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials are increasing enforcement to better protect deer and elk herds in the Billy Creek State Wildlife Area between R...
June 2, 2021
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County narrows solutions to CR17 flooding
With the input of new Road and Bridge Superintendent Ty Barger, Ouray County commissioners last week narrowed their focus on potential solutions to a ...
May 26, 2021
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Commissioners shift meetings to in-person
Ouray County commissioners will move their public hearing to the 4-H Center next week and allow the public to attend in person or online, a decision m...
May 19, 2021
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After delay, county OKs CR5 improvements
Ouray County commissioners last week approved a maintenance agreement for the upper sections of County Road 5, but not before Commissioner Lynn Padget...
May 12, 2021
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CR5 maintenance pact postponed
Ouray County commissioners will continue to discuss an agreement with property owners to maintain County Road 5 as well as a new kiosk for the Miller ...
May 6, 2021
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Planning members reappointed
Interviews scheduled with candidates for the Ouray County Planning Commission were canceled on Tuesday after two of the four candidates for three seat...
April 28, 2021
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[tecnavia_gallery slug='new-home-same-mission-gallery' view='carousel']The Ouray County Food Pantry will move to its new permanent location next month...
April 28, 2021
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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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