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Ridgway district looks to post-pandemic school year

A Ridgway School Board meeting was full of positive reports as the board and administrative staff looked to a post-pandemic future at their March 25 m...

April 1, 2021

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Log Hill grow application hearing continued

After more than four hours of listening to testimony from staff, the applicant and members of the public, the Board of County Commissioners continued ...

March 25, 2021

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School board looks to less restrictive future

The Ouray School Board is already working to envision a coming school year with fewer COVID-19 related restrictions. At a work session March 18 they r...

March 25, 2021

Opportunity arises out of tragedy

Susan Baker has had retirement in the back of her mind ever since Lupita’s Bizarre Bazaar marked 30 years in business last September. Being voted “Bes...

March 25, 2021

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School to install vehicle charging stations

Ridgway Secondary School will soon have two electric vehicle charging stations that can charge four vehicles at once. The project was spearheaded by t...

March 18, 2021

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Housing search on as mine gears up

As construction ramps up and Ouray Silver Mines gears up for production, CEO Brian Briggs told commissioners Tuesday the mine is having trouble findin...

March 18, 2021

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Blue Lakes, Ironton use study planned

The U.S. Forest Service is planning a visitor study this summer for the Blue Lakes and Ironton areas, after complaints about overuse, damage and other...

March 18, 2021

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Advocates seek Ironton area management

Ouray County commissioners met with representatives of the Trust for Land Restoration and the Ouray County Historical Society recently to address imme...

March 11, 2021

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After long career, new deputy finds âidyllicâ place

Jim Duncan is enjoying his retirement from stressful city policing as the new part-time deputy marshal in Ridgway after a nearly 40-year career in law...

March 11, 2021

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Principal applicants to be interviewed this week

Ridgway School District has already narrowed the search for a new elementary principal down to four candidates to be interviewed this week. Elementary...

March 4, 2021

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September 9, 2026

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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...

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Trump declares disaster for fire

By By Chart Riggall chart@ouraynews.com

September 9, 2026

Move frees up federal relief money President Donald Trump approved a major disaster declaration for the Gold Mountain and Aspen Acres fires, unlocking millions of dollars in Federal Emergency Manageme...

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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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Parking enforcement nixes popular highway camping spot

By By James Hanlon james@ouraynews.com

September 9, 2026

Officials cite concerns about safety, health at Tuffy's Corner A highway pullout popular for overnight camper parking north of Ouray has been empty in recent weeks since ‘no camping’ signs were instal...

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Remote-triggered avalanche in San Juan Mountains

First responders receive first COVID-19 vaccines