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School sails through first quarantine
Ouray School sailed through its first quarantine and all students and staff returned to school on Monday with no reports of illness. Superintendent To...
December 17, 2020
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Panel pushes $15M elementary renovation
The Ridgway School District is forging ahead with plans for a $15 million overhaul of the elementary building despite not having clear direction that ...
December 17, 2020
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County rejects retail marijuana store
Ouray County commissioners denied an application for a retail marijuana store in Colona on Tuesday after more than two hours of discussion and are now...
December 10, 2020
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County adopts 2021 budget
Ouray County commissioners approved a nearly $15 million budget for 2021 on Tuesday, including funding for a full-time public information position to ...
December 10, 2020
Skijoring? Yes. Spectators? Neigh.
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Skijoring? Yes. Spectators? Neigh.
Ridgway’s popular winter competition combining snow sports with horseback riding will be allowed to happen in January, but like other sports during th...
December 10, 2020
County officials praise new rec trail
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County officials praise new rec trail
Ouray County will officially end years of fighting over recreational access to County Road 5 next week with a settlement agreement involving the newly...
December 3, 2020
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Community pleased with in-person learning
Ridgway parents, staff, and – to a lesser extent – students are satisfied with this year’s in-person learning and the health and safety protocols the ...
November 25, 2020
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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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