A nearly 15-year project to entirely encircle Ouray with a hiking trail is now complete after a local volunteer organization finished the last section...
October 22, 2020
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After many cancellations and disruptions due to the COVID-19 virus this year, children and adults can take heart that Halloween events are happening i...
October 22, 2020
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The four candidates seeking two seats on the Ouray County Board of County Commissioners tackled topics ranging from housing to land-use code issues du...
October 15, 2020
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Local taxing districts have endorsed Amendment B on the statewide ballot, hoping it will improve their funding situations if the Gallagher Amendment i...
October 15, 2020
News
Ouray County voters will decide next month whether to continue financially supporting a building that houses the county’s only primary care physician....
October 15, 2020
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Ouray County commissioners approved a letter to the Colorado Department of Transportation supporting the Little Blue Creek Canyon project on U.S. High...
October 7, 2020
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A Ridgway landscaper who filed a small-claims complaint against the Ouray School District last year is now asking the district to pay her for work on ...
September 30, 2020
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Principals at both Ridgway Elementary and Secondary Schools reported a smooth adjustment to the new normal of daily temperature checks, social distanc...
September 30, 2020
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The long-awaited ceremony for the Ouray County Courthouse renovation is scheduled for next week, and though the ribbon cutting will look a little diff...
September 30, 2020
A 25-year-old business in Ridgway has new owners. Gale Ingram turned over her business, Ridgway Office Supply & Services, to Ridgway residents Er...
September 28, 2020
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County deems trio of Ponderosa Village properties uninhabitable, as residents fear more debris flows imminent
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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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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Board: No benefit to cost, operational structure
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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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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Flooding relocates part of Dexter Creek, forces couple to seek help with pigs
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 ...
