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Ice Park director boasts experience
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Ice Park director boasts experience
The Ouray Ice Park has a new executive director with plenty of experience to take it through the next year of uncertainty and look ahead to a future o...
September 24, 2020
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County to repost road superintendent job
After nearly a year without a full-time road and bridge superintendent, Ouray County commissioners held a work session on Tuesday to outline how they ...
September 17, 2020
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County road plowing conflict drags on
Ouray County commissioners continued discussions over a proposed settlement on the lawsuit involving County Road 5 snow plowing this week. A possible ...
September 17, 2020
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Under limits, county fair carries on
Though the fair will look different this year due to COVlD-19 and its limitations, the show will go on. The livestock show, that is, and the sale afte...
September 3, 2020
Covid
With help, Ridgway schools reopen
Superintendent Susan Lacy and board members praised the accomplishments of staff in the days leading up to the reopening of Ridgway Schools at a board...
September 3, 2020
Three decades of Bizarreness
Three decades of Bizarreness
When Lupita’s Bizarre Bazaar owner Susan Baker came to Ridgway in 1989, she saw potential in the little “cowboy town” to be what it is today.  And whe...
September 2, 2020
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Colona marijuana store application pulled
An application for a marijuana retail store in Colona has been withdrawn. Kind Castle applicant John Dyet on Tuesday thanked commissioners for their t...
August 27, 2020
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City: No to more remote governance
Ouray council rejects member's request to attend more meetings from afar
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
March 4, 2026
The Ouray City Council on Monday unanimously rejected a councilor’s request for greater leeway to participate in council meetings remotely, agreeing it’s vital for elected officials to face constituen...
A dilemma 25 years in the making
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4-H EVENT CENTER
A dilemma 25 years in the making
Commissioners determined to improve fiscal health of facility plagued by management, use questions since its donation
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
March 4, 2026
The dilemma of how to manage, finance and use the Ouray County 4-H Event Center is coming full circle, reflecting conversations that happened more than 25 years ago when the facility was donated to th...
Pool house design draws varied reactions
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Pool house design draws varied reactions
Residents alternately praise, pan contemporary appearance, debate proposed community space
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
March 4, 2026
Ouray County residents peppered architects and Ouray parks and recreation officials with questions and feedback about a proposed new pool house at the Ouray Hot Springs Pool, revealing a broad spectru...
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