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Decision on opening event center, pool variance expected

Ouray County commissioners will decide next week when — and how — the 4-H Events Center will reopen, and will likely also consider a variance request ...

June 11, 2020

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Budgets cuts not as deep as feared

Budget cuts to Ridgway School District from the state resulting from the COVID-19 induced economic downturn will not be as deep as the school board fi...

June 11, 2020

Market sells to longtime local family

Ouray’s family-owned grocery store has new owners, but they’re deeply rooted in the community. Many locals will recognize them as natives who moved aw...

June 11, 2020

Staff returns to renovated courthouse

After nearly two years of displacement, all county employees have moved back into the newly renovated Ouray County Courthouse, with only a few items l...

June 4, 2020

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Commissioner seeks second term

Ouray County Commissioner John Peters has announced he is running for re-election this year with a goal of helping the county’s economy recover from t...

May 28, 2020

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Forest Service campgrounds to open June 1

The U.S. Forest Service plans to open Amphitheater, Angel Creek and Thistledown campgrounds in Ouray County on June 1, despite the fact that most Fore...

May 28, 2020

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School leaders tribute to late volunteer

Ridgway School administrators paid tribute during last week’s board meeting to Rick Taylor, a beloved volunteer who died earlier this month. Taylor vo...

May 28, 2020

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‘Open up my playground,’ boy pleads

Rowan Huffman finished up his last day of third grade at home on the morning of May 22, made a homemade sign out of cardboard from the packaging of hi...

May 28, 2020

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New school leader tapped

The Ouray School Board announced Tod Lokey, principal of Bayfield Middle School as their pick for superintendent/lead administrator at a meeting May 1...

May 21, 2020

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Commissioners cautioned to follow law

Ouray County Attorney Carol Viner cautioned commissioners they need to be wary of becoming too relaxed during public meetings and they need to adhere ...

May 21, 2020

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July 2, 2025

Carrie Ann Mund, left, dances with Tawnya Schiebel during the Mariachi de San Jose band’s performance in Ridgway’s Hartwell Park on June 29. The band performed as part of the fifth annual Fete de la M...

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Leaders object to public lands sale

Conservationists, ranchers, elected officials decry bill, though battle over federal property may return

By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com

July 2, 2025

Recent federal proposals to sell or develop Ouray County’s public lands would harm the county’s economy, identity and culture of ranching and public recreation, according to county officials and other...

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Sex assault trial moved to Montrose

By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com

July 2, 2025

A judge has ordered the trial of a man accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl in 2023 to be moved from Ouray to Montrose. Seventh Judicial Chief District Judge Cory Jackson approved the tri...

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Celebrating the Fourth in Ouray? Load up on sunscreen, patience, courtesy

Private security to help with traffic, parking, so law enforcement can be more proactive

By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com

July 2, 2025

The sights and sounds of the Fourth of July in Ouray are ubiquitous. The powerful spray of fire hoses. The shrieks of kids racing through Fellin Park. Cheers and honking horns on Main Street. This yea...

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New weapons policy would ban public, allow employees to conceal carry

By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com

July 2, 2025

County leaders are debating a new policy that would ban the public from carrying any weapons within Ouray County buildings but allow county employees with valid permits to conceal carry weapons in mos...

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Remote-triggered avalanche in San Juan Mountains

First responders receive first COVID-19 vaccines