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Board contemplates tapping reserves
The Ridgway School Board is conside ring using reserve funds instead of making cuts to an already tight budget. Superintendent Susan Lacy told the boa...
May 14, 2020
News
Ouray Schools superintendent finalists scheduled for interviews Friday
The Ouray School Board will attempt to have as traditional an interview process as possible with the three finalists for superintendent. The finalists...
May 7, 2020
Covid
Donations flood ‘good neighbor’ fund
A charitable fund established to help Ouray County residents in need during the economic downturn has received nearly $300,000 in donations so far. Th...
May 7, 2020
Covid
County to plow alpine roads, board recommends lodging, quarantine order expire
Ouray County will proceed with its normal schedule of plowing high-country roads, after lengthy discussions about delaying the maintenance to discoura...
May 7, 2020
Down time for most, boom time for some
Covid
Down time for most, boom time for some
The new coronavirus has dealt significant financial blows to most Ouray County businesses, keeping tourists, the lifeblood of the local economy, at ba...
April 30, 2020
Feeling cooped up? There’s a Plan B for that
Covid
Feeling cooped up? There’s a Plan B for that
Local businesses have had to get creative to maintain their income streams in this time of restrictions on travel and public gatherings. One local bus...
April 30, 2020
Covid
Attorney: Resume in-person meetings
Ouray County Attorney Carol Viner told county commissioners on Tuesday they need to discuss how to start having in-person meetings again. "These meeti...
April 30, 2020
News
Superintendent search narrows to 3
The Ouray School Board revealed the names of the three finalists for the district’s vacant superintendent and principal position at a meeting April 27...
April 30, 2020
Covid
Pandemic triggers budget fears
Ridgway School District is cautiously examining its budget, anticipating cuts to state funding as a result of coronavirus and the statewide economy. T...
April 30, 2020
News
Search for new roads boss on hold
Ouray County will give more hours to its interim Road and Bridge Department superintendent instead of ramping up its efforts to hire a new boss. Count...
April 23, 2020
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Will Coloradans choose the ‘right to hunt’?
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Will Coloradans choose the ‘right to hunt’?
Proposed constitutional amendment asks who should dictate wildlife policy
By Chart Riggall 
October 14, 2026
Colorado’s vote next month on whether to amend the state Constitution by codifying the right to hunt and fish has intensified debate among hunters, conservationists and legal experts over exactly who ...
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City hit with another police suit
Ex-admin assistant claims Ouray lost personal info, violated policies
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
October 14, 2026
The city of Ouray faces another lawsuit from an ex-employee of the police department. In a complaint filed last week in district court, former Ouray Police Department administrative assistant Lucy Ree...
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County OKs police deal
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
October 14, 2026
Ouray County commissioners approved a revised contract Tuesday that would make the Ouray County Sheriff’s Office the full-time provider of police services in the city of Ouray — but at a higher cost t...
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In light of budget cuts, Padgett takes 10% salary reduction
By James Hanlon 
October 14, 2026
Ouray County Commissioner Lynn Padgett will take a voluntary 10% salary reduction next year in a show of solidarity with other departments that took cuts for the 2027 budget. Padgett said budget reduc...
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School district to sell workforce unit
Pay raise bumps Ridgway staff out of affordable housing income bracket
By James Hanlon 
October 14, 2026
The Ridgway School Board plans to sell the school district’s last affordable housing unit and rejected a land donation that could have been used to build more housing at a board meeting Oct. 8. No sta...
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