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County resurrects camping ordinance
After years of debate and a stalemate last year when the Board of County Commissioners and the Planning Commission tried to develop an ordinance regul...
March 26, 2020
Tipi dweller weighs in on regulations
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Tipi dweller weighs in on regulations
A man who lives off-grid on an old mining claim in Ouray County has joined negotiations over the recently resurrected, much-debated long-term camping ...
March 26, 2020
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Nonprofit opposes water rights application
Ouray County’s application to divert water from Cow Creek and store it in Ridgway Reservoir is being opposed by the Uncompahgre Watershed Partnership....
March 19, 2020
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County board to shift to virtual meetings
Ouray County commissioners met Tuesday with their chairs spaced 6 feet apart, in what is likely to be their last in-person meeting for some time. Comm...
March 19, 2020
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Schools close for weeks, pivot with ever-changing situation
Citing concerns about preventing community spread of coronavirus, Ridgway and Ouray Schools initially closed until April 6, but then the closure was e...
March 19, 2020
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County: Firm overstepped on project
Ouray County is concerned that a company hired to install fiber internet may have overstepped the limitations of the project it was hired to do. Deepl...
March 11, 2020
Ridgway vet tech dedicated to helping animals here, abroad
Ridgway vet tech dedicated to helping animals here, abroad
To say Dawn Oliver is passionate about helping animals would be an understatement. Not only has she worked as a certified veterinary assistant at Ridg...
March 11, 2020
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Construction prompts water-quality complaint
Construction at the former home of famed actor and environmentalist Dennis Weaver has sparked complaints to state water-quality officials and the U.S....
February 19, 2020
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Survey respondents OK with buildings
Students, parents and community members of Ridgway School District are overall pretty happy with school infrastructure and believe both buildings meet...
February 6, 2020
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Grow facility given extension
A local marijuana grow facility has received another extension to address complaints from neighbors, the latest in a series of issues holding over fro...
February 6, 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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