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We don’t put women in timeout; we put children in timeout. When you put a woman in timeout, you are putting her voice in timeout; telling her to go be...

December 3, 2025

Letters, Opinion

Nauer’s ‘timeout’ idea is a non-starter

Had I not participated in scores of Ouray County Board of County Commissioners' and Planning Commission meetings, that Commissioner Lynn Padgett was e...

December 3, 2025

Letters, Opinion

SMPA’s rate structure is regressive

Concerning the proposed San Miguel Power Association rate increase: Has the recent peak/off-peak rate structure worked to reduce the demand charge fro...

November 12, 2025

Letters, Opinion

A solution to prairie dog, wolf release issues

Dear Editor:I’m surprised that no one has considered the fairly obvious solution to the wolf release issue and the Top of the Pines prairie dog proble...

November 12, 2025

Letters, Opinion

Commitment, leadership make Gulde right choice

Dear Editor:It is with great enthusiasm that I write in support of Tamara Gulde for mayor of the city of Ouray. Tamara’s longstanding commitment to ou...

October 29, 2025

Letters, Opinion

Governments should cinch belts

Dear Editor:This request may be a day late and a dollar short considering ballots are due soon.Nonetheless, it needs to be said that this is perhaps t...

October 29, 2025

Letters, Opinion

Gulde has background necessary to be mayor

Dear Editor:I am writing in support of Tamara Gulde as mayor for the city of Ouray.Not only has Tamara been an efficient, hardworking, informed, truth...

October 29, 2025

Letters, Opinion

Justification for killing prairie dogs lacking

Dear Editor:Though the public has spoken consistently and with a unified voice against the killing of prairie dogs at Top of the Pines, two of our thr...

October 29, 2025

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Easter egg hunters hop to it

April 8, 2026

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Town mayor re-elected in landslide

Voters select incumbents Grambley, Scoville, newcomer Greenwood

By By Lia Salvatierra and Erin McIntyre lia@ouraynews.com erin@ouraynews.com

April 8, 2026

John Clark will continue serving as Ridgway mayor, defeating his only challenger in 14 years since he was first elected, newcomer Tia Mihelarakis. Clark received 321 votes to Mihelarakis’ 51 votes. Cl...

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Does Ouray need a new pool house? Council, public split

By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com

April 8, 2026

A series of tweaks to the design of a proposed new pool house at the Ouray Hot Springs Pool has exposed a deep divide among Ouray City Council members and the public over whether the city should proce...

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Council absorbs more criticism over police

Employee pleads 'give us answers' as city OKs higher reimbursement rate for law enforcement services

By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com

April 8, 2026

The Ouray City Council on Monday agreed to pay Ouray County more for providing law enforcement services in the city, but not before absorbing another round of blistering criticism from the public and ...

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County, Forest Service to discuss Yankee Boy closure next week

By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com

April 8, 2026

Ouray County commissioners will hold a work session next week with the U.S. Forest Service to discuss their plan to close the upper portion of the road into Yankee Boy Basin to reduce environmental an...

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Remote-triggered avalanche in San Juan Mountains

First responders receive first COVID-19 vaccines