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Testing yields 3 positives as new rating system imminent

Ouray County’s mass COVID-19 testing event yielded three confirmed positive cases out of 618 tests. The two-day testing event last week was held in re...

September 10, 2020

Covid

First outbreak tests county

Jeff "Bama" Tunnicliff had been working hard – shoveling and pounding posts into the ground. He figured his upper body aches were related to that and ...

August 27, 2020

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Air quality pros assigned to forest

The biggest fires burning in Colorado may be more than 100 miles away from Ouray County, but the effects are evident in the hazy film covering the mou...

August 20, 2020

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Nine vying to fill two openings on Ouray City Council

Council will use ranked choice voting to select councilors

By Mike Wiggins

January 2, 2026

The three-member Ouray City Council will have plenty of options to choose from when it decides on Monday how to fill two vacancies. A total of nine people have applied and will be interviewed to occup...

Years after acquittal, man gets prison in second case

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TOP STORIES OF THE YEAR: BRIAN SCRANTON CONVICTED OF SEX ASSAULT

Years after acquittal, man gets prison in second case

By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com

December 31, 2025

Editor’s note: This story contains details about a sex assault case. Ten years after he was first arrested for alleged sex assault in Ouray County, a Ridgway man was convicted in another sex assault c...

County endures year of resignations, infighting

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TOP STORIES OF THE YEAR: TUMULT WITHIN TOP RANKS OF COUNTY

County endures year of resignations, infighting

By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com

December 31, 2025

Ouray County government weathered a year of turmoil and transition in 2025, and ended the year hopeful that its new top leader would bring a fresh perspective and stability. County commissioners ended...

After tear down and rebuild, agency again faces upheaval

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TOP STORIES OF THE YEAR: POLICE TURMOIL CONTINUES

After tear down and rebuild, agency again faces upheaval

By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com

December 31, 2025

After more than a year of turmoil that consumed 2024 and bled over into the first quarter of 2025, the Ouray Police Department underwent a complete tear down and transition under an interim police chi...

Looking Back, Opinion...

Looking Back

By Compiled from the files of The Ouray County Herald, The Ridgway Sun, and The Ouray County Plaindealer

December 31, 2025

60 Years Ago December 30, 1965 What can we expect to happen to our pocketbook in 1966? Here are some clues gleaned from the 43rd Annual National Agricultural Outlook Conference held in Washington D.C....

Erin Mclntyre

Remote-triggered avalanche in San Juan Mountains

First responders receive first COVID-19 vaccines