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March 13, 1975 – Mountain Bell has asked the Colorado Public Utilities Commission for emergency approval of a $1.30 a month increase in one-party mont...

March 12, 2025

Looking Back

LOOKING BACK

January 31, 1975 – Ouray's first Centennial- Bicentennial event took place Monday night this week in a "gentle blizzard," a somewhat appropriate setti...

January 29, 2025

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OURAY COUNTY LOOKING BACK

50 YEARS AGO January 3, 1975 – John Wilson, 28, of Ouray suffered the loss of his left arm in an accident at the Camp Bird Mill Dec. 28. The accident ...

January 1, 2025

Looking Back

LOOKING BACK

November 15, 1974 – In the days of high prices and shortages, homemakers wanted to know how to stretch a limited sugar supply. "Americans normally con...

November 13, 2024

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LOOKING BACK

Aug. 11, 1974 – Rick Trujillo not only won the Pikes Peak annual marathon but he won it for the second year in a row, and broke his own record in doin...

August 14, 2024

Looking Back

LOOKING BACK

July 25, 1974 – James McGuire, Ouray City Police deputy, received a call from his dispatcher around 10:30 Monday night, that someone had reported two ...

July 24, 2024

Feature

LOOKING BACK

July 4, 1974 – Action by the Ridgway Volunteer Fire Department, assisted by the Ouray County Sheriff’s Department and other volunteers, prevented a fi...

July 3, 2024

Feature

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OURAY COUNTYApril 18, 1974 - The City of Ouray will receive $16,577.90 in grant money for the city swimming pool park improvements from the Colorado P...

April 17, 2024

Feature

LOOKING BACK

OURAY COUNTYApril 11, 1974 - This week a group of about 35 concerned persons met with officials of the Colorado Dept. of Game & Fish in the Montro...

April 10, 2024

Opinion

LOOKING BACK

OURAY COUNTY 50 YEARS AGO March 7, 1974 - Deep snow and cold have placed Ouray County deer and elk under severe stress this winter, according to Jim O...

March 6, 2024

Main, News...

Ridgway hotel to convert to housing

MTN Lodge owner: Change needed to sustain operations; town leaders worried

By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com

September 10, 2025

Ridgway’s largest hotel plans to convert to construction and hotel workforce housing for a new Four Seasons development in Mountain Village for at least the next four years. MTN Lodge signed an agreem...

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With federal funds in limbo, Ouray seeks options to reduce wildfire danger

By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com

September 10, 2025

Ouray city leaders are exploring other ways to address dead, fallen trees littering neighborhoods and hillsides now that it's unclear when a large-scale, federally funded wildfire mitigation project w...

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Interim police chief retained through Dec. 31

By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com

September 10, 2025

Ouray City Administrator Michelle Metteer has extended the contract of Interim Police Chief Daric Harvey through the end of the year. Harvey was hired as the interim chief in March, replacing Sgt. Gar...

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City to hear public input on wayfinding sign solutions

By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com

September 10, 2025

The Ouray City Council will hold a work session Monday to discuss possible solutions to concerns raised by residents and business owners about new wayfinding signs installed along Main Street earlier ...

Letters, Opinion...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Article about Space to Create too negative

September 10, 2025

Dear Editor: The origin and theory behind the Space To Create movement is tied to the common phenomenon where creative individuals, looking for affordable and functional space, move into semi-industri...

From the Ouray County Herald, Ouray County Plaindealer and the Ridgway Sun

Remote-triggered avalanche in San Juan Mountains

First responders receive first COVID-19 vaccines