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On May 1, when state officials announced that personal service businesses in Colorado could reopen their doors, the news was met with mixed feelings, ...

May 7, 2020

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Workers strive to stay afloat

As the stay-at-home order continues and non-essential businesses remain closed, workers and business owners in Ouray County are wondering how long the...

April 23, 2020

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Residents cut into personal fabric for masks

[tecnavia_gallery slug='residents-cut-into-personal-fabric-for-masks-gallery' view='carousel']When Gay Leachman put her first batch of nine cotton fac...

April 11, 2020

Artists move to virtual space in response to virus

[tecnavia_gallery slug='artists-move-to-virtual-space-in-response-to-virus-gallery' view='carousel']Since 2006, Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer has been wri...

April 2, 2020

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Providers switch to remote mental health help

Ouray area therapists and counselors are hoping to combat isolation by moving services out of offices and into the virtual world. This past week, ment...

March 26, 2020

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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