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Karen Risch

After abnormally hot, dry summer, what will fall bring?
Columns, Opinion
After abnormally hot, dry summer, what will fall bring?
Halfway through Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, at 12:22 p.m.Mountain Daylight Time, astronomical summer officially yielded to autumn.Seasonal change has been...
September 24, 2025
Late monsoon welcome, but it won’t fix deficit
Columns, Opinion
Late monsoon welcome, but it won’t fix deficit
This year's missing monsoon finally showed up the night of Aug. 22. By the next morning, Saturday, a much wetter, greener, cooler world greeted Ouray ...
August 27, 2025
A disappointingly dry start to monsoon season
Columns, Opinion
A disappointingly dry start to monsoon season
Ouray gardeners, like their counterparts across the Four Corners states, count on the Southwest Monsoon from July to September.In the city of Ouray it...
July 30, 2025
Will Ouray County benefit from Weather Service rehires?
Columns, Opinion
Will Ouray County benefit from Weather Service rehires?
For six lovely days, June 2-7, our San Juan earth was cool and wet. Local peaks regained their winter white.Ouray days averaged 65 degrees, 11 degrees...
June 25, 2025
Drought reigns as county barrels toward summer
Columns, Opinion
Drought reigns as county barrels toward summer
Ouray County, along with much of far western Colorado and other Southwestern states, is now in severe drought status, according to NOAA’s U.S. West Dr...
May 28, 2025
Brief warm spells, plenty of snow — yes, it’s April
Columns, Opinion
Brief warm spells, plenty of snow — yes, it’s April
April, a notorious trickster of a month, has lived up to its reputation this year.Fine hot spells, not-so-good freezing temperatures, ample snow and, ...
April 23, 2025
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Gulde touts experience, years of service
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Gulde touts experience, years of service
Gulde touts experience, years of service
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
October 15, 2025
Tamara Gulde didn’t intend to assemble campaign flyers and put up yard signs this fall. After four years as a Ouray city councilor, she was ready to step back and let someone else take their turn as o...
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Driver survives plunge off pass
Distracted Montrose County man sustains minor injuries, cited for suspected careless driving
By Erin McIntyre and Mike Wiggins erin@ouraynews.com mike@ouraynews.com 
October 15, 2025
A Montrose County resident survived an accident on Red Mountain Pass on Oct. 9, where his truck went over the edge and rolled down the mountain. According to information from the Colorado State Patrol...
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Underwood sees gap between council, public
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Underwood sees gap between council, public
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
October 15, 2025
When he looks out at the audience at a Ouray City Council meeting or walks Main Street, Michael Underwood said he sees and hears people who are disconnected from those elected to represent them. Some ...
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News
Water costs increase for county irrigators
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
October 15, 2025
The cost of leasing backup water to support Ouray County irrigators is increasing this year, as the Tri-County Water Conservancy District is charging $21,000 to store the water in the Ridgway Reservoi...
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Wildfire panel focuses on insurance issues
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
October 15, 2025
Wildfires are one natural disaster communities can exercise some control over. And the hope is that soon homeowners will not only have control over mitigating wildfire risk around their homes, but als...
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