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Ouray volleyball returns a year after getting spiked
Ouray volleyball returns a year after getting spiked
[tecnavia_gallery slug='ouray-volleyball-returns-a-year-after-getting-spiked-gallery' view='carousel']High school girls volleyball has returned to Our...
September 28, 2022
Feds: Hunters ignited 2019 fire
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Feds: Hunters ignited 2019 fire
[tecnavia_gallery slug='feds-hunters-ignited-2019-fire-gallery' view='carousel']EDITOR'S NOTE:  Nearly three years after the Cow Creek Fire torched ab...
September 28, 2022
News
Town turns down mixed-use project again
The Ridgway Planning Commission turned down a proposed mixed-use development northeast of the stoplight for the second time in four months, this time ...
September 28, 2022
News
City, county split on funding ask
The Ouray City Council voted unanimously to contribute $100,000 toward the Home Trust of Ouray County’s purchase of a six-unit apartment building, whi...
September 21, 2022
News
Ridgway approves plans for visitor center
The Ridgway Town Council approved an updated plan for the Visitor Center and Heritage Park, a project expected to cost more than $2 million over a fou...
September 21, 2022
News
Data show areas of improvement for 7th district
For the first time, details about convictions, case dispositions, and other aspects of the criminal justice process in the 7th Judicial District have ...
September 15, 2022
News
Schools outscore state on annual tests
In the first year of typical standardized testing since 2019, local students mostly outperformed the state on Colorado Measures of Academic Success (C...
September 8, 2022
Covid
Schools return without COVID regulations
Kindergarteners squirmed and fidgeted on a colorful rug in the Ridgway Elementary School library Tuesday, sitting crosslegged and elbow-to-elbow as li...
September 8, 2022
Tri-district team makes a run for it
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Tri-district team makes a run for it
[tecnavia_gallery slug='tri-district-team-makes-a-run-for-it-gallery' view='carousel']As they finished cross country practice on Friday afternoon, Can...
September 8, 2022
CEO: Cedar Point merger to offer more medical services, efficiencies
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CEO: Cedar Point merger to offer more medical services, efficiencies
Mountain Medical Center patients will have access to broader services and benefit from integrated health records through the merger with Montrose’s Ce...
September 8, 2022
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Goodbye 2025, hello 2026
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Goodbye 2025,
Goodbye 2025, hello 2026
December 31, 2025
hello 2026 Look inside for a recap — in no particular order — of the top stories in the county in 2025
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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 an alleged sexual assault. Ten years after he was first arrested for alleged sex assault in Ouray County, a Ridgway man was convicted in another sex as...
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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...
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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...
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Looking Back
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....
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