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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Ridgway girls run down state title
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Ridgway girls run down state title
Young team blows past competition to hoist Class 2A cross country trophy
By By Matt Meyer Special to the Plaindealer 
November 5, 2025
There isn’t a perfect translation for “hill” in Chinese. That's something Natasha Hessler discovered when she arrived at the famous creek crossing during the Colorado State Cross Country Championship ...
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Underwood elected mayor
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ELECTION 2025
Underwood elected mayor
Hart joins council, which needs to fill two spots
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
November 5, 2025
Ouray City Councilor Michael Underwood won election to the mayor’s seat Tuesday night, succeeding on a campaign that emphasized fiscal conservatism and a vow to fix what he perceives as a disconnect b...
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Property tax hikes pass for cemetery, fire districts
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
November 5, 2025
Voters Tuesday night approved tax increases for the Cedar Hill Cemetery District and the Ouray Fire Protection District. A measure to increase the cemetery district’s mill levy from 0.33 mills to 1 mi...
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ELECTION 2025
Voters approve new county lodging tax
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
November 5, 2025
Voters in unincorporated Ouray County approved a new 6% lodging tax that is expected to provide more than $182,000 in additional funding during a tight 2026 budget year and into the future. The measur...
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ELECTION 2025
Fagrelius, Meruelo win school board seats
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
November 5, 2025
Ouray voters have chosen two former educators to join the Ouray School Board, according to unofficial results from Tuesday’s election. Three candidates competed for two open seats on the school board,...
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