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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
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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
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
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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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Cleared for takeoff
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Halloween full of tricks and treats
By Erin McIntyre 
November 4, 2026
Ouray’s Main Street was a spooky place to be on Halloween, with witches at the Wright Opera House including Gayle Veum of Log Hill. The “King of Pop” and a member of the Jackson Five were spotted tric...
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Sales tax measure fails
By Chart Riggall 
November 4, 2026
Ouray County voters on Tuesday rejected a proposal to raise the local sales tax rate by 0.5% in order to fund future disaster relief, dashing county officials’ hopes to find a new revenue source for e...
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Ridgway teen memorialized
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Ridgway teen memorialized
Killed in climbing accident, Matsuda remembered for loyalty, passion, work ethic
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
November 4, 2026
After pulling a 16-hour shift on this summer’s Gold Mountain Fire, Bennett Raley knew he could trust and rely on his young teammate. The volunteer firefighter with the Log Hill Volunteer Fire Departme...
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Can public save Alpine Ranger program?
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Can public save Alpine Ranger program?
With government bowing out, group seeks to raise money for backcountry patrols
By By Chart Riggall chart@ouraynews.com 
November 4, 2026
With a lack of government funding to continue Ouray County’s Alpine Ranger patrols next year, the task has fallen to locals to raise enough money – $67,000, to be exact – to keep the backcountry patro...
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Jury finds man not guilty in 2023 sex assault case
By Erin McIntyre, James Hanlon 
November 4, 2026
A Montrose County jury found the stepson of the former Ouray police chief not guilty of sexual assault Wednesday, at the end of his eight-day criminal trial. The jury handed down the verdict after del...
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