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Virus cases worsen in county
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Virus cases worsen in county
Public Health Director Tanner Kingery sees the emails and the invitations: campaign events, gatherings, events urging people to “meet your neighbors p...
October 28, 2021
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County plans mask discussion
Ouray County Public Health Director Tanner Kingery asked county commissioners Tuesday to schedule a conversation about a mask mandate, prompted by a r...
October 21, 2021
‘Our way to create affordable housing’
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‘Our way to create affordable housing’
[tecnavia_gallery slug='our-way-to-create-affordable-housing-gallery' view='carousel']As soon as Dolgio Nergui and Dan Hughes started looking at house...
October 21, 2021
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Ouray School quarantines elementary class
Ouray School has quarantined the first grade class after a COVID-19 exposure, the first time the school has done so since classes resumed in August.  ...
October 8, 2021
Attorney took job before public decision
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Attorney took job before public decision
Ouray County’s new attorney received an offer letter, accepted the job and signed an employment contract before the Board of County Commissioners vote...
October 7, 2021
Town toasts Space to Create construction
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Town toasts Space to Create construction
More than five years after the town of Ridgway was selected by the state for an affordable housing project, current and past town leaders and state of...
September 30, 2021
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Deed-restricted housing proceeds
The Ridgway Planning Commission voted Tuesday to approve a sketch plan for the Telluride Foundation’s proposal to build “Yellow Brick Lane,” a develop...
September 30, 2021
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Water restrictions exception, not rule
Colorado is on track for its warmest year ever. Source flows are diminishing or at historic lows. So why has only one water provider in Ouray County ordered cutbacks this summer?
By By Chart Riggall chart@ouraynews.com 
September 9, 2026
In the early days of summer, it remained a matter of some debate where the drought of 2026 ranked in the annals of long, hot Colorado summers. For Cary Denison, Ouray County’s representative on the Co...
Crews working to plug old water well
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Crews working to plug old water well
Operation part of state program to reclaim abandoned sites
By By Chart Riggall chart@ouraynews.com 
September 9, 2026
It’s not what you think. A towering steel drill that’s been perched along the side of U.S. Highway 550 in recent weeks isn’t probing for gas, or oil, or even a route to the Far East. The operation is ...
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First responders receive first COVID-19 vaccines

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