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Thirty percent of Ouray County’s housing stock is considered vacant, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau, with more than 1,000 housing u...

September 22, 2021

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Mask rules change at Ouray School

Ouray School has revised its mask policy, allowing high school students to remove them while in classrooms due to higher vaccination rates. As of Frid...

September 22, 2021

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‘Lucky enough to pull it off’

Editor's note: This is the second profile in an occasional series highlighting those in Ouray County who are struggling to find housing, living in unu...

September 22, 2021

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âIâm back where I was when I was 5 years oldâ

As a kid growing up in Ouray, living in his parents’ trailer on Oak Street, David Huddleston never imagined that at 36, he’d still be living there. Bu...

September 15, 2021

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Rental projects pitched in Ouray

Two new housing developments in Ouray are moving forward with plans for more than a dozen new units on the city’s north side, both with stated goals o...

September 1, 2021

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THE HILL THEY WANT TO LIVE ON

When Jack Rairden first bought land in Ouray County, cars were few and far between on that part of County Road 1. The quiet, wide open spaces were exa...

August 25, 2021

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Resident influx a boon for fire department

Drew Berger walked around the house, glancing into windows before miming shutting off electricity and gas, calling into his radio after each step. A f...

August 25, 2021

Covid

County reports fifth COVID-positive death

Ouray County has reported 17 new COVID-19 cases in the first 17 days of August, with more cases so far this month and in July than any month since Feb...

August 18, 2021

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Foundation pitches new housing project

Ridgway Town Council and Planning Commission members voiced support for a 12-unit affordable housing development proposed by the Telluride Foundation,...

August 18, 2021

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County to revise wildfire mitigation rules

Ouray County commissioners will add revisions to wildfire mitigation regulations to their to-do list, and discussed changing how the land use office h...

August 11, 2021

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Police investigating fireworks shot at homes

City plans to enact ban on personal use of pyrotechnics

By Mike Wiggins, Erin McIntyre, Deb Hurley Brobst Special to the Plaindealer

June 17, 2025

Police are searching for suspects who shot a barrage of fireworks onto homes on Sunday night, sparking fires in the southern part of Ouray. The explosions startled residents just after 9 p.m., with fi...

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MURAL IN BLOOM

By Erin McIntyre

June 12, 2025

Artist Yulia Avgustinovich works on the mural she was commissioned to paint on the southeast side of the Space to Create building in Ridgway on Monday. Avgustinovich, who has been a professional mural...

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Prison ordered in sex assault

Judge: Crime shows 'true character' of Ridgway man alternately commended, castigated

By Mike Wiggins and Erin McIntyre mike@ouraynews.com erin@ouraynews.com

June 11, 2025

A judge has sentenced a Ridgway man to three years in prison for sexually assaulting a 28-year-old woman in 2023 after he claimed he was drunk and thought she was his wife. Brian Scranton, 49, hugged ...

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Road, retaining wall fixes nearing $300K

By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com

June 11, 2025

The cost of repairing County Road 361 and a retaining wall following a large rockfall is nearing $300,000, a sum Ouray County is paying in full. When commissioners declared the event an emergency in F...

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Trail closures could trigger domino effect

With Blue Lakes, part of Imogene Pass off limits,other areas could see more wear and tear

By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com

June 11, 2025

Closures of beloved hiking and off-highway vehicle trails in and around Ouray County this summer could congest and pressure other areas. The popular Blue Lakes trailhead is closed through August due t...

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Remote-triggered avalanche in San Juan Mountains

First responders receive first COVID-19 vaccines