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TEENS POWER ECONOMY
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TEENS POWER ECONOMY
[tecnavia_gallery slug='teens-power-economy-gallery' view='carousel']In his first week on the job at Ouray Brewery, a few customers handed tips to Kor...
August 11, 2021
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Loans help local businesses
Almost $14 million in Paycheck Protection Program loans were approved for Ouray County businesses since last April, with more than a third going to re...
August 4, 2021
A PRIVATE SOLUTION TO A PUBLIC PROBLEM
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A PRIVATE SOLUTION TO A PUBLIC PROBLEM
Four local businesses are purchasing the Ouray Chalet Inn to use it for workforce housing, with plans to rent long-term to their own employees and oth...
August 4, 2021
Ouray to seek tax on rentals
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Ouray to seek tax on rentals
The Ouray City Council will ask voters this November to approve a 15% excise tax on short-term rentals, and have instituted a cap on the number of ren...
August 4, 2021
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Ridgway denies 10-unit housing project
Ridgway’s Planning Commission cleared the way for three deed-restricted homes in the Parkside subdivision, but denied approval for a 10-unit developme...
July 28, 2021
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County to lift emergency declaration
Ouray County commissioners plan to rescind the local emergency disaster declaration next week, more than sixteen months after it was adopted as the co...
July 28, 2021
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City, county grapple with rental issues
Ouray County will bid out short-term rental monitoring, in an effort to crack down on rentals operating illegally without permits, while the City of O...
July 21, 2021
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County can’t keep up with rentals
As the city of Ouray works to crack down on illegal short-term rentals, Ouray County is considering ways to improve its own enforcement, potentially b...
July 15, 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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