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Covid
The beat goes on: Concerts, events resume
Concerts in the park can resume this summer with social distancing requirements but no capacity limits enforced by the state. Ouray’s Mountain Air Mus...
April 14, 2021
Covid
Vaccine pause delays push
Ouray County Public Health canceled its Johnson & Johnson vaccine clinics this week after two federal agencies recommended pausing the use of the...
April 14, 2021
Seeking vaccines for teens a ‘goose chase’
Covid
Seeking vaccines for teens a ‘goose chase’
After the state announced last week that anyone over 16 would be eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine, Niki Dow began searching. She’d already been vaccina...
April 8, 2021
County: Continue masking up
Covid
County: Continue masking up
Ouray County commissioners voted Wednesday to adopt a local mask mandate, requiring them in public indoor places after the state relaxed restrictions ...
April 8, 2021
State eases mask order for green counties
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State eases mask order for green counties
Masks will no longer be required in some public spaces in Colorado counties at level green, including Ouray County, under a modified executive order f...
April 2, 2021
RESURRECTING RITUALS
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RESURRECTING RITUALS
Father Nathaneal Foshage paused behind the altar, carefully pulling a blue and white surgical mask over his face. He adjusted it before stepping out t...
April 1, 2021
Covid
Colorado expanding vaccine eligibility to all adults
All Coloradans will be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine starting Friday, Gov. Jared Polis announced Monday.  The state's Phase 2, which includ...
March 29, 2021
Covid
County to receive $1.4M in federal aid
Ouray County governments are set to receive an estimated $1.4 million from the latest economic stimulus bill, the American Rescue Plan Act. According ...
March 25, 2021
Covid
County gets green light
State officials moved Ouray County on Wednesday to level green, the least restrictive on the COVID-19 color dial, allowing most businesses and events ...
March 25, 2021
Covid
Vaccine eligibility continues to expand
Essential workers, people with high-risk conditions and anyone over 50 will be able to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in Colorado starting Friday, while...
March 18, 2021
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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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