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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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Pilot dies in reservoir crash
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Pilot dies in reservoir crash
Accident under investigation; man honored with procession
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
July 15, 2026
An experienced firefighting pilot who was pulling water from Silver Jack Reservoir to battle the Gold Mountain Fire died Sunday when his helicopter plunged into the reservoir northeast of Ridgway. Nic...
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Heights, heat add to firefighters’ strain
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Heights, heat add to firefighters’ strain
By By Chart Riggall chart@ouraynews.com 
July 15, 2026
Hotshot Jesse Eaves calls it “The Great Race.” At the small tent city along U.S. Highway 550, Eaves starts each day with a 5 a.m. wakeup call. Thus begins an eight-minute sprint for him and his Califo...
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County approves hiring fire recovery manager — if it can find funding
By Mike Wiggins and Deb Hurley Brobst mike@ouraynews.com 
July 15, 2026
Ouray County intends to hire an employee who can help lead the county’s efforts to recover from the Gold Mountain Fire — assuming it can find funding. County commissioners on Tuesday unanimously agree...
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Trust, county close to conserving open space park
Grants, donations put nonprofit on brink of acquiring Silver Mountain Mine property
By Deb Hurley Brobst Special to the Plaindealer 
July 15, 2026
Ouray County is much closer to getting a new open space park on the Silver Mountain Mine property. The Trust for Land Restoration has received a $180,000 Great Outdoors Colorado grant. Couple that wit...
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Man gets probation, community service in sex assault case
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Man gets probation, community service in sex assault case
One of three defendants, Whittington admits to giving alcohol to minor
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
July 15, 2026
A former Ouray County man was sentenced Monday to one year of unsupervised probation for providing alcohol to a then-17-year-old girl who said she was sexually assaulted by two others at the former Ou...
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First responders receive first COVID-19 vaccines

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