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A NEW CHAPTER FOR OURAY LIBRARY
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A NEW CHAPTER FOR OURAY LIBRARY
[tecnavia_gallery slug='a-new-chapter-for-ouray-library-gallery' view='carousel']Every other week, first responders and policy makers from around Oura...
March 18, 2021
Covid
One shot vaccine arrives
Ouray County Public Health Agency has received and started administering 600 doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to eligible resident...
March 11, 2021
County settles public records lawsuit
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County settles public records lawsuit
Ouray County will pay $7,500 to settle a case involving a public records request from the Plaindealer, after filing suit against the newspaper’s co-pu...
March 11, 2021
Covid
Vaccine priority phases change again
    Colorado announced more changes to its vaccination prioritization phases last week, cutting down the number of people who will become eligible whe...
March 4, 2021
No shutdown ‘a small miracle’
Covid
No shutdown ‘a small miracle’
[tecnavia_gallery slug='no-shutdown-a%c2%80%c2%98a-small-miraclea%c2%80%c2%99-gallery' view='carousel']Craig Spearman sat in his garage, bundled up in...
March 4, 2021
Covid
Move to fewer restrictions delayed
Ouray County’s move to a lower level of pandemic restrictions has been delayed by a spike in positive cases and a decrease in testing, pushing the rat...
February 24, 2021
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Town OKs key Space to Create agreements
The Ridgway Town Council voted on Feb. io to approve key agreements for the Space to Create development, in what Town Manager Preston Neill called a “...
February 24, 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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