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Second outbreak reported at silver mine
A second COVID-19 outbreak has been identified at the Ouray Silver Mines, where the company’s top executive estimated half of all employees may have a...
December 29, 2020
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County announces six new COVID-19 cases
Six Ouray County residents have tested positive for coronavirus in the last week, bringing the county's total to 154 cases, Emergency Manager Glenn Bo...
December 28, 2020
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Vaccine a gift for new year?
Ouray County could receive its first 100 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine by the end of December, Public Health Director Tanner Kingery said. The first v...
December 17, 2020
Virus hits church
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Virus hits church
Father Nat Foshage typically spends Sunday morning preparing for mass, waiting to welcome parishioners into St. Daniel the Prophet Catholic Church in ...
December 17, 2020
County preps for vaccine
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County preps for vaccine
Ouray County is shopping for ultracold freezers to store COVID-19 vaccines, in anticipation of receiving doses early next year. “Help is in fact on th...
December 3, 2020
‘Get us back to yellow’
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‘Get us back to yellow’
Ouray County officials are struggling to promote COVID-19 precautions and compliance with tighter restrictions as pandemic fatigue increases. During a...
December 3, 2020
Covid
Testing expands in region
Ouray County Public Health has expanded eligibility for COVID-19 testing, citing increased availability of tests for people without symptoms as case n...
November 25, 2020
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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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