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PREPARING FOR PLANTING
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PREPARING FOR PLANTING
[tecnavia_gallery slug='preparing-for-planting-gallery' view='carousel']Ridgway Secondary School students volunteered on April 23 at the Ridgway Commu...
April 28, 2021
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AROUND THE REGION
GUNNISON Western Colorado University's Board of Trustees held a 90-minute executive session to talk about legal and personnel matters on April 16. How...
April 28, 2021
LOOKING BACK
50 YEARS AGO April 29, 1971 - Three men and a woman were arrested following burglary of the Ridgway Post Office in the early morning hours Saturday, b...
April 28, 2021
Local mask mandate should continue
Dear Editor: As a group of emergency physicians and Ouray County residents, we encourage the continuation of the local face mask mandate. We thank Our...
April 28, 2021
An opportunity to protect
Dear Editor: In the wake of Earth Day and amidst ongoing severe drought and threats of another wildfire season, Great Old Broads for Wilderness is enc...
April 28, 2021
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AROUND THE REGION
GUNNISON Gunnison County leaders may pump the brakes on Kebler Pass traffic this summer with potential weight and length restrictions for vehicles. Co...
April 21, 2021
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Ridgway cleanup day this weekend
The Town of Ridgway will hold its annual cleanup day on Saturday, April 24, in the lot behind the Ridgway Public Library off Railroad Street. The even...
April 21, 2021
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Volunteers needed for Main Street Group
The Town of Ridgway is looking for volunteers for the newly created Ridgway Creative Main Street Group. The new group merges two town initiatives, Rid...
April 21, 2021
LOOKING BACK
50 YEARS AGO April 22, 1971 - Five members of the Ridgway Extension Homemakers Club, President Roberta Dangehart, Minnie Brown, Hazel Weston, Bertha P...
April 21, 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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