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GUNNISON If there's one thing that's been popular during the pandemic, it's public lands. This larger-than-usual influx of hikers, bikers and recreati...
September 17, 2020
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Log Hill garage burns The Log Hill Volunteer Fire Department responded to a fire on Canyon Drive in the early morning hours of Sept. 11, which destroy...
September 17, 2020
IN MEMORIAM
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IN MEMORIAM
Members of the Our ay Volunteer Fire Department raise the U.S. flag above the street outside the Ouray Community Center before the start of Friday's c...
September 17, 2020
LOOKING BACK
5O YEARS AGO September17, 1970 - The bright new star in Federal Resources Corporation's national resource stable is the Camp Bird Mine at Ouray, which...
September 17, 2020
Leave the signs alone
Dear Editor, It is with interest I noted a post on social media a few days ago regarding the disappearance of a Biden/Harris campaign sign from a Ridg...
September 17, 2020
Group won’t maintain proposed trail
Dear Editor: Regarding the dispute over winter access on County Roads, the Ouray Trail Group {OTG) Board of Directors recently discussed the possibili...
September 17, 2020
A critical election
Dear Editor, I agree with the numerous protestations that the upcoming election will be pivotal for democracy in the United States. We must all exerci...
September 17, 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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