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With freedom comes responsibility to wear masks
Dear Editor: We have a small minority of citizens in Ouray County that apparently do not understand that the best way to whip COVID-19, save lives and...
September 17, 2020
A vote for unaffiliated candidates is a vote for GOP slate
Dear Editor: Some voters have wondered why the Ouray County Republican Party did not field candidates for the County Commission positions up for elect...
September 17, 2020
Help keep old baseball field open for physical education
Dear Editor, Two weeks ago Ridgway Elementary School reopened preschool through fifth grade. While it has been a tremendous amount of work to prepare ...
September 17, 2020
News
AROUND THE REGION
GUNNISON The amount of COVID-19 tests taken - and their positivity rate - is going down in Gunnison County, according to Health and Human Services Dir...
September 10, 2020
OURAY AND RIDGWAY CROSS COUNTRY
OURAY AND RIDGWAY CROSS COUNTRY
Ouray School's Owen Lane (front) holds off Rock Gibbs at the finish of a high school cross country meet against Montrose on Sept. 3 at Fellin Park. La...
September 10, 2020
FINE SWINE
FINE SWINE
[tecnavia_gallery slug='fine-swine-gallery' view='carousel']Despite the pandemic, the Ouray County Fair livestock show and sale continued this year an...
September 10, 2020
Opinion
Isolation not realistic
Dear Editor: In a recent opinion piece, John Mitchell, the chairman of the Ouray County Republican Party, stated that, as his premise, "[t]hus, if peo...
September 10, 2020
Opinion
Leadership valued
Dear Editor: On behalf of our family, we want to express our sincerest appreciation for the steady and capable leadership Ridgway School District boar...
September 10, 2020
Opinion
Thanks to skillful, swift rescuers
Dear Editor: On Thursday, Sept. 3, a group of four "gal" friends and I embarked on a backcountry hike on an unmaintained, come-and-go pack trail. Whil...
September 10, 2020
Opinion
LOOKING BACK
5O YEARS AGO September 10, 1970 - The Uncompahgre River was as swift and at as high a flood stage as anyone can remember seeing it, as it tore down th...
September 10, 2020
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A barrel of fun on Labor Day
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A barrel of fun on Labor Day
September 9, 2026
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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...
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Trump declares disaster for fire
By By Chart Riggall chart@ouraynews.com 
September 9, 2026
Move frees up federal relief money President Donald Trump approved a major disaster declaration for the Gold Mountain and Aspen Acres fires, unlocking millions of dollars in Federal Emergency Manageme...
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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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Parking enforcement nixes popular highway camping spot
By By James Hanlon james@ouraynews.com 
September 9, 2026
Officials cite concerns about safety, health at Tuffy's Corner A highway pullout popular for overnight camper parking north of Ouray has been empty in recent weeks since ‘no camping’ signs were instal...
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