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GUNNISON While education has been the first approach to enforcing a county-wide mask mandate, local government leaders are putting business owners on ...
July 22, 2020
LOOKING BACK
YEARS AGO July 23,1970 - The fifth annual spraying for mosquito control in the Ridgway area was completed July zo with Jack Tanner of Tanner Flying Se...
July 22, 2020
Our freedoms are waning
Dear Editor: I see a similarity, do you? In zooz, the Taliban tore down statues and destroyed monuments; women were lashed for not covering their face...
July 22, 2020
Be empathetic, compassionate
Dear Editor: Wow! We are certainly living through historic times. These past few months have not only taught me a lot about myself and how I deal with...
July 22, 2020
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THURSDAY, JULY 16 MOVIE: “Swingers” at movie night at Courtyard 610, Ridgway. 8:30 p.m. $10. Reserve online. FRIDAY, JULY 17 THEATER: The Sherbino pre...
July 15, 2020
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POLICE LOG
The following is an excerpt of cases handled by the Ouray Police Department from July 7-14, 2020 July 7 Officer responded to a parking violation in th...
July 15, 2020
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NEWS BRIEFS
Jury trials resume on limited basis After being suspended for more than three months, jury trials have resumed on a limited basis in the Seventh Judic...
July 15, 2020
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AROUND THE REGION
GUNNISON It almost looked like a normal summer concert almost. About 100 people could be found at the I Bar Ranch Tuesday night seated at separate, so...
July 15, 2020
LOOKING BACK
50 YEARS AGO July 16, 1970 - Two children were seriously injured in a car-bicycle accident at u:55 a.m. Monday, four and eight-tenths miles north of O...
July 15, 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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