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GUNNISON One of the key issues hotly debated in the 2018 Gunnison County Sheriff's election continues to plague the department - that of turnover. And...

June 25, 2020

Opinion

The last draw on bath night is a bad place to be

When I was a child, my dad worked on a ranch near Ridgway. He made $150 a month. We were furnished with a house and utilities. The utilities boiled do...

June 25, 2020

Opinion

A failure of leadership

Dear Editor: I lost my sister, Peg Laughlin, to COVTD-19. She was 91 years old and living in a very nice assisted living facility. She was in great he...

June 25, 2020

Opinion

Think june was weird here? Check out Russia

Ouray doesn't often see snow followed by heavy smoke in June, but in this crazy year of coronavirus and more climate weirdness, that is exactly what w...

June 25, 2020

Opinion

Black Lives Matter built on deceit

Dear Editor: I used to think that The Emperor's New Clothes was a silly story. Based on a bald-faced lie concocted by con men that is so preposterous ...

June 25, 2020

Opinion

Yes, all lives matter, but Black lives are in danger

Dear Editor, I am so proud of the youth of Ridgway and Ouray. Over the last couple of weeks, young people from our municipalities have organized prote...

June 25, 2020

Obituaries

Marcy Grace MacKintosh Snelling

She was married to and survived husbands William Snelling and David Hallstrand. Her parents were John MacKintosh and Margaret Higgens. She passed peac...

June 25, 2020

Obituaries

Serafina Fellin

Serafina Fellin passed away on Sunday June 7, 2020, at the Hope West Hospice Care Center in Grand Junction, CO after a brief battle with Pancreatic Ca...

June 25, 2020

Covid

A century ago, Spanish flu ravaged southwest Colorado

[tecnavia_gallery slug='a-century-ago-spanish-flu-ravaged-southwest-colorado-gallery' view='carousel']By Robert Stoufer Editor's Note: This column was...

June 17, 2020

From wagons to apples: The story of John Ashenfelter

[tecnavia_gallery slug='from-wagons-to-apples-the-story-of-john-ashenfelter-gallery' view='carousel']By Gail Zanett Saunders In the early morning hour...

June 17, 2020

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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

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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Remote-triggered avalanche in San Juan Mountains

First responders receive first COVID-19 vaccines