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Wolfe, Schmidt will be a formidable team Dear Editor: Many of you won't know who I am. After a 20-year career with the Wichita Police Department, I re...
May 14, 2020
Walter Wright Rule Jr.
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Walter Wright Rule Jr.
Walt (Walter) Wright Rule, Jr. gave up his five year struggle with declining health early morning, April 18th at his home in Montrose, with wife Nancy...
May 14, 2020
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May 7, 2020
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SILVERTON The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad now hopes to begin operations on May 26, according to Jim Harper, president of the Americ...
May 7, 2020
Maryeda Louise Johnson
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Maryeda Louise Johnson
Maryeda passed away at home April u, zozo, at the age of 93. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends. Maryeda was born October 21,1926, i...
May 7, 2020
Ridgway pizzeria has new owners
Ridgway pizzeria has new owners
Ridgway favorite Panny’s Pizza has new owners, but the menu and management will stay the same, ensuring happy customers continue to enjoy pizza, soup ...
April 30, 2020
O’Toys to play in a new location
O’Toys to play in a new location
Ouray residents Heather and Josh Smith are the new owners of O’Toys and are moving the beloved Ouray toy store a few blocks south to a new location ju...
April 30, 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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