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Ouray superintendent fired
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Ouray superintendent fired
By Erin McIntyre and Carolina Brown   Citing concerns about leadership, communication and accountability, the Ouray School Board fired Superintenden S...
March 5, 2020
Ridgway boys basketball
Ridgway boys basketball
Ridgway senior Kaden Forrest (35) zeroes in on a shot over Telluride’s Marcus Leyva (right) during the 2A-District 3 Tournament’s third-place game on ...
March 5, 2020
Ridgway boys basketball
Ridgway boys basketball
Cade Norwood (33) ponders a put-back of an offensive rebound while guarded by Telluride’s Tony Ordonez (20) during the 2A-District 3 Tournament’s thir...
March 5, 2020
Opinion
Not all Dem candidates are socialists
Dear Editor: In a recent letter to the editor entitled “What kind of country do we want to be” Debra Menger claimed to be a fiscal conservative. I won...
March 5, 2020
The kids are all right
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The kids are all right
[tecnavia_gallery slug='the-kids-are-all-right-gallery' view='carousel']What were you doing in third grade? Mike was among the denizens of Dartmouth E...
March 5, 2020
Opinion
Socialism’s benefits
Dear Editor: To those people who are concerned about socialism, I would like to point out that both the public library and the public schools meet the...
March 5, 2020
Melissa Head
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Melissa Head
Melissa Head was born Melissa Potter on December 26th, 1952, at Bates Hospital in Ouray, Colorado, to Willma and John Henry Potter of Potter’s Herefor...
March 5, 2020
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Board fires Ouray Schools superintendent
The Ouray School Board voted unanimously to dismiss Superintendent Scott Pankow on Monday night, after multiple executive sessions held in the last fe...
March 2, 2020
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NEWS BRIEFS
Suicide prevention training set for March 9 Tri-County Health Network is offering free suicide prevention training in Ridgway next month. A four-hour ...
February 27, 2020
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AROUND THE REGION
GUNNISON Efforts to develop a 630-acre parcel on the east side of Gunnison has unearthed heated debate between partners and city planners in recent we...
February 27, 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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