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January 25, 2023

OURAY COUNTY LOOKING BACK

50 YEARS AGO January 25, 1973 - Several important resolutions were made by the Ouray County Cattlemen’s Association at its annual meeting Jan. 9. The ...

January 25, 2023

News

Fatal accident victim identified

The man who was killed in an accident on U.S. Highway 550 just south of Colona on Wednesday night has been identified as 27-year-old Ivan Alejandro Lu...

January 19, 2023

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CORRECTION

An article published Jan. 12, 'County attorney earns high marks,' incorrectly reported County Attorney Leo Caselli is the highest-paid Ouray County em...

January 18, 2023

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LIVIN’ ON THE EDGE

January 18, 2023

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If you go

Check the weather and the road conditions. If heavy rain is forecast or happened recently, you should consider postponing. I also suspect avoiding the...

January 18, 2023

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A HOP, SKIP AND A JUMP

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January 18, 2023

Opinion

Let’s celebrate local business

The glow of the holidays has worn off and the gray of winter has settled in, which means it’s the perfect time for a little pickme- up. It’s time for ...

January 18, 2023

OURAY COUNTY LOOKING BACK

50 YEARS AGO January 18, 1973 - Ted Wing of Mesa Engineering was present at the Ridgway Town Council meeting last week, and said he had contacted Bill...

January 18, 2023

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Accident closes Highway 550 near Colona

Update: As of 10:10 p.m., the highway is now open, the Ouray County Sheriff's Office said. Original story: Highway 550 is currently closed due to a fa...

January 18, 2023

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Crews working to fill 1950s-era well along U.S. 550

Reclamation part of orphaned and abandoned well program

By Chart Riggall

September 4, 2026

It’s not what you think. A towering steel drill rig 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...

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Trump declares disaster for Gold Mountain, Aspen Acres fires

By Chart Riggall

September 4, 2026

President Donald Trump has signed off on a major disaster declaration for the Gold Mountain and Aspen Acres fires that unlocks millions of dollars in Federal Emergency Management Agency relief funds f...

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Hickenlooper hopeful for fire disaster order

Senator tours flood-damaged areas, surveys planned fire mitigation efforts

By By Chart Riggall chart@ouraynews.com

September 2, 2026

U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper said Friday he was optimistic the Trump administration will declare the Gold Mountain Fire a federal disaster, arguing Congress “wouldn’t settle for” the White House withho...

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County employees remain on paid leave

EMS paramedic, deputy emergency manager sent home days after fire started

By By James Hanlon james@ouraynews.com

September 2, 2026

Ouray County has had two emergency-related employees on paid administrative leave since the early days of the Gold Mountain Fire. A third employee, Road and Bridge Superintendent Ty Barger, was placed...

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Businesses share struggles with senator

'You guys are in crisis,' Hickenlooper tells proprietors wrestling with aftermath of Gold Mountain Fire

By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com

September 2, 2026

Ouray County business owners bent the ear of U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper on Friday, sharing stories of declining profits and mass cancellations in the wake of the Gold Mountain Fire in the hopes the D...

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Remote-triggered avalanche in San Juan Mountains

First responders receive first COVID-19 vaccines