From the Ouray County Herald and Ouray County Plaindealer: 50 Years Ago October 30, 1969 - The Bureau of Reclamation plans no cloud seeding this winte...
October 30, 2019
Ouray’s first mountain snow arrived rather late this year, on Oct. 3, but still managed to refresh last winter’s lingering white patch visible in Mt. ...
October 30, 2019
Dear Editor: We are writing this letter in support of Ridgway School Board candidate John Countryman. It seems there are two vacancies and three candi...
October 30, 2019
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: What was I watching? General Hospital? No. Jerry Springer? No. Some police show? No. It was much more sobering than...
October 30, 2019
Dear Editor: Yet another pitch for a YES vote for ballot issue 1A (Road & Bridge fund). Why my voice? I have been involved in the evolution of th...
October 30, 2019
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SILVERTON - Town and county officials are expressing concern that state officials are reluctant to take the lead role in managing the Bonita Peak Mini...
October 23, 2019
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OURAY COUNTY The Colorado Public Utilities Commission has approved a request from the Ouray Emergency Telephone Service Authority to increase monthly ...
October 23, 2019
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[tecnavia_gallery slug='blaze-challenges-firefighters-gallery' view='carousel']OURAY COUNTY Concerned community members attended a meeting with fire o...
October 23, 2019
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OURAY COUNTY Hopes are high that the historic Idarado Houses located in a switchback on Highway 550 near Red Mountain Pass may soon be preserved. Pat ...
October 23, 2019
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WESTERN COLORADO The scene was stark for its incongruity: billows of smoke rising in front of the jagged Cimarrons coated with fresh snow. Perhaps the...
October 23, 2019
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City administrator declines to make interim chief permanent
December 17, 2025
Ouray Interim Police Chief Daric Harvey is leaving his job over his objections to City Administrator Michelle Metteer’s insistence that he undergo a second, more extensive background check to determin...
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Maintenance costs pile up as agency wrestles with delays in replacing patrol cars
December 10, 2025
Gio Mendoza’s coworkers thought he was missing for more than an hour. Emergency dispatchers were scrambling to get in touch with him. They had no idea the Ouray County sheriff’s investigator was stran...
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December 10, 2025
A Ridgway woman is proposing the town give "creative" residents a monthly, unconditional cash payment to encourage them to stay living and working in town. Ridgway resident Tia Mihelarakis proposed a ...
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December 10, 2025
Ouray County Commissioner Lynn Padgett voted against a minor change to the county's new cost-savings policy, citing unclear language as the reason she canceled her attendance at a statewide conference...
