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RIDGWAY MARSHAL The following is a summary of cases the Ridgway Marshal's Office handled from Dec. 19-Jan. 1. If you have information on any of the be...
January 5, 2023
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NEWS BRIEFS
Man formally charged in child porn case Prosecutors have formally charged a Ridgway man who was arrested in November on suspicion of possessing hundre...
January 5, 2023
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CALENDAR & EVENTS
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Every Friday and Saturday morning at 9 a.m. and every Wednesday night at 5:30 p.m. at St. Daniel’s Church, 614 Fifth St., Ouray....
January 5, 2023
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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Every Friday and Saturday morning at 9 a.m. and every Wednesday night at 5:30 p.m. at St. Daniel’s Church, 614 Fifth St., Ouray....
December 28, 2022
OURAY COUNTY LOOKING BACK
December 21, 1972 - The Ouray School Board covered a lot of territory Monday night. Many things, from routine building upkeep to the impact of the new...
December 21, 2022
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus
Eight-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York’s Sun, and quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial on Sept. 21, ...
December 21, 2022
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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Every Friday and Saturday morning at 9 a.m. and every Wednesday night at 5:30 p.m. at St. Daniel’s Church, 614 Fifth St., Ouray....
December 21, 2022
KEEPING ON THEIR TOES
KEEPING ON THEIR TOES
Ridgway dancer Kayla Bolane, right, performs with snow flakes and horses as the Snow Queen in Weehawken Creative Arts’ production of The Nutcracker in...
December 14, 2022
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Crews working to fill 1950s-era well along U.S. 550
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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...
Hickenlooper hopeful for fire disaster order
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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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