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Deer hunters may get notified of mandatory testing

WESTERN COLORADO Colorado Parks and Wildlife will be conducting mandatory chronic wasting disease testing during the 2019 hunting season in some areas...

October 2, 2019

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Senatorâs staff to host office hours in Ridgway today

OURAY COUNTY A member of U.S. Senator Michael Bennet's staff will be available to meet with residents today, Oct. 3, in Ridgway. Janet Wolf, a constit...

October 2, 2019

CORRECTION

Karen Risch's column on Page 5 in the Sept. 26 edition contained two typographical errors. The average daily temperature in Ouray from 1980-1989 was 5...

October 2, 2019

LOOKING BACK

From the Ouray County Herald and Ouray County Plaindealer: 50 Years Ago October 2, 1969 - Wilbert W. Jennings, 37, was killed at about 1:30 p.m., Mond...

October 2, 2019

Regardless of terms, we must improve school accountability

The Department of Education assesses how well our students and schools are performing in two ways. First, students are measured through achievement ex...

October 2, 2019

For pennies a day, we can have better roads

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor, I am writing as a concerned citizen whose goal is to further inform residents about the upcoming County Ballot Refe...

October 2, 2019

Politicians must act on climate change

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Despite overwhelming evidence from climate scientists, our president and the leaders of the Republican Party are “climate denier...

October 2, 2019

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Shooting for the stars

By Mike Wiggins & Erin McIntyre Val Szwarc figures the residents of both coasts of the United States have rarely, if ever, seen the Milky Way, wa...

September 25, 2019

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BLM plans fuels reduction

WESTERN COLORADO The Bureau of Land Management Southwest Colorado Fire and Aviation Management Unit will continue vegetation treatments on public land...

September 25, 2019

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Campaign aims to build pavilion

The town of Ridgway is fundraising to try to match a generous, anonymous donor’s offer to pay for a new pavilion at the athletic park. The fundraisi...

September 25, 2019

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Man arrested in Ouray by immigration enforcement officers

By Erin McIntyre

August 7, 2025

Federal immigration officials detained at least one person in Ouray this morning, according to eyewitness reports which have been confirmed by the Ouray County Sheriff's Office. According to an eyewit...

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Fired federal rangers return to backcountry

Patrol, education duties look similar, only now county foots the bill

By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com

August 6, 2025

Kricket Olin pulled the side-by-side ATV over to a cluster of off-highway vehicles and leaned over the door, sticking her head in the neon helmet out the window. “Hi I’m Kricket, an alpine ranger with...

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Girl survives fatal accident

Three die in wrecks on Highway 550 on back-to-back days

By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com

August 6, 2025

An 11-year-old girl survived a car crash that killed two adults on Red Mountain Pass on Tuesday morning, after the vehicle she was riding in tumbled down a 320-foot cliff and landed on its roof in Red...

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Interim chief has first shot at permanent job

City administrator plans interviews, public meet-and-greet for Daric Harvey, whose contract is up soon

By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com

August 6, 2025

Interim Ouray Police Chief Daric Harvey will be given the first crack at the permanent police chief position through an internal interview process arranged by City Administrator Michelle Metteer. Mett...

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More than a scholarship

Chang Chavkin scholars value support as first-generation college students

By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com

August 6, 2025

Andrea Peralta Villa was unsure how she would make it to college until the final few days before classes started, despite having a roommate and a nearly full-ride scholarship lined up. She overcame th...

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Remote-triggered avalanche in San Juan Mountains

First responders receive first COVID-19 vaccines