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Results from Sept. 14 meet Cowboy Invitational in Gunnison

HS Girls Varsity 5K (105 runners): Kaitlyn Winkelmann … 23:41.00 … 32nd (PR…old PR = 24:24.10, Warrior Invitational, 2019) Raja Braford-Lefebvre … 24:...

September 18, 2019

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CORRECTION

A story on Page 1 of the Sept. 12 edition, "Adios, Adobe Inn," misspelled the last name of owners of The Pueblo, the predecessor to the Adobe Inn. The...

September 18, 2019

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Law offers hope to mobile home residents

WESTERN COLORADO On a late-August Sunday afternoon, state Rep. Meg Froelich readied the meeting room at the Sheridan Library for a town hall with cons...

September 18, 2019

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WESTERN SLOPE NEWS BRIEFS

CRESTED BUTTE - Those who do business in Crested Butte are well aware of the challenges — whether in the availability of workforce housing, finding en...

September 18, 2019

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BLM advisory panel meets next week

WESTERN COLORADO An advisory group that makes recommendations to Bureau of Land Management field offices in southwestern Colorado, including the Uncom...

September 18, 2019

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Dee Hilton honored

September 18, 2019

Live in Ouray concludes Monday

The last concert in the series of Live In Ouray’s Summer Concert Series happens Monday, upstairs at Brickhouse 737. The concert, which starts at 7:30 ...

September 18, 2019

RIDGWAY & OURAY CROSS COUNTRY

[tecnavia_gallery slug='ridgway-ouray-cross-country-gallery' view='carousel']HS Girls Varsity 5K (105 runners): Kaitlyn Winkelmann … 23:41.00 … 32nd (...

September 18, 2019

Theater season ends with modern play

An "exploded romantic comedy" with an interesting title will be the grand finale of UpstART's 2019 theater season this weekend, with the performance o...

September 18, 2019

Ouray Public Library receives grant from USDA

The Ouray Public Library is celebrating a Community Facilities grant of $1,800 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The check was presented on Sep...

September 18, 2019

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A visit with Mr. and Mrs. Claus

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Vehicle problems toss wrench at sheriff

Maintenance costs pile up as agency wrestles with delays in replacing patrol cars

By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com

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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Resident: Tax money should fund ‘creatives’

By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com

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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Commissioner opposes change to cost-savings policy

By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com

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...

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County OKs budget, will diminish savings

By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com

December 10, 2025

Editor’s note: This story has been corrected to accurately reflect the county's disaster fund balance heading into 2026. Ouray County commissioners approved the county's 2026 budget during their regul...

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Remote-triggered avalanche in San Juan Mountains

First responders receive first COVID-19 vaccines