Meet the new staffers at Ridgway School District! Christine Freed Paraprofessional Years in education: Brand new Lived in Ouray County: Two years What...
August 21, 2019
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August 21, 2019
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August 21, 2019
Columns
From the Ouray County Herald and Ouray County Plaindealer: 50 Years Ago August 21, 1969 - If owners do not remove their junk cars and/or trailers left...
August 21, 2019
Columns
By Susan Lacy, Ridgway School District Superintendent The Ridgway School District begins the year with exciting elementary campus improvements. The fr...
August 21, 2019
Columns
Planet Earth, the only home most of us and our descendants will ever know, needs our help. July 2019 was the hottest month in recorded history. “July ...
August 21, 2019
Columns
Welcome back to another exciting year at Ouray School District! Upon your return one of the first things you will notice is our newly renovated play...
August 21, 2019
Letters
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor, The Ouray County BOCC is proposing a massive property tax increase (up to 3.7+ mils) *and* up to a 3.5% "use fee" o...
August 21, 2019
Letters
Dear Editor, I have seen lots of stories about how global warming will impact coastal areas of the world. That got me to wondering if we here in Ouray...
August 21, 2019
Obituaries
Robert (Bob) Madura died peacefully in his home on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, with his loving wife at his side. Bob was born April 3, 1939, in Hammond,...
August 21, 2019
Main, News...
Colorado is on track for its warmest year ever. Source flows are diminishing or at historic lows. So why has only one water provider in Ouray County ordered cutbacks this summer?
September 9, 2026
In the early days of summer, it remained a matter of some debate where the drought of 2026 ranked in the annals of long, hot Colorado summers. For Cary Denison, Ouray County’s representative on the Co...
Main
September 9, 2026
Move frees up federal relief money President Donald Trump approved a major disaster declaration for the Gold Mountain and Aspen Acres fires, unlocking millions of dollars in Federal Emergency Manageme...
News
Operation part of state program to reclaim abandoned sites
September 9, 2026
It’s not what you think. A towering steel drill 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 is ...
News
September 9, 2026
Officials cite concerns about safety, health at Tuffy's Corner A highway pullout popular for overnight camper parking north of Ouray has been empty in recent weeks since ‘no camping’ signs were instal...
