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OURAY COUNTY The Ouray Trail Group has been busy to start the summer after a massive snow season caused avalanches to wreak havoc on many local trails...

July 8, 2019

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Caution urged near slide area

OURAY COUNTY Crews have finally begun work on a rockslide that has closed a portion of County Road 17 since March, and commissioners, county staff and...

July 8, 2019

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OURAY POLICE LOG

COPS The folllowing is an excerpt of cases the Ouray Police Department handled from June 17 to June 23, 2019. June 17 Officer conducted a directed pat...

July 8, 2019

Devious dentist takes stage in melodrama

CITY OF OURAY A dastardly deed from a depraved dentist takes center stage at the Wright Opera House starting July 1 in the melodrama, “D.K. Molar The ...

July 8, 2019

Bass fishing tourney offers cash

WESTERN COLORADO Anglers can help reduce the population of a non-native fish and win prizes at the same time, during the Fifth Annual Smallmouth Bass ...

July 8, 2019

Principal hired for secondary position

RIDGWAY SCHOOLS A current Ridgway School Board member will resign from her elected position to serve as Ridgway's Secondary School principal, accordin...

July 8, 2019

Jeep tour offered to historic mines

OURAY COUNTY The first of two historical Jeep tours on Red Mountain offered this summer through the Ouray Historical Society takes place on Friday. Th...

July 8, 2019

Families perform in ‘Pied Piper”

TOWN OF RIDGWAY Seasoned actors will share the stage with young actors this weekend in a "Little to Big" production of "The Pied Piper of Hamelin" at ...

July 8, 2019

Gals of West focus of talk

CITY OF OURAY Stories of women who made their mark on the West and made names for themselves in history is the latest in the Ouray County Historical S...

July 8, 2019

As the month comes to a close, there is much to appreciate about June

Right on schedule, 2019’s climatological summer began with a perfect first June day of 74 degrees under a partly sunny sky. Thirty-five Ouray Trail Gr...

July 8, 2019

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Dispute over extended background check leads to Ouray police chief’s last day

City administrator declines to make interim chief permanent

By Mike Wiggins

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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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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Remote-triggered avalanche in San Juan Mountains

First responders receive first COVID-19 vaccines