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Angel Creek Campground southwest of Ouray reopened on Monday after U.S. Forest Service officials cleared more than 140 hazardous trees. The Forest Ser...
June 14, 2023
Letters
Dear Editor: I was recently honored, humbled and overwhelmed to receive an outpouring of deep sentiments, thoughtful gifts and heartfelt well-wishes f...
June 7, 2023
Letters
Dear Editor: I assume that almost everyone in Ouray County who owns property has reviewed their new tax assessments, shocking as they were. The county...
June 7, 2023
News
UPDATE, 4:01 p.m. The highway reopened to one lane of alternating traffic at 3:45 and will full reopen to two lanes of traffic in each direction by 5:...
June 2, 2023
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[tecnavia_gallery slug='ouray-class-of-2023-gallery' view='carousel']Left, Ouray High School graduate Clifford Utech examines his diploma after receiv...
May 31, 2023
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[tecnavia_gallery slug='ridgway-class-of-2023-gallery' view='carousel']Above, Ridgway class of 2023 salutatorian Autumn Sagal rides on top of a car dr...
May 31, 2023
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The average Ouray County homeowner would see their natural gas bill increase by more than $6 a month, while the average small commercial customer in t...
May 31, 2023
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[tecnavia_gallery slug='ridgway-class-of-2023-gallery-20230601-0251-192530' view='carousel']Left, Ridgway Secondary School graduate Maizy Gordon speak...
May 31, 2023
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Two years after launch, OurWay ridership has doubled. It’s unclear if grant money and matching local funds will help it keep running
February 25, 2026
Georgia Evans greeted the bus driver with jugs of milk and water in her hands and boarded the 11-seater OurWay shuttle, headed home from work in Ridgway to Montrose. She noticed it was a different bus...
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County to shut off portion of Yankee Boy Basin to vehicles this summer due to environmental damage
February 25, 2026
Ouray County commissioners on Tuesday directed staff to pursue closing an upper section of Yankee Boy Basin this summer to motorized traffic, in response to a resident’s request to reduce environmenta...
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Doherty claims job keeps him out of town; council to decide whether to change cap on remote participation
February 25, 2026
A newly appointed Ouray city councilor who has attended just half of the city council’s meetings in person so far this year has asked the council to relax an attendance policy and allow him to govern ...
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After spending more than $100K on branding, design and fabrication, council halts wayfinding initiative that could have cost up to $800K
February 25, 2026
Large maroon wayfinding signs installed on Main Street in Ouray last summer, triggering protests from residents and business owners detesting their appearance and size, will soon be gone like they wer...
Columns, Opinion...
February 25, 2026
Thanks to warming sun, wet snow showers, spells of shirtsleeve weather, earlier sunrises and later sunsets, meteorological spring (March 1) is upon us. It’s been an a-ha moment these last two weeks as...
