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WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
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WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
September 1, 2022
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CALENDAR & EVENTS
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Every Friday and Saturday morning at 9 a.m. and every Wednesday night at 5:30 p.m. at St. Daniel’s Church, 614 Fifth St., Ouray....
September 1, 2022
Opinion
Story Hour a success
Dear Editor: The Ouray Public Library would like to thank our community, staff, and volunteers for an overwhelmingly successful Drag Queen Story Hour....
September 1, 2022
Opinion
OURAY COUNTY LOOKING BACK
50 YEARS AGO August 31, 1972 - It’s here! Ouray’s county ambulance is in town and ready to go. The brand-new Chevrolet Sentinel ambulance is an attrac...
September 1, 2022
Opinion
Federal legislation needed to prevent suicides, support care
Dear Editor: September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. As a volunteer advocate with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, I ...
September 1, 2022
Opinion
Teaching to throw off norms counter to safe self-expression
Dear Editor: While my opinion and world view hasn’t changed drastically as an adult, over the years I have adopted a coping mechanism of self-censorsh...
September 1, 2022
Opinion
Celebrate the library
Dear Editor: I celebrate our Ouray Public Library and the wonderful variety of services and programs it offers us! Ann Dettmer Ouray
September 1, 2022
OURAY COUNTY LOOKING BACK
50 YEARS AGO August 24, 1972 - At the Ouray County commissioner public meeting Monday the zoning ordinance requiring a “green belt” in each subdivisio...
August 24, 2022
Vote and honor suffragists
Dear Editor: Aug. 26, 2022, marks the 102nd anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution by which American women won the ...
August 24, 2022
Ridgway development should be rejected for lack of access
Dear Editor: The proposed new Ridgway housing development adjacent to the Vista Terrace neighborhood named Four Winds at Ridgway Subdivision, LLC is a...
August 24, 2022
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Firefighters gain ground on Gold Mountain Fire
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Firefighters gain ground on Gold Mountain Fire
Sheriff allows some evacuees to return home; blaze shifts away from populated areas
By By Mike Wiggins, Erin McIntyre and Deb Hurley Brobst mike@ouraynews.com erin@ouraynews.com 
July 8, 2026
Residents forced to flee the Gold Mountain Fire north of Ouray nearly two weeks ago returned to charred landscapes but fully intact homes Wednesday, an indication that authorities believe the threat h...
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Despite fire, downsized Fourth celebration marches on
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Despite fire, downsized Fourth celebration marches on
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
July 8, 2026
A scaled-back Fourth of July celebration of the 250th birthday of the United States and 150th birthday of Ouray attracted thousands to the city, despite the cancellation of fireworks, water fights and...
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First fire, then floods? Leaders start planning for next potential emergency
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First fire, then floods? Leaders start planning for next potential emergency
By Deb Hurley Brobst Special to the Plaindealer 
July 8, 2026
Even though the Gold Mountain Fire is still burning, Ouray County officials are already thinking about flash flood risks in the burn scar as Colorado moves into monsoon season. “This is a predictable ...
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Water providers ask customers to pull back
Ridgway enacts mandatory irrigation restrictions
By Mike Wiggins and Erin McIntyre mike@ouraynews.com erin@ouraynews.com 
July 8, 2026
Water managers in Ouray County are asking residents to curtail water use and avoid putting more demand on their distribution systems in light of the Gold Mountain Fire and ongoing tinder-dry condition...
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Looking Back
50 Years Ago
July 8, 2026
July 7, 1966 Charges have been filed in Ouray County Court against three Ouray youths for violation of state statutes in climbing over a fence at the municipal swimming pool last Friday and breaking b...
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