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CORRECTION
Carolyn Snowbarger's column in the Aug. 11-17 edition should have said the discoverer and owner of the Camp Bird Mine was Thomas Walsh, not John Walsh...
August 18, 2022
HIGHGRADERS RETURN THIS WEEKEND
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HIGHGRADERS RETURN THIS WEEKEND
Richard Weber III holds the drill steel as LiErin Wilson swings the hammer during the double-jack rock drilling competition at the Highgraders Holiday...
August 18, 2022
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POLICE LOG
RIDGWAY MARSHAL The following is a summary of cases the Ridgway Marshal's Office handled from June 25-Aug. 14. If you have information on any of the b...
August 18, 2022
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POLICE LOG
The following is an excerpt of cases handled by the Ouray Police Department from Aug. 10-16: OURAY POLICE AUG. 10 Officer responded to a parking probl...
August 18, 2022
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POLICE LOG
The following is an excerpt of cases handled by the Ouray County Sheriff's Office from Aug. 8-14: OURAY SHERIFF AUG. 8 Deputy assisted a citizen on En...
August 18, 2022
MEET ME AT THE FAIR
MEET ME AT THE FAIR
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August 18, 2022
Opinion
OURAY COUNTY LOOKING BACK
50 YEARS AGO August 17, 1972 - A Moab, Utah man was fined $250 in U.S. Magistrate Court in Montrose on Aug. 10 for unauthorized road construction with...
August 18, 2022
The value of, and trouble with, TABOR
Dear Editor: Thanks, TABOR, I appreciate the refund I just got from the State of Colorado. So, what is TABOR, and why the refund? In 1992, Colorado vo...
August 11, 2022
Commissioners not interested in input
Dear Editor: Once again, the Ouray County commissioners have demonstrated their hostility to county citizens and citizen input. A county citizen, Rich...
August 11, 2022
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Crews working to fill 1950s-era well along U.S. 550
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Crews working to fill 1950s-era well along U.S. 550
Reclamation part of orphaned and abandoned well program
By Chart Riggall 
September 4, 2026
It’s not what you think. A towering steel drill rig 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...
Hickenlooper hopeful for fire disaster order
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Hickenlooper hopeful for fire disaster order
Senator tours flood-damaged areas, surveys planned fire mitigation efforts
By By Chart Riggall chart@ouraynews.com 
September 2, 2026
U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper said Friday he was optimistic the Trump administration will declare the Gold Mountain Fire a federal disaster, arguing Congress “wouldn’t settle for” the White House withho...
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County employees remain on paid leave
EMS paramedic, deputy emergency manager sent home days after fire started
By By James Hanlon james@ouraynews.com 
September 2, 2026
Ouray County has had two emergency-related employees on paid administrative leave since the early days of the Gold Mountain Fire. A third employee, Road and Bridge Superintendent Ty Barger, was placed...
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Businesses share struggles with senator
'You guys are in crisis,' Hickenlooper tells proprietors wrestling with aftermath of Gold Mountain Fire
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
September 2, 2026
Ouray County business owners bent the ear of U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper on Friday, sharing stories of declining profits and mass cancellations in the wake of the Gold Mountain Fire in the hopes the D...
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