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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....
March 17, 2022
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COVID: By the numbers
Cases: 845 Hospitalizations: 23 Deaths among cases: 6 Outbreaks: 8 Vaccinations: 68.9% of residents 5 and older “fully vaccinated” (two Moderna or Pfi...
March 17, 2022
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AROUND THE REGION
SILVERTON A movement continues to build in town to classify Silverton as a “Dark Sky Community.” Dark Sky sites signify that an area has either reduce...
March 17, 2022
TRACK SEASON OPENS
TRACK SEASON OPENS
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March 17, 2022
Opinion
LOOKING BACK
50 YEARS AGO March 16, 1972 — A drastic change took place on Ouray’s Main Street this week, and now people will have to search for other reminders of ...
March 17, 2022
On the contrary, Biden has done much
Dear Editor: I feel I have to comment on Ann Coffman’s letter asking sarcastically what President Biden has done. I have to keep this to 400 words or ...
March 17, 2022
Columns
LOOKING BACK
50 YEARS AGO March 9, 1972 — License plate sales in Ouray County during the first two months of this year show great increase over the same period a y...
March 9, 2022
Obituaries
Jack Miller
E. Jack Miller, a man who loved high mountains and deep fjords, passed away on March 1 in a hospital in Montrose, Colorado, of injuries suffered in an...
March 9, 2022
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March 9, 2022
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Water restrictions exception, not rule
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?
By By Chart Riggall chart@ouraynews.com 
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...
Crews working to plug old water well
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Crews working to plug old water well
Operation part of state program to reclaim abandoned sites
By By Chart Riggall chart@ouraynews.com 
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 ...
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