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CORRECTION
A story on Page 3 in the March 3-9 edition incorrectly indicated nobody from the Ponderosa Village neighborhood spoke during public comment during the...
March 9, 2022
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State of the River March 16
The Colorado River District and the Ouray County Water Users Association will host a Ouray County State of the River meeting at the Ouray County 4-H C...
March 9, 2022
HAVE YOU HERD?
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HAVE YOU HERD?
A herd of elk graze in a field just off County Road 24 west of Ridgway on Tuesday evening. The deadline to submit applications for big game hunting li...
March 9, 2022
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County only wants to control CR5
Dear Editor: This newspaper has once again neglected to lay out all the facts regarding County Road 5 and San Juan Huts' lawsuit. Let’s be absolutely ...
March 9, 2022
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What has Biden done?
Dear Editor: Joe Biden has been in office for over a year. I would like to list all of the things he has done to make America greater or stronger. Hmm...
March 9, 2022
CLIMBER INJURED BY FALLING ICE
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CLIMBER INJURED BY FALLING ICE
Ouray Mountain Rescue Team member Kevin Koprek tends to an injured ice climber in the Ouray Ice Park on Feb. 26. A 25-year-old woman was climbing in t...
March 3, 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....
March 3, 2022
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AROUND THE REGION
SILVERTON Mark Esper, longtime editor of The Silverton Standard, passed away in his home in Silverton this month. Originally from Flint, Michigan, Mar...
March 3, 2022
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Highway 50 work to resume March 7
After a months-long winter break, construction on U.S. Highway 50 between Montrose and Gunnison will resume Monday, March 7. Starting that day, motori...
March 3, 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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First responders receive first COVID-19 vaccines

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