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The merit of 3,000 words
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The merit of 3,000 words
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April 19, 2023
Letters
Appreciation for Elk Meadows article
Dear Editor: I’m the Elk Meadows homeowner with that “whopping” 57,000 gallon usage in November 2021. I was notified by email Dec. 1, 2021, as soon as...
April 19, 2023
Columns
OURAY COUNTY LOOKING BACK
50 YEARS AGO April 19, 1973 - Monday of this week, Chief Miller and his deputy borrowed radar equipment from the Montrose Police Department and conduc...
April 19, 2023
AN EGGS-CELLENT EASTER AT FELLIN PARK
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AN EGGS-CELLENT EASTER AT FELLIN PARK
[tecnavia_gallery slug='an-eggs-cellent-easter-at-fellin-park-gallery' view='carousel']Left, some of the Easter egg hunt participants were laser-focus...
April 13, 2023
News
Comparing water rates
Elk Meadows residents pay some of the lowest water rates in the region: $33 a month. While most municipalities and utility companies raise rates gradu...
April 13, 2023
Opinion
OURAY COUNTY LOOKING BACK
50 YEARS AGO April 12, 1973 - Greatly to her surprise, Miss Emma Lou Wilder, indefatigable secretary of the Ouray County Chamber of Commerce, was name...
April 13, 2023
News
CALENDAR & EVENTS
THURSDAY, APRIL 13 LEGAL CLINIC: A free legal clinic for parties who have no attorney. Volunteer attorneys answer questions by phone. Ouray Library, 3...
April 13, 2023
Letters
Headlights help save lives on highway
Dear Editor: U.S. Highway 550 is a dangerous highway, especially the Million Dollar Highway stretch! The remainder of the highway claims many lives al...
April 13, 2023
Letters
Revised marijuana grow rules worth nothing
Dear Editor: I sat through five hours of a public hearing for the Cannaboo commercial cultivation facility license request. The license was approved f...
April 13, 2023
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Field of dreams realized
Community celebrates opening of new $4 million athletic complex
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
September 17, 2025
The runners pounded out miles on dirt trails, gravel roads and sidewalks ringing public parks. They launched themselves over hurdles in carpeted hallways of the school, sometimes crashing into the met...
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Ouray to ditch large downtown signs
Public pans signs as out of place, will review smaller prototypes
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
September 17, 2025
The city of Ouray is prepared to scrap a series of new large signs installed this summer in the downtown core meant to direct drivers to various locations in favor of smaller signs, acceding to reside...
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County looks to curb 2026 budget
Plan calls for 2.5% cost-of-living employee salary increase; sheriff pulls request for additional deputy
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
September 17, 2025
After years of growth, Ouray County leaders are working together to find ways to rein in or hold costs steady in 2026. During a special work session Tuesday, county officials looked at an early draft ...
Looking Back
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Looking Back
September 17, 2025
Compiled from the files of The Ouray County Herald, The Ridgway Sun, and The Ouray County Plaindealer 50 Years Ago September 18, 1975 The Ouray County commissioners have responded by letter to stateme...
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