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CALENDAR & EVENTS
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Every Friday and Saturday morning at 9 and every Tuesday and Wednesday night at 7 at St. Daniel’s Church, 614 Fifth St., Ouray. ...
October 28, 2021
HONK FOR SCHOOLS
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HONK FOR SCHOOLS
Sadie McCracken, an 8-year-old third-grader at Ridgway Elementary School, holds a sign supporting Ballot Issues 4A and 4B and yells at traffic driving...
October 28, 2021
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Ballots due by 7 p.m. Tuesday
Election Day is on Tuesday, and early ballot returns indicate 841 ballots had been turned in to the county elections office as of Wednesday morning, j...
October 28, 2021
Opinion
LOOKING BACK
50 YEARS AGO October 28, 1971 - The 10 percent drop in school enrollment this term is costing the Ouray School District R-1 about $12,000 in state aid...
October 28, 2021
Small health tax will have beneficial impact on well-being
Dear Editor: I’m not a fan of high taxes, but I am strongly in favor of the proposed 2-mill tax levy to support public health in Ouray County, for sev...
October 28, 2021
Support health tax
Dear Editor: I am supporting Ouray County Ballot issue 1A, which provides for dedicated, permanent and secure funding for Ouray County Public Health S...
October 28, 2021
Explore affordable housing solutions further before solely taxing rentals
Dear Editor: In 1980, I discovered Ouray on a motorcycle trip from Mexico home to Ohio. I vowed to return. When I retired to Denver in 2017, I visited...
October 28, 2021
Vote for tax is vote for community, not for exclusive rentals
Dear Editor: With a large number of issues on the ballot, it can often become confusing on the individual items. If you will allow me a few minutes of...
October 28, 2021
Party illustrates best of county
Dear Editor: Party With A Purpose at the Sherbino Theater on Oct. 24 demonstrated why Ouray County is so remarkable. This stunning place has all the e...
October 28, 2021
This is our chance to help Ridgway schools do even better
Dear Editor: I moved to Ridgway last year to be close to family. As a parent of two students at Ridgway Elementary School, I was very happy that my da...
October 28, 2021
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New county manager seeks to lead with heart
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New county manager seeks to lead with heart
After careers in big cities and large governments, Antonio Mendez is shifting his perspective
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
February 4, 2026
Ouray County is unlike most places Antonio Mendez has lived or worked before, and Mendez brings experience unlike the county has seen in two decades, or possibly ever. Ouray County’s new manager grew ...
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City leader pulls police from patrol duty
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City leader pulls police from patrol duty
Administrator cites concerns about training, liability; sheriff's office assumes full control of services in Ouray
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
February 4, 2026
Ouray City Administrator Michelle Metteer has pulled the police department’s two remaining officers off of patrol duty and reassigned them to administrative tasks, citing concerns about liability and ...
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County considers asking voters for tax hike in November
Staff to research potential funding measures for EMS, road and bridge; sheriff won't seek question this fall
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
February 4, 2026
Ouray County leaders want to research and poll the public’s appetite for asking voters for more tax revenue, to raise additional money for the county’s Emergency Medical Services and the Road and Brid...
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Ridgway gets initial OK for $1.34M grant
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
February 4, 2026
Ridgway has received initial approval for a $1.34 million grant to help it explore an all-electric building code for new construction and help electrify municipal operations, to lower its carbon footp...
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Good for you! Uncompahgre STEAM Fair
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Good for you! Uncompahgre STEAM Fair
February 4, 2026
The “Good For You!” page is a place for reader-submitted photos illustrating community, celebrations and more. Want to submit a photo for publication? Here are some guidelines for submissions: - This ...
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