50 YEARS AGO September 23, 1971 - In only five hours a French-made Alouette turbo jet helicopter recently airlifted into place, in the San Juan Mounta...
September 22, 2021
Obituaries
Peter Klein (Pete) was born on June 9th, 1942, in Linton, North Dakota. He spent his early years on a ranch outside of Linton, and later moved into to...
September 22, 2021
News
Older Coloradans can permanently renew their driver's licenses or identification cards online, now that a new state law has gone into effect. The new ...
September 22, 2021
News
The Town of Ridgway's housing project has received the first Community Revitalization Grant award this year from Colorado Creative Industries, securin...
September 22, 2021
News
San Miguel Power Association has two upcoming power outages planned to upgrade its system and make improvements. The first of those outages will affec...
September 22, 2021
News
GUNNISON The first wave of renters is scheduled to move into the Paintbrush Apartments on Friday, a new affordable housing development in Gunnison. Al...
September 22, 2021
The unveiling of the iron lung is but one of many events scheduled this weekend as part of Ridgway Old West Fest and Ouray County Railroad Days. At 4 ...
September 22, 2021
A rare artifact from 1892 has joined the Ridgway Railroad Museum, thanks to a donation from Susette Warynick of Ouray. The silver, filigree pass bears...
September 22, 2021
Ouray boys' cross country runner Vinny Schierenberg, in the lead in this photo, won first place in the Ramble at the Reservoir race on Sept. 17 by com...
September 22, 2021
Dear Editor: This local election has emotions running high. One side seems to be campaigning on the issues. The other side is using personal attacks a...
September 22, 2021
News
November 6, 2026
After months of planning, elder community members now have a place to gather during the week. The Cimarron Gathering Place is an age-friendly community center held most Tuesdays and Thursdays at the O...
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Halloween full of tricks and treats
November 4, 2026
Ouray’s Main Street was a spooky place to be on Halloween, with witches at the Wright Opera House including Gayle Veum of Log Hill. The “King of Pop” and a member of the Jackson Five were spotted tric...
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November 4, 2026
Ouray County voters on Tuesday rejected a proposal to raise the local sales tax rate by 0.5% in order to fund future disaster relief, dashing county officials’ hopes to find a new revenue source for e...
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Killed in climbing accident, Matsuda remembered for loyalty, passion, work ethic
November 4, 2026
After pulling a 16-hour shift on this summer’s Gold Mountain Fire, Bennett Raley knew he could trust and rely on his young teammate. The volunteer firefighter with the Log Hill Volunteer Fire Departme...
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With government bowing out, group seeks to raise money for backcountry patrols
November 4, 2026
With a lack of government funding to continue Ouray County’s Alpine Ranger patrols next year, the task has fallen to locals to raise enough money – $67,000, to be exact – to keep the backcountry patro...
