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Support for schools
Dear Editor: As a parent of a Ridgway Secondary School student, I want additional funding to help our schools better serve my son and his friends. Tha...
September 22, 2021
Choose community over commodity for Ouray council
Dear Editor: Ouray: Community or commodity? This November, three separate candidates are running for mayor and City Council. If they win, the entire c...
September 22, 2021
Community support makes Fortuna Tierra work possible
Dear Editor: On behalf of the Fortuna Tierra Club, I’d like to publicly thank the many people who participated and contributed to the success of the 6...
September 22, 2021
Ouray School relaxes high school mask rules
Covid
Ouray School relaxes high school mask rules
Ouray School has revised its mask policy, allowing high school students to remove them while in classrooms, due to higher vaccination rates.  As of Fr...
September 17, 2021
LOOKING BACK
50 YEARS AGO September 16, 1971 - Federal Resources Corp. has found ore at two new locations at the Camp Bird lead-zinc-silver mine at Ouray, accordin...
September 15, 2021
Maximus Paul Schuetz
Obituaries
Maximus Paul Schuetz
Maximus passed at the age of 17, peacefully at home, Montrose, CO, from Treatment-Induced Glioblastoma after battling Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia sin...
September 15, 2021
Kenneth R. Wyrick
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Kenneth R. Wyrick
Kenneth R. Wyrick, was born February 9, 1944 to John-Duke and Lilly Carlene Wyrick in Mercedes, Texas. Ken passed peacefully at home on September 5, 2...
September 15, 2021
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AROUND THE REGION
GUNNISON It would lead to construction industry layoffs. It would put an undue burden on property owners. It would overwhelm county staff. It would in...
September 15, 2021
RUNNERS COMPETE IN SILVERTON
RUNNERS COMPETE IN SILVERTON
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September 15, 2021
‘Locker room talk’ from newest Ouray council members needs to stop
Dear Editor: Having attended nearly every City of Ouray council meeting over the last two years (both in-person and via Zoom), I have noticed a deteri...
September 15, 2021
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A barrel of fun on Labor Day
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A barrel of fun on Labor Day
September 9, 2026
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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...
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Trump declares disaster for fire
By By Chart Riggall chart@ouraynews.com 
September 9, 2026
Move frees up federal relief money President Donald Trump approved a major disaster declaration for the Gold Mountain and Aspen Acres fires, unlocking millions of dollars in Federal Emergency Manageme...
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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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Parking enforcement nixes popular highway camping spot
By By James Hanlon james@ouraynews.com 
September 9, 2026
Officials cite concerns about safety, health at Tuffy's Corner A highway pullout popular for overnight camper parking north of Ouray has been empty in recent weeks since ‘no camping’ signs were instal...
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