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
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
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
Covid
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
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
Obituaries
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
Obituaries
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
News
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
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September 15, 2021
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
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...
