Dear Editor: I was honored to be able to attend the 9/11 memorial in Ouray this year. What a great tradition in a small part of our great nation! I wo...
September 15, 2021
Dear Editor: In this upcoming election the voters in Ridgway School District will face two ballot questions asking for funding. First, question 4A is ...
September 15, 2021
News
The Ouray School District will not have an election for three seats this fall, because only two candidates applied to run and were certified to run fo...
September 8, 2021
News
Community members are invited to visit the Ridgway Visitor Center and Heritage Park on Sept. 14 from 5 to 8 p.m., hosted by the Ridgway Area Chamber o...
September 8, 2021
Covid
Ouray County had 14 active cases of COVID-19 as of Wednesday morning. The most recent positive cases of the virus involve three probable cases – a wom...
September 8, 2021
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September 8, 2021
50 YEARS AGO September 9, 1971 - As any youngster raised on Vinegar Hill can tell you, the “Old Indian Chief” lies buried underneath an ancient boxeld...
September 8, 2021
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September 8, 2021
Dear Editor: We are writing to provide a more balanced view of the reasons that the miner housing proposal was objected to by the Wanakah Estates neig...
September 8, 2021
Main, News...
Young team blows past competition to hoist Class 2A cross country trophy
November 5, 2025
There isn’t a perfect translation for “hill” in Chinese. That's something Natasha Hessler discovered when she arrived at the famous creek crossing during the Colorado State Cross Country Championship ...
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ELECTION 2025
Hart joins council, which needs to fill two spots
November 5, 2025
Ouray City Councilor Michael Underwood won election to the mayor’s seat Tuesday night, succeeding on a campaign that emphasized fiscal conservatism and a vow to fix what he perceives as a disconnect b...
News
November 5, 2025
Voters Tuesday night approved tax increases for the Cedar Hill Cemetery District and the Ouray Fire Protection District. A measure to increase the cemetery district’s mill levy from 0.33 mills to 1 mi...
News
ELECTION 2025
November 5, 2025
Voters in unincorporated Ouray County approved a new 6% lodging tax that is expected to provide more than $182,000 in additional funding during a tight 2026 budget year and into the future. The measur...
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ELECTION 2025
November 5, 2025
Ouray voters have chosen two former educators to join the Ouray School Board, according to unofficial results from Tuesday’s election. Three candidates competed for two open seats on the school board,...
