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Setting the record straight on July 4 water fights
Dear Editor: Last month, I wrote that I was disappointed about a few things that happened during the water fights on the Fourth of July. Since then, I...
August 11, 2021
A tax solution in search of a problem
Dear Editor: It was suggested by an audience member at last week’s Ouray City Council meeting that second homeowners in Ouray be assessed an additiona...
August 11, 2021
Thanks, commissioners, for supporting public lands
Dear Editor: Wildlife and public lands advocates couldn’t be more thrilled to learn that the Ouray Board of County Commissioners unanimously endorsed ...
August 11, 2021
Covid
County reports fifth COVID-positive death
A fifth Ouray County resident has died after testing positive for COVID-19, Emergency Manager Glenn Boyd said Wednesday.  The man, who was in his 80s ...
August 11, 2021
Smoke returns to area from distant wildfires
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Smoke returns to area from distant wildfires
Hazy conditions and smoke are expected to return to the skies today and over the weekend, as an air quality advisory has been issued by the state heal...
August 6, 2021
LOOKING BACK
50 YEARS AGO August 5, 1971 - The Gunnison Forest Advisory Council toured the roads adjacent to and road corridors through the Uncompahgre Primitive A...
August 4, 2021
Priscilla Ely Warren
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Priscilla Ely Warren
Born in San Mateo, California, Priscilla worked in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, setting chokers for a logging company and serving as a firefighter the...
August 4, 2021
Harry Raymond Noland
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Harry Raymond Noland
Harry was born October 24, 1972, to Bill and Marilyn Noland of Ridgway, Colorado where he was raised. He loved the outdoors and enjoyed living and wor...
August 4, 2021
Covid
More COVID cases reported
As of Tuesday, Ouray County had four new COVID cases, according the the Ouray County Public Health Agency. Those included two fully vaccinated individ...
August 4, 2021
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AROUND THE REGION
GUNNISON Colorado Parks and Wildlife on Thursday held a public open house for the Colorado Wolf Restoration and Management Plan, encouraging Gunnison ...
August 4, 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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