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CORRECTION
A story on Page 1 in the July 8-14 edition should have said the Ouray City Council in 2019 began subjecting to short-term regulations properties lease...
July 15, 2021
Opinion
Great visit tinged by disappointment
Dear Editor: My family and I spent the most memorable 4th of July of my life in your amazing town. Thank you, Ouray! One of the highlights was the wat...
July 15, 2021
Opinion
LOOKING BACK
50 YEARS AGO July 15, 1971 - A major piece of business was transacted in the Ouray City Council meeting Monday night that may effect a considerable ch...
July 15, 2021
Opinion
Thanks from McElrea family
Dear Editor: On behalf of the entire family of Paul McElrea, we would like to extend our deepest gratitude to the friends who helped search for our be...
July 15, 2021
Columns
LOOKING BACK
50 YEARS AGO July 8, 1971 - It would cost $1 million, assuming today’s price estimates of $200,000 per mile, to rebuild the five-mile stretch of U.S. ...
July 7, 2021
FESTIVITIES GO FOURTH
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FESTIVITIES GO FOURTH
[tecnavia_gallery slug='festivities-go-fourth-gallery' view='carousel']All the traditional Independence Day activities that were nixed by COVID-19 las...
July 7, 2021
LET THE GAMES RESUME
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LET THE GAMES RESUME
[tecnavia_gallery slug='let-the-games-resume-gallery' view='carousel']Top left: Cashton Hirt, center, competes in the gunny sack race on Sunday in Fel...
July 7, 2021
Letters
Fourth of July in Ouray exemplifies unity
Dear Editor, Another July 4, Ouray quintessential Old Time Independence Day celebration has come and gone. The town of 700 grows to thousands who enjo...
July 7, 2021
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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...
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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