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County venue to hire manager
Ouray County commissioners will hire a salaried manager for the 4-H Event Center and Fairgrounds, rather than an incentive-based position as previousl...
March 11, 2026
News
Survey to gauge health care needs, barriers
Community members can help reshape how health care works in Ouray County by completing a new survey focused on what’s working and what could be done b...
March 11, 2026
News
County Road 5 to open in early April
County Road 5 will open to the public earlier than usual this spring to allow a contractor access to the town of Ridgway’s Beaver Creek diversion syst...
March 11, 2026
News
Commissioners back watershed rehab
Ouray County commissioners have pledged to provide letters of support to the Uncompahgre Watershed Partnership as it looks for funding to rehabilitate...
March 11, 2026
News
Seasonal dozer operator to help clear high country snow
Ouray County’s Road and Bridge Department will hire a seasonal dozer operator to work in April and May to help clear high-country roads of snow.The ne...
March 11, 2026
Letters, Opinion
Burn pit would be useful for wildfire mitigation
Dear Editor:Not only is a burn pit a good idea, it is a necessity, but not in the way described. Times and codes are changing. The new fire and constr...
March 11, 2026
Letters, Opinion
Burn pit an idea that should go up in smoke
Dear Editor:Today is a rare day.Snow capped mountains with a cloudless sky are not rare, but when the air is also clear, that is rare, because too oft...
March 11, 2026
Letters, Opinion
New pool house should include solar array
Dear Editor:In none of the large, taxpayer-funded infrastructure projects in the city over the past years — the school, the courthouse complex, the po...
March 11, 2026
Wyatt Earp’s brief, quiet chapter in the San Juans
Columns, Opinion
Wyatt Earp’s brief, quiet chapter in the San Juans
Wyatt Earp wasn’t born a legend. He was an opportunist, a man with a keen eye for the next horizon and a knack for finding — or perhaps stirring up — ...
March 11, 2026
Looking Back
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Looking Back
Compiled from the files ofThe Ouray County Herald, The Ridgway Sun, and The Ouray County Plaindealer60 Years AgoMarch 10, 1966 The new colorful brochu...
March 11, 2026
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Best feathers forward
August 19, 2026
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Bear activity ramping up
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Bear activity ramping up
Second bruin killed in a week after several conflicts, entering home
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
August 19, 2026
State wildlife officials killed a young, female bear that entered a Ridgway home last weekend after days of conflicts and at least one incident with the bear killing chickens. Colorado Parks and Wildl...
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Police admin assistant resigns, blasts city
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
August 19, 2026
The Ouray Police Department's administrative assistant has resigned, leaving the office with one remaining employee assigned to desk duty. The resignation comes just after the city's response to a civ...
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News
Disaster relief tax moves closer to ballot
Ouray, Ridgway councils negotiate for larger share of revenue; use tax for roads all but ruled out
By Mike Wiggins and James Hanlon 
August 19, 2026
A proposed countywide sales tax to address fires, floods and other natural disasters appears to have a clear path to the November ballot, while a potential use tax on construction materials to raise m...
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County road superintendent arrested on suspicion of DUI
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County road superintendent arrested on suspicion of DUI
By James Hanlon 
August 19, 2026
Ouray County Road and Bridge Superintendent Ty Barger was placed on paid administrative leave Monday following a driving under the influence arrest in Montrose Aug. 14. Crew Chief Don Castle has been ...
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