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Bright start, cloudy future for bus service
Main, News
Bright start, cloudy future for bus service
Georgia Evans greeted the bus driver with jugs of milk and water in her hands and boarded the 11-seater OurWay shuttle, headed home from work in Ridgw...
February 25, 2026
Main, News
Backcountry road closure eyed
Ouray County commissioners on Tuesday directed staff to pursue closing an upper section of Yankee Boy Basin this summer to motorized traffic, in respo...
February 25, 2026
Councilor seeks relaxed in-person attendance policy
News
Councilor seeks relaxed in-person attendance policy
A newly appointed Ouray city councilor who has attended just half of the city council’s meetings in person so far this year has asked the council to r...
February 25, 2026
Go-away-finding: Ouray to nix project, remove signs
News
Go-away-finding: Ouray to nix project, remove signs
Large maroon wayfinding signs installed on Main Street in Ouray last summer, triggering protests from residents and business owners detesting their ap...
February 25, 2026
Wet snow, later sunsets mark spring’s approach
Columns, Opinion
Wet snow, later sunsets mark spring’s approach
Thanks to warming sun, wet snow showers, spells of shirtsleeve weather, earlier sunrises and later sunsets, meteorological spring (March 1) is upon us...
February 25, 2026
Looking Back
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Looking Back
Compiled from the files of The Ouray County Herald, The Ridgway Sun, and The Ouray County Plaindealer 60 Years Ago February 24, 1966 In a decision han...
February 25, 2026
News
County attorney gets high marks in evaluation
Editor's note: This article has been edited to make clear that Ouray County had four members of the administration team and one employee leave their p...
February 25, 2026
News
For first time in four years, Ridgway to hold election
Editor's note: The subheading on this article has been corrected to reflect that there are five candidates for three council seats. By Lia Salvatierra...
February 25, 2026
News
Ridgway sewer rates may rise this year
Ridgway residents may end up paying more on their sewer bills next year, but the timing of the proposed increase and the amount is still up in the air...
February 25, 2026
News
City reroutes funds to pay for pedestrian crosswalk project
Ouray city councilors voted last week to redirect funds originally designated for wayfinding signs to build two crosswalks on either side of town, whi...
February 25, 2026
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Best feathers forward
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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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