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The amazing Great White Egret
Columns, Feature...
The amazing Great White Egret
By Sue Hirshman 
May 24, 2023
Occasionally one finds A bird That has it all! – Anonymous Editor's note: Birds of Ouray County columnist Sue Hirshman has decided to continue writing her column when inspiration strikes, instead of m...
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Columns, Opinion...
OURAY COUNTY LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
May 17, 2023
50 YEARS AGO May 17, 1973 - Editorial: Ma Bell’s gone around the bend again, to the point where there’s no living with her. The decline has become too severe. Every week there’s a new aberration. A fe...
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Columns, Opinion...
OURAY COUNTY LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
May 10, 2023
50 YEARS AGO May 10, 1973 - Postal Service Week was commemorated at the Ouray Post Office this past week by honoring a uniquely outstanding postal customer: Dora S. Merling, who has used the Postal Se...
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Columns, Opinion...
OURAY COUNTY LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
May 3, 2023
50 YEARS AGO May 3, 1973 - Bob Larson, an engineer at Idarado Mining Company in Ouray, was injured Tuesday when an estimated five tons of rock fell on and around him. Larson was working in the 2254 st...
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Columns
OURAY COUNTY LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
April 26, 2023
50 YEARS AGO April 26, 1973 - Late spring and early summer is a tragic time for wildlife “rescued” by well-meaning humans who fail to understand that nature must take care of its own. Too often we kil...
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Columns
OURAY COUNTY LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
April 19, 2023
50 YEARS AGO April 19, 1973 - Monday of this week, Chief Miller and his deputy borrowed radar equipment from the Montrose Police Department and conducted a survey on Main Street. In the space of appro...
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The small and mighty Bufflehead
Columns, Feature...
The small and mighty Bufflehead
By Sue Hirshman 
April 19, 2023
The little Bufflehead “sits high in the water.” Bobbing up and down like a yellow rubber duckie in the bathtub — Richard Crossley The month of March was almost like a repeat of February, with very col...
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The name debate in 1890: Mears, Hartwell or Ridgway?
Columns
The name debate in 1890: Mears, Hartwell or Ridgway?
By Carolyn Snowbarger 
April 13, 2023
In the 1880s the mines in the northern San Juan Mountains were thriving. People, equipment and supplies were heading up daily to those high-altitude camps, and the mines were sending tons of ore down ...
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Columns
OURAY COUNTY LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
April 5, 2023
50 YEARS AGO April 5, 1973 - At a special meeting Monday night, the Ridgway School Board decided to reduce the teaching staff by two teachers and combine grades 1 and 2, 3 and 4, and 5 and 6, in order...
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Enough with winter, it’s time to bring on spring
Columns, Feature...
Enough with winter, it’s time to bring on spring
By Karen Risch 
March 30, 2023
Goodbye La Niña, it’s been a heckuva ride! To be fair, she brought Ouray two normal snow years (178.4 inches in 2020-21, 149.9 inches so far in 2022-23) and one dry stinker (128.9 inches in 2021-22)....
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Columns
OURAY COUNTY LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
March 22, 2023
50 YEARS AGO March 22, 1973 - Voting for rain, snow or sunshine could someday be as commonplace as electing a president, senator or mayor. Campaigns would be run by proponents and opponents of various...
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How do birds survive in frigid winter?
Columns, Feature...
How do birds survive in frigid winter?
By Sue Hirshman 
March 15, 2023
Birds of all shapes and sizes Have special adaptations for living, For living in cold, frigid temperatures. – Tina Shaw, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service What a bitter cold winter we have had, especiall...
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Columns
OURAY COUNTY LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
March 15, 2023
50 YEARS AGO March 15, 1973 - Editorial: The March 6th news story from the Montrose Daily Press is reprinted, page five, this week, not for sympathy but because some letters to the editor in this issu...
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Columns
OURAY COUNTY LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
March 8, 2023
50 YEARS AGO March 8, 1973 - Police Blotter: Feb. 26— Terry Kishbaugh reported six boards broken out at the Ouray bathhouse. March 2—Al McCoy reported vandalism to the house west of the Episcopal Chur...
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Columns
OURAY COUNTY LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
March 1, 2023
50 YEARS AGO March 1, 1973 - Personalities and tempers clashed a little last week throughout the Ridgway School District, but the boiling kettle appears to have been set back on simmer as regards one ...
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Columns, Feature...
OURAY COUNTY LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
February 23, 2023
50 YEARS AGO February 22, 1973 - Fire of undetermined origin totally demolished buildings and property valued at approximately $60,000 at the Camp Bird Mine, six miles south of Ouray Sunday night. Two...
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A rare treat: Glimpsing a Northern Flicker
Columns, Feature...
A rare treat: Glimpsing a Northern Flicker
By Sue Hirshman 
February 23, 2023
The bird world offers many surprises — Anonymous A birding group led by Bill Harris was treated with a surprise at Elk Meadows on Jan. 28 when visiting Rebecca Kindred's home. They spotted many differ...
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Columns
OURAY COUNTY LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
February 15, 2023
February 17, 1972 - Ouray’s first condominium units will be built this spring. Construction will begin soon on the Krisken Chalets, 36 condominium units, where the Elvan Marshall family formerly had E...
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Columns
Support local news, help businesses, individuals and democracy
By Tim Regan-porter 
March 9, 2022
A bill currently before the Business Affairs and Labor committee in the Colorado House would provide tax credits directly to small businesses for advertising in local news and to taxpapers who subscri...
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Columns
LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
March 9, 2022
50 YEARS AGO March 9, 1972 — License plate sales in Ouray County during the first two months of this year show great increase over the same period a year ago, according to Clerk and Recorder Addie Sim...
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Food assistance benefits dry up
Main, News...
Food assistance benefits dry up
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
October 29, 2025
An estimated $51,000 in federal food benefits will no longer be available to 170 Ouray County households starting Friday. The monthlong federal government shutdown without Congressional appropriations...
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Mine shaft wasn’t identified as hazard
State vows to secure opening quickly following Ridgway woman's death
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
October 29, 2025
A dangerous, water-filled mine shaft where a woman's body was found last week had not yet been identified for closure by state officials charged with securing hazardous mine openings. Though the state...
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Pushback against wolves grows
Ranchers oppose release in county; feds seek to block state
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
October 29, 2025
The Ouray County Cattlemen’s Association has objected to releasing wolves in the county, amid other efforts potentially complicating or stifling wolf reintroduction in the region this winter. A letter...
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News
Council nixes alcohol at hot springs
Ouray parks director had suggested limited sales at special events next year to generate revenue
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
October 29, 2025
The Ouray City Council rejected a proposal Monday to sell alcohol at three special events at the Ouray Hot Springs Pool next year, concluding the costs and risks outweigh the potential revenue. Parks ...
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On the course, they’re competitors. On weekends, they’re training partners
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On the course, they’re competitors. On weekends, they’re training partners
By By Matt Meyer Special to the Plaindealer 
October 29, 2025
Separately, the Ridgway, Ouray and Telluride High School cross country teams are among the smallest in the state. Each is successful in their own right — especially ahead of the state championship rac...
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