Feature
By Erin McIntyre 
June 21, 2023
The seeds Jake Abell and Jared LaCroix planted three years ago in launching the Ouray International Film Festival have grown and blossomed. This year's festival showcases the transformation of the eve...
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Feature
By Daniel Schmidt 
June 21, 2023
Ridgway deputy marshal Rachel Esters’ days on-call typically begin with a carrot muffin and coffee, followed by a friendly staring contest with the cows grazing behind the Ouray County Fairgrounds. “I...
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Columns, Feature...
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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Feature, News...
By Katie Langford 
May 17, 2023
For Ouray County’s newest victim advocate, Tabitha Champlin, taking on a job to help people during some of the hardest times of their lives was a no-brainer. Champlin’s passion to help others was firs...
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Feature, Opinion...
By Carolyn Snowbarger 
May 10, 2023
As you’re making your summer plans, don’t forget Creede. Located on Colorado’s Silver Thread, Highway 149, it’s a place where you can still see into the past. The Utes knew this land well. They had hu...
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Columns, Feature...
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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Columns, Feature...
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, Feature...
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, Feature...
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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Columns, Feature...
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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Feature
By Sue Hirshman 
January 18, 2023
“For me all the frail, enduring beauty of the world finds its voice in the song of the Whitethroat.” — Edwin Way Teale A friend who lives up in Elk Meadows, Rebecca Kindred, let me know she spotted a ...
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Feature
By Sue Hirshman 
December 14, 2022
Migration is always full of surprises, one just must use his eyes, ears and observe. – Anonymous On a cold, brisk day in November, local birder Don Marsh spotted many water birds out at Ridgway Reserv...
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Feature
By Sue Hirshman 
September 15, 2022
The bird-watcher’s life is an endless succession of surprises. — The Book of a Naturalist A birding friend recently told me she saw an Eastern Kingbird perched at the top of an aspen tree on Dave Wood...
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Feature
By News Staff 
September 15, 2022
“One coal-black night of a Colorado winter It snowed on Red Mountain Pass We warned ev’rybody that the Slide was runnin’ And 5-5-0h was a mess” These words from the song 'Riverside Slide' were written...
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News
May 15, 2024
Log Hill photographer Tony Litschewski captured this image of the aurora borealis in the early morning hours on May 11, above Ouray, which was taken at 3:12 a.m. using a 15 second exposure. The northe...
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News
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
May 15, 2024
The state’s highest court will decide whether prosecutors will be barred from introducing key evidence against one of three suspects accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl in Ouray County l...
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News
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
May 15, 2024
Waterview Homes application period open until June 27 Hopeful home buyers who have been squeezed out of Ouray County’s soaring real estate market have an opportunity to buy into the region’s next affo...
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News
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
May 15, 2024
Property for sale after Ridgway development can't overcome rising costs, delays Alpenglow Cohousing's death was a slow one, stretched over years of delays and mounting challenges, including climbing p...
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Feature
May 15, 2024
CALENDAR & EVENTS THURSDAY, MAY 16 LIVE MUSIC: Birds of Play with Gabrielle Louise at the Sherbino Theater, 604 Clinton St., Ridgway. 7:30 p.m. $20 advance, $25 day of show. HAPPY HOUR: Friends and ac...
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