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Opinion
LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
March 4, 2021
50 YEARS AGO March 4, 1971 - Anyone who is interested even in a small way, in preservation of Ouray County’s history and artifacts, should make a firm commitment to be at the meeting next Sunday, Marc...
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Opinion
Let’s focus on more pressing issues
By News Staff 
March 4, 2021
Dear Editor: It pains me that we are engaging in a heated political debate over a giant new American flag in the valley. C’mon folks, can’t we save our brain power and passion for other, more pressing...
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Wet February not likely to carry over into spring
Opinion
Wet February not likely to carry over into spring
By Karen Risch 
February 24, 2021
Ouray reached a climatological and human tipping point last weekend. Cabin fever had settled in quite nicely after 12 days of mostly cloudy weather, including to continuous snow days. Some was the ult...
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Opinion
LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
February 18, 2021
50 YEARS AGO February 18, 1971 - Student Editorial from “The Voice of Troy” - Prejudice is a dangerous disease which is afflicting America today. It seems that the majority or dominant group do not su...
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Happy birthday to the town that refused to die
Opinion
Happy birthday to the town that refused to die
By Carolyn Snowbarger 
February 10, 2021
Ridgway is 130 years old next month. Ridgway’s story is also a railroad tale, so let’s look back. Silver and gold were found in the San Juans in the years following the Civil War, and newcomers “rushe...
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Opinion
Records request is about clearing up a blurry picture
By Erin McIntyre 
February 10, 2021
In this business we ask a lot of questions. It’s kind of our job. Sometimes we ask questions that don’t lead to clear answers, and that means we keep digging. At first we might have a blurry idea of w...
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Opinion
An error in judgment
By News Staff 
February 4, 2021
Throughout the course of the nearly two years we have owned this newspaper we’ve promised to you that when we get something wrong we’ll correct it — and do so as quickly as possible. Part of building ...
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Opinion
LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
February 4, 2021
50 YEARS AGO February 4, 1971 - Editorial: President Nixon’s budget text included the message that the cloudseeding project here has provided “roe first opportunity to assess possible social and envir...
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Opinion
LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
January 28, 2021
50 YEARS AGO January 28, 1971 - If the flu bug bedded you fora few weeks before the end of 197o don’t worry. If your employer kept you on the payroll you have the sympathy of the Internal Revenue Serv...
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Opinion
LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
January 21, 2021
50 YEARS AGO January 21, 1971 - Television in Ouray and Ridgway leaves a lot to be desired. If Ouray’s booster isn’t out, which is most of the time, there still is only one channel to watch. The repai...
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Opinion
LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
January 14, 2021
50 YEARS AGO January 14, 1971 - It’s probably never been done before but there’s one sure way to camp in Yankee Boy Basin without fighting waves of tourists. A group of 12 college students from Massac...
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Opinion
LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
January 7, 2021
50 YEARS AGO January 7, 1971 - Parents can no longer tell their children to “go out and play in the traffic (but watch out for cars)”, at least not as far as Ouray’s sledding areas are concerned. And ...
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Opinion
LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
December 29, 2020
50 YEARS AGO December 31, 1970 - Many adults saw for the first time Monday night what the young people of Ouray County have achieved in building and maintaining their Youth Center at Ouray. The center...
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Opinion
CORRECTION
By News Staff 
December 24, 2020
A story in the Dec. 17-23 edition, “Body cameras not qualified for virus aid reimbursement,” erroneously reported the amount of money left to spend in CARES Act funds. The county has already spent mor...
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Opinion
OURAY COUNTY LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
December 24, 2020
50 YEARS AGO December 24, 1970 - Though the Ouray City Council had discussed plans to plow all sidewalks of the town with majority approval at its Dec. 7 meeting nothing definite had been decided. Bid...
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Opinion
LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
December 17, 2020
50 YEARS AGO December 17,1970 - Mrs. Evelyn Bates, Ouray school instructor, has won honorable mention as a Colorado Teacher of the Year for 1971. Mrs. Bates was born in Ouray and raised here. She grad...
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Opinion
LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
December 10, 2020
50 YEARS AGO December 10,1970 - Plans were made at the Ridgway Town Council meeting Monday night to build an ice-skating rink on school-owned property on the north side of town. Permission had been ob...
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Opinion
LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
December 3, 2020
50 YEARS AGO December 3,1970 - Two men were seriously hurt in an accident at the Camp Bird Mine, about 5 p.m. Wednesday last week, when an ore slab of about zoo tons fell on them as they worked at the...
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Joy of purpose: Celebrating the difference-makers
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Joy of purpose: Celebrating the difference-makers
By Jeff Pryor Alexandra Mitchell 
December 3, 2020
When we were on a book tour in New Zealand, we came across a country inn marquee advertising the “Best Muscles in the World,” green-lipped ones. We pulled in. Mussels (not muscles), beer and a band -w...
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Opinion
OURAY COUNTY LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
November 25, 2020
YEARS AGO November 26,1970 - Dear Editor: Once again its winter in our beautiful town. Winter means snow and snow apparently spells trouble or at least causes problems. I live at the corner of Third A...
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Bear Creek Trail to close temporarily, Ridgway chooses contractors for projects
By Erin 
May 8, 2025
Bear Creek Trail to close temporarily The Bear Creek National Recreation Trail south of Ouray will close for reconstruction projects during the week until October, according to the U.S. Forest Service...
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Ridgway: Flagship home for Earth insignia?
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Ridgway: Flagship home for Earth insignia?
Resident asks town to be first to fly planet's flag
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
May 7, 2025
It’s been planted in Antarctica, held up in the Himalayas and waved by conservationist Jane Goodall at a rally in New York City. But Ridgway could be the world's first place to formally adopt and fly ...
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Wolves arrive in Ouray County
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Wolves arrive in Ouray County
Nonprofit aims to help ranchers as activity detected in NW corner
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
May 7, 2025
For the first time since their release in Colorado nearly 18 months ago, gray wolves have crossed into Ouray County. A Colorado Parks and Wildlife map tracing wolf movement between March 25 and April ...
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Log Hill district seeks to expand services
Fairway Pines Sanitation District could convert to metro district
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
May 7, 2025
Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct an error. The previous version inaccurately indicated Paul Stashick is currently on the board of directors for the Fairway Pines Estates Property ...
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Board postpones guest ranch decision
Commissioners cite concerns about Gold Mountain Ranch, will consider permit again in August
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
May 7, 2025
A special-use permit application for a proposed guest ranch will come back to Ouray County commissioners in late August after county leaders asked the applicant to address more than 15 concerns. After...
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