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A new law worth reading up on
Opinion
A new law worth reading up on
By News Staff 
July 17, 2019
Shh ... Have you visited your local library lately? If you haven’t, you may want to check out some of the many things you can do there. Besides great books, movies, music, internet, and computer acces...
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Our only agenda: the truth
Opinion
Our only agenda: the truth
By News Staff 
July 10, 2019
FROM THE PUBLISHER As new publishers, we find folks want to know where we stand on things. What’s your plan for the newspaper? Are you going to print stories or letters about this or that? Will you wr...
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Opinion
Plenty of hardy plants flourishing in this chilly, wet spring
By News Staff 
June 24, 2019
By Karen Risch It’s amazing to observe what grows in Ouray, a city of just a thousand people, living and working at an elevation of 7,500 - 8,400 feet. This hardy town lies in a sloping mountain bowl ...
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Opinion
Here’s to our 142nd birthday — and to taking risks
By Mike Wiggins 
June 24, 2019
by Mike Wiggins Lamar Wiggins hated risk. His aversion to it — coupled with his fear of an array of things — defined his life and, by extension, that of his family. A fear of heights meant when we tra...
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October 7, 2026
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City, county near pact on police services
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City, county near pact on police services
Boards to vote this month on sheriff 's $1.1M annual proposal to police Ouray
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
October 7, 2026
Ouray County and the city of Ouray are hammering out the details of an agreement that would enlist the Ouray County Sheriff’s Office to provide full law enforcement services to the city for potentiall...
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Reservoir transfer bill clears Senate
By By Chart Riggall chart@ouraynews.com 
October 7, 2026
Federal legislation to transfer ownership of Crystal Reservoir to the city of Ouray cleared the U.S. Senate last week, sending the bill to the House of Representatives as the clock winds down for Cong...
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SMPA plans Four Corners solar project
Utility: Array, ba ttery storage could meet up to 40% of consumer power needs
By By Chart Riggall chart@ouraynews.com 
October 7, 2026
San Miguel Power Association has joined three other southwest Colorado electricity providers in throwing their weight behind a sprawling solar facility near Cortez that could meet up to 40% of their c...
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Council not on board with transit funding next year
Ouray won't budget for in-town shuttle, Montrose bus
By By James Hanlon james@ouraynews.com 
October 7, 2026
The Ouray City Council dropped funding from the proposed 2027 budget for the city’s free in-town shuttle and contributions to the OurWay bus that runs between Montrose and Ouray. The in-town Ouray shu...
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