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Ouray police, wildlife officers investigating reported bear attack
Woman, 49, reports minor injuries, taken to hospital
By Mike 
May 18, 2025
Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the Ouray Police Department are investigating a Ouray woman’s report that she was attacked by a bear behind the Beaumont Hotel in Ouray early Saturday morning. Authorit...
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Ridgway adopts planet Earth flag
Town council approves request 4-1
By By Lia Salvatierra lia @ouraynews. com 
May 16, 2025
Welcome to Ridgway, Colorado, U.S.A., Earth — the first place in the world to formally adopt and fly the International Flag of Planet Earth. The Ridgway Town Council voted Wednesday night to raise the...
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Ouray Halloween 2023
By Marcus 
November 3, 2023
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SUMMER SOUNDS
SUMMER SOUNDS
By News Staff 
June 21, 2023
Ridgway band Smutdolly opened for Paco Versailles at the Mountain Air Music Series on June 15 in Fellin Park in Ouray. Pictured here, from left to right, are guitarist Derek Jones, lead vocalist Polly...
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High flows highlight Saturday’s RiverFest
High flows highlight Saturday’s RiverFest
By Mike Wiggins 
June 21, 2023
The rubber ducks will return to Rollans Park this weekend, but for a hunt rather than a race. And better leave those discount store inner tubes at home. When revelers gather along the Uncompahgre Rive...
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A PRIDEFUL DAY
A PRIDEFUL DAY
By News Staff 
June 21, 2023
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Gala concert highlights first choral festival
Gala concert highlights first choral festival
By Erin McIntyre 
June 14, 2023
Dave Conrad jokes that he got the recessive gene for music. His mother, a concert violinist, is the one in the family who got the musical talent, he tells people. But music has always played an impor...
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Spotlight on the Arts: Cara Fandel
Spotlight on the Arts: Cara Fandel
By Katie Langford 
June 14, 2023
Cara Fandel spent 32 years viewing the world through her camera lens before she turned to a different kind of art. Though she enjoyed work as a professional photographer, Fandel said there were aspect...
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Ridgway’s landmark U.S. flag
Ridgway’s landmark U.S. flag
By Daniel Schmidt 
June 14, 2023
Editor's note:  This is the first installment in our new, occasional feature called "burning questions." We thought this one would be a great one to start with, given the celebration of Flag Day this ...
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‘Big Love’ kicks off summer theater at Sherbino Theater
By Mike Wiggins 
May 31, 2023
One aspect of theater John Kissingford loves most is that it creates conversations. And here comes a production, adapted from an ancient Greek play and updated for modern times, that explores power dy...
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Spotlight on the Arts: Kellie Day
Spotlight on the Arts: Kellie Day
By Katie Langford 
May 31, 2023
You can spot a piece of Kellie Day’s artwork long before you’re close enough to the canvas to see her signature. Soft pastel shades and vibrant jewel tones come together to form lush bouquets, sweepin...
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Twin Peaks lifts curtain on expansion
Twin Peaks lifts curtain on expansion
By Mike Wiggins 
May 31, 2023
To understand Craig Hinkson’s passion for building, you have to flip the pages of history back to the early 1970s, when the mines above Ouray were still pumping out precious metals, residents burned c...
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A NEW PLACE TO PLAY
A NEW PLACE TO PLAY
By Liz Teitz 
May 24, 2023
Heather Smith knows what many kids hear as their families walk up and down Main Street, popping in and out of shops. “By the time they get here, they’ve been told a hundred times, 'Don’t touch, don’t...
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At Schoonover’s, fixing cars is a family affair
At Schoonover’s, fixing cars is a family affair
By Erin McIntyre 
May 24, 2023
Harlan Schoonover was driving home late one night from work when he saw it. One of the industrial buildings he passed on the highway didn't have any camper trailers out front anymore. It's the type o...
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New shelter director sees chances to grow
New shelter director sees chances to grow
By Katie Langford 
May 24, 2023
Second Chance Humane Society’s Board of Directors has hired new Executive Director Nick Gilman on a nine-month contract, with board leadership describing the nonprofit’s next phase as “an exciting res...
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THE MAGIC OF PETER PAN
THE MAGIC OF PETER PAN
By News Staff 
May 17, 2023
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FIVE HEADED FOR STATE
FIVE HEADED FOR STATE
By News Staff 
May 17, 2023
Photos courtesy David Emory
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‘Play On!’ offers comedic relief from daily grind
By Plaindealer Staff Report 
May 17, 2023
Admit it: It's a rough time right now. Inflation is taking a big bite out of your pocketbook. Who knows what's happening with the economy? And we won't even mention those property value assessments th...
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‘Peter Pan’ production takes stage this week
‘Peter Pan’ production takes stage this week
By Erin McIntyre 
May 10, 2023
The free-spirited, mischievous character who didn't want to grow up takes the stage this week in "Peter Pan," performed by Weehawken Dance at the Montrose Pavilion. Pirates, pixie dust and swashbuckli...
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At Camel Valley Ranch it’s always … HUMP DAY
At Camel Valley Ranch it’s always … HUMP DAY
By Liz Teitz 
May 3, 2023
She stands by the side of the road sometimes, where passing drivers stop and stare. They have nothing to fear – she only spits when startled, really. She'll even pose for pictures, cocking her head a...
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MURAL IN BLOOM
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MURAL IN BLOOM
By Erin McIntyre 
June 12, 2025
Artist Yulia Avgustinovich works on the mural she was commissioned to paint on the southeast side of the Space to Create building in Ridgway on Monday. Avgustinovich, who has been a professional mural...
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Prison ordered in sex assault
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Prison ordered in sex assault
Judge: Crime shows 'true character' of Ridgway man alternately commended, castigated
By Mike Wiggins and Erin McIntyre mike@ouraynews.com erin@ouraynews.com 
June 11, 2025
A judge has sentenced a Ridgway man to three years in prison for sexually assaulting a 28-year-old woman in 2023 after he claimed he was drunk and thought she was his wife. Brian Scranton, 49, hugged ...
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Road, retaining wall fixes nearing $300K
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
June 11, 2025
The cost of repairing County Road 361 and a retaining wall following a large rockfall is nearing $300,000, a sum Ouray County is paying in full. When commissioners declared the event an emergency in F...
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Trail closures could trigger domino effect
With Blue Lakes, part of Imogene Pass off limits,other areas could see more wear and tear
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
June 11, 2025
Closures of beloved hiking and off-highway vehicle trails in and around Ouray County this summer could congest and pressure other areas. The popular Blue Lakes trailhead is closed through August due t...
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News
New power contract amplifies local control
San Miguel Power can generate up to 20% of own energy under Tri-State deal through 2050
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
June 11, 2025
San Miguel Power Association will continue to purchase power from Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association for the next 25 years under a revised contract that gives it the ability to generate...
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