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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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Smoke blankets Ouray County as wildfires burn in region
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Smoke blankets Ouray County as wildfires burn in region
By Mike Wiggins 
July 11, 2025
Heavy smoke and haze choked Ouray County for a second straight day Friday as a series of wildfires churned through tinder-dry trees and brush in southwestern Colorado and southeastern Utah. The Colora...
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Signs of trouble in Ouray
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Signs of trouble in Ouray
City halts production after public backlash over size, appearance of wayfinding signs
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
July 9, 2025
Ouray business owners and residents threw up a symbolic stop sign in front of the city council on Monday, urging city leaders to pause or altogether abandon plans to install dozens of new wayfinding s...
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Go Fourth and celebrate
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Go Fourth and celebrate
July 9, 2025
The crowd cheers as a fire department tanker truck sprays the wet side of the street during the July 4 parade in Ouray. Ouray Tourism and Destination Marketing Director Kailey Rhoten said cellular dat...
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County scrambles to pay for road repairs from rockfall
Leaders pull from multiple sources to cover $300,000 tab, look to replenish emergency fund
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
July 9, 2025
Ouray County is scraping together money to pay for emergency repairs on County Road 361 while looking for ways to replenish its emergency fund in anticipation of other disasters. During a work session...
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Hot Springs moves forward with upgrades
Council OKs bathhouse design contract; pipeline replacement, heat exchange system on tap this fall
By By Lia Salvatierra and Mike Wiggins lia@ouraynews.com mike@ouraynews.com 
July 9, 2025
A series of much-anticipated upgrades to the Ouray Hot Springs Pool is coming together, with the city beginning infrastructure replacements this fall and searching for ways to pay for building a new b...
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