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October 28, 2026
A Colorado judge will consider next week whether regional water manage...
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Searchers looking for Kaden Matsuda, s econd man near Buena Vista
October 28, 2026
Dozens of searchers spent a third day Wednesday looking for a college student from Ridgway and another man who went hiking in the central Colorado mountains last weekend and didn’t return. Kaden Matsu...
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Home Trust withdraws Pleasant Valley project application
October 28, 2026
The Home Trust of Ouray County withdrew a request for a land use variance before county commissioners could vote to deny it at a hearing Tuesday. The variance would have allowed Martha Campbell to sub...
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October 28, 2026
Dear Editor: I am writing regarding a subject with which I am well familiar and about which I care deeply: health care. I am writing as a registered independent voter, and a former longtime and genera...
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
October 28, 2026
Dear Editor: Let’s face it, we baby boomers are unlikely to see any significant reversal of global warming in our lifetimes. Which means more punishing droughts and heat waves, and more brutal wildfir...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
October 28, 2026
Dear Editor: The demise of the Ouray Police Department started with city leadership's decision to let former Interim Chief Daric Harvey patrol our streets for months without a full background check. D...
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October 28, 2026
An article in the Oct. 22-28 edition, “County wants water users to take on reservoir lease,” misstated the amount of funds that Tri-County Water Conservancy District receives to operate and manage Our...
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October 28, 2026
After a year of serious drought, anomalously wet weather blew into southwestern Colorado in September and October, riding on moisture-laden winds from several Pacific hurricanes. Raging rivers and flo...
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October 28, 2026
Compiled from the files of The Ouray County Herald, The Ridgway Sun, and The Ouray County Plaindealer 60 Years Ago October 27, 1966 A change of venue was granted on the vandalism trial of five Denver ...
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PEAK LIVING
With teenagers in school, retirement-age employees key to shops staying open
October 21, 2026
The patrons approaching the front desk at the Box Cañon Visitor Center have no idea that interacting with Glynn Williams is part of the experience. "I need four seniors, please," one man said as he ap...
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PEAK LIVING
Former humane society director now serves county as clinical social worker for hospice, palliative care nonprofit
October 21, 2026
You don't have to have everything figured out. That's one of the most important things HopeWest hospice and palliative care staff want you to know, if you aren't sure if you're old enough, sick enough...
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PEAK LIVING
October 21, 2026
Practicing these four habits can add years of life expectancy It’s never too late to improve your health. Small changes make a big difference as we age, according to Dr. Tyson Garfield at the Universi...
Calendar & Events, Feature...
Oct. 22-Nov. 5, 2026
October 21, 2026
Thursday, October 22 "Rocky Horror Picture Show Live Shadow Cast" performance starts at 8 p.m. at the Sherbino Theater, 604 Clinton St. Tickets $30, includes audience props, visit sherbino.org for mor...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
October 28, 2026
The demise of the Ouray Police Department started with city leadership's decision to let former Interim Chief Daric Harvey patrol our streets for months without a full background check. During this ti...
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PREP ROUNDUP
October 28, 2026
In her first year in high school, Ouray senior Charlotte Vander Ploeg was one of the strong threads that helped Ouray cling to its bare-bones volleyball program guided by then-second-year coach Brian ...
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Commissioner, resident present pro/con views
October 28, 2026
A Ouray County commissioner and a tax hike critic took opposing sides last week on the merits of a proposed county sales tax increase to help cover the costs of future disasters. Commissioner Jake Nie...
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October 28, 2026
Ouray sophomore Cameron Skoloda (356) pursues Ridgway junior Ariel Hessler (360) during first-mile action Oct. 23 at the Colorado High School Activities Association Class 2A Region 4 Championships in ...
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PROPOSITION 134
October 28, 2026
Colorado voters will weigh in on the raging worldwide debate over transgender athletes under a measure that would ban transgender kids and young adults from playing on gendered sports teams. Propositi...
