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FitzGerald to be removed from office in county’s first recall election

UPDATE as of 9:58 p.m. Ouray County Sheriff Lance FitzGerald has been ousted in a landslide – with 93 percent of voters opting to vote him out of offi...

June 30, 2020

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AROUND THE REGION

GUNNISON One of the key issues hotly debated in the 2018 Gunnison County Sheriff's election continues to plague the department - that of turnover. And...

June 25, 2020

Opinion

The last draw on bath night is a bad place to be

When I was a child, my dad worked on a ranch near Ridgway. He made $150 a month. We were furnished with a house and utilities. The utilities boiled do...

June 25, 2020

Opinion

A failure of leadership

Dear Editor: I lost my sister, Peg Laughlin, to COVTD-19. She was 91 years old and living in a very nice assisted living facility. She was in great he...

June 25, 2020

Opinion

Think june was weird here? Check out Russia

Ouray doesn't often see snow followed by heavy smoke in June, but in this crazy year of coronavirus and more climate weirdness, that is exactly what w...

June 25, 2020

Opinion

Black Lives Matter built on deceit

Dear Editor: I used to think that The Emperor's New Clothes was a silly story. Based on a bald-faced lie concocted by con men that is so preposterous ...

June 25, 2020

Opinion

Yes, all lives matter, but Black lives are in danger

Dear Editor, I am so proud of the youth of Ridgway and Ouray. Over the last couple of weeks, young people from our municipalities have organized prote...

June 25, 2020

Obituaries

Marcy Grace MacKintosh Snelling

She was married to and survived husbands William Snelling and David Hallstrand. Her parents were John MacKintosh and Margaret Higgens. She passed peac...

June 25, 2020

Obituaries

Serafina Fellin

Serafina Fellin passed away on Sunday June 7, 2020, at the Hope West Hospice Care Center in Grand Junction, CO after a brief battle with Pancreatic Ca...

June 25, 2020

Covid

A century ago, Spanish flu ravaged southwest Colorado

[tecnavia_gallery slug='a-century-ago-spanish-flu-ravaged-southwest-colorado-gallery' view='carousel']By Robert Stoufer Editor's Note: This column was...

June 17, 2020

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Ouray administrator finalists make pitch to public, interview panels

By Mike Wiggins

November 15, 2024

The three candidates for the Ouray city administrator job made their pitches Thursday and today for why they should be hired to fill the city’s top job. Daric Harvey, Michelle Metteer and Michael Rees...

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Two needs, one project

Ouray County is wrangling with dual affordable housing and child care crises. Waterview aims to make a dent in both

By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com

November 14, 2024

In a first for Ouray County — and maybe the country — the Waterview affordable housing development will attempt to solve two problems under one roof. The first of those problems is providing an afford...

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Finalists offer varied experience

Public can meet trio vying for top Ouray job tonight

By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com

November 13, 2024

The three finalists for Ouray city administrator run the gamut in terms of their work experience. One is a career law enforcement officer. Another is a current administrator in a Colorado mountain tow...

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For reimagined pool bathhouse, all possibilities are on the table

Architect, residents begin thinking about design of new hot springs building

By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com

November 13, 2024

A larger, brighter entryway. An overhauled locker room that doesn’t place the showers next to the toilets. More gym space. Those were just a few of the opinions Ouray County residents offered Monday w...

Feature

Now in 10th year, Ridgway film fest finds ‘growth spurt’

Running through Sunday, annual event screens 76 films, offers block party, workshops, panel discussions

By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com

November 13, 2024

Arielle Bielak thinks of the Ridgway Independent Film Festival as a child. In its infancy, it was a novel, inward-facing event, screening a handful of films for a small audience for a night or two. Th...

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Remote-triggered avalanche in San Juan Mountains

First responders receive first COVID-19 vaccines