Meet the new staffers at Ridgway School District! Christine Freed Paraprofessional Years in education: Brand new Lived in Ouray County: Two years What...
August 21, 2019
[tecnavia_gallery slug='say-hello-to-new-teachers-from-ouray-school-gallery' view='carousel']Name: Kasey Chertack Third grade teacher Years in educati...
August 21, 2019
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August 21, 2019
Columns
From the Ouray County Herald and Ouray County Plaindealer: 50 Years Ago August 21, 1969 - If owners do not remove their junk cars and/or trailers left...
August 21, 2019
Columns
By Susan Lacy, Ridgway School District Superintendent The Ridgway School District begins the year with exciting elementary campus improvements. The fr...
August 21, 2019
Columns
Planet Earth, the only home most of us and our descendants will ever know, needs our help. July 2019 was the hottest month in recorded history. “July ...
August 21, 2019
Columns
Welcome back to another exciting year at Ouray School District! Upon your return one of the first things you will notice is our newly renovated play...
August 21, 2019
Letters
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor, The Ouray County BOCC is proposing a massive property tax increase (up to 3.7+ mils) *and* up to a 3.5% "use fee" o...
August 21, 2019
Letters
Dear Editor, I have seen lots of stories about how global warming will impact coastal areas of the world. That got me to wondering if we here in Ouray...
August 21, 2019
Obituaries
Robert (Bob) Madura died peacefully in his home on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, with his loving wife at his side. Bob was born April 3, 1939, in Hammond,...
August 21, 2019
Main, News...
Maintenance costs pile up as agency wrestles with delays in replacing patrol cars
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Gio Mendoza’s coworkers thought he was missing for more than an hour. Emergency dispatchers were scrambling to get in touch with him. They had no idea the Ouray County sheriff’s investigator was stran...
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December 10, 2025
A Ridgway woman is proposing the town give "creative" residents a monthly, unconditional cash payment to encourage them to stay living and working in town. Ridgway resident Tia Mihelarakis proposed a ...
News
December 10, 2025
Ouray County Commissioner Lynn Padgett voted against a minor change to the county's new cost-savings policy, citing unclear language as the reason she canceled her attendance at a statewide conference...
News
December 10, 2025
Editor’s note: This story has been corrected to accurately reflect the county's disaster fund balance heading into 2026. Ouray County commissioners approved the county's 2026 budget during their regul...
