Pandemic teaching harsh lessons

Rosalinda Greisz, 21, is continuing her classes at home in Ouray, after traveling all the way back from Boston in a whirlwind trip with her dad after the pandemic forced Bridgwater State University to close. Greisz only had an hour to get her dorm room packed and emptied of her belongings. Photo courtesy Heather Greisz

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By Katie Langford, on April 23, 2020

Will Coloradans choose the ‘right to hunt’?

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Will Coloradans choose the ‘right to hunt’?

Proposed constitutional amendment asks who should dictate wildlife policy

By Chart Riggall

October 14, 2026

Colorado’s vote next month on whether to amend the state Constitution by codifying the right to hunt and fish has intensified debate among hunters, conservationists and legal experts over exactly who ...

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City hit with another police suit

Ex-admin assistant claims Ouray lost personal info, violated policies

By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com

October 14, 2026

The city of Ouray faces another lawsuit from an ex-employee of the police department. In a complaint filed last week in district court, former Ouray Police Department administrative assistant Lucy Ree...

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County OKs police deal

By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com

October 14, 2026

Ouray County commissioners approved a revised contract Tuesday that would make the Ouray County Sheriff’s Office the full-time provider of police services in the city of Ouray — but at a higher cost t...

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In light of budget cuts, Padgett takes 10% salary reduction

By James Hanlon

October 14, 2026

Ouray County Commissioner Lynn Padgett will take a voluntary 10% salary reduction next year in a show of solidarity with other departments that took cuts for the 2027 budget. Padgett said budget reduc...

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School district to sell workforce unit

Pay raise bumps Ridgway staff out of affordable housing income bracket

By James Hanlon

October 14, 2026

The Ridgway School Board plans to sell the school district’s last affordable housing unit and rejected a land donation that could have been used to build more housing at a board meeting Oct. 8. No sta...

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Runner’s strong season continues

By David Emory

October 14, 2026

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Ridgway soccer falls to league rival Telluride

By Joel Priest

October 14, 2026

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

No, my mother didn’t paint Beaumont pink

By Jenny Lee Phillips

October 14, 2026

Dear Editor: Comparing MTN Lodge to the Beaumont Hotel is as absurd as comparing Ouray to Ridgway. John Kuijvenhoven's scurrilous, out-of-the-blue letter was an attempt to damage my mother's reputatio...

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Commissioners betray Log Hill Village

By Austin Ray

October 14, 2026

Dear Editor: I saw this in the Plaindealer article regarding the Ouray County budget crisis: “Besides reductions, commissioners are considering a radical one-time revenue source that could make up a s...

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CORRECTION

October 14, 2026

An article in the Oct. 8-14 edition, “Ridgway seeks input on water supply plan,” misstated the date that the Ridgway Town Council is expected to vote on the water supply element of its master plan. Th...

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Election notice misstates tax increase

By Dave Beckhardt

October 14, 2026

Dear Editor: Regarding Ouray County ballot issue 1A that proposes a sales tax increase, the FOR summary in the TABOR Election Notice flagrantly understates the proposed tax increase. That summary stat...

Remote-triggered avalanche in San Juan Mountains

First responders receive first COVID-19 vaccines