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By News Staff, on April 14, 2021
Police seize counterfeit bills

Ouray police confiscated two movie-prop hundred dollar bills after a Texas man tried to pay with one at the Goldbelt Bar & Grill on March 21, Chief Jeff Wood said.

The bills are not counterfeit, he said, because they are clearly labeled “for motion picture use only.”

The server noticed the bill was fake, refused to accept it and contacted police. Sgt. Gary Ray, who responded to the call, seized both fake bills from Blake Bega, 26.

Bega admitted to successfully using a fake bill at a busine...

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Mobile home park deal nearly done
Swiss Village residents secure big state grant, set to close June 12
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
May 28, 2025
For residents of Ouray’s Swiss Village Mobile Home Park, pulling together everything that’s needed to buy the land underneath their homes is like assembling a giant jigsaw puzzle. After spending nearl...
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Renewed water lease especially critical this year
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
May 28, 2025
A renewed water lease with the Bureau of Reclamation may prove more critical for Ouray County water users this year as drought conditions intensify. The agreement signed on May 13 is the third renewal...
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Local leaders urge retention of tax credits
Ridgway solar energy company owner worried; commissioner criticizes congressman's vote
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
May 28, 2025
Josh Shipley knows his customers — and their motivations. The vast majority of people who enlist the owner of Alternative Power Enterprises to install solar panels say they’re doing so because it’s en...
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Soccer aims to build on successful season
By By Matt Meyer Special to the Plaindealer 
May 28, 2025
A longtime goal for the Ridgway High School girls’ soccer program was to make it to the second round of the state playoffs, travel to the Front Range to take on one of the top seeds and put up a compe...
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Mine donor: Happy to preserve land for others
By Deb Hurley Brobst Special to the Plaindealer 
May 28, 2025
Stan Frymann has donated “about the most beautiful place you could find” to Ouray County. Frymann donated the six-acre Tip Top Mine, and eventually the county hopes to swap the property with the U.S. ...
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‘Jurassic Park’ parody takes stage in Ouray
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‘Jurassic Park’ parody takes stage in Ouray
International smash hit 'Hold on to Your Butts' makes Colorado debut this weekend
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
May 28, 2025
Some people take trips and bring back postcards, refrigerator magnets, snow globes or kitschy keychains for their friends. Kate Kissingford went on a trip to Scotland last summer and brought back an e...
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Ketamine therapy clinic opens in Ridgway
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Ketamine therapy clinic opens in Ridgway
Drug gaining traction for mental health treatment
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
May 28, 2025
After years of working to treat anxiety and depression with standard medication, Brie Silverman decided she wanted better results for some of her patients. Silverman, who has worked for eight years in...
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In Ouray, Corkscrew offers twist on pizza
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In Ouray, Corkscrew offers twist on pizza
Rebranded eatery ditches New Mexican fare, coffee, focuses on pie crust varieties
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
May 28, 2025
Corkscrew Tavern Pizzeria — formerly Colorado Boy Southwest Pub and Corkscrew Coffee — is shedding its side ventures and zeroing in on ‘za. The eatery at 513 Main St. in Ouray has taken many forms ove...
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For 40 years, friendly faces at a helpful place
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For 40 years, friendly faces at a helpful place
Ridgway Hardware celebrates anniversary June 14
By Mike Wiggins and Erin McIntyre mike@ouraynews.com erin@ouraynews.com 
May 28, 2025
Longtime patrons of Ridgway Hardware may recall the ranchers who gathered most mornings around an old stove in the middle of the store, puffing cigarettes, sipping coffee and solving the world’s probl...
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Costa Rican restaurant closes up shop
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Costa Rican restaurant closes up shop
After 15 years of drawing regional customers with signature ceviche, owner retires, returns home
By By Lia Salvatierra lia @ouraynews. com 
May 28, 2025
Editor's note: The email address to contact Luis at the end of the article had a typo and has been corrected. For 15 years, customers drove from Grand Junction, Durango and other corners of southwest ...
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