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By MarcusonNovember 3, 2023
Ouray Halloween 2023
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    Dispute over extended background check leads to Ouray police chief’s last day
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    Dispute over extended background check leads to Ouray police chief’s last day
    City administrator declines to make interim chief permanent
    By Mike Wiggins 
    December 17, 2025
    Ouray Interim Police Chief Daric Harvey is leaving his job over his objections to City Administrator Michelle Metteer’s insistence that he undergo a second, more extensive background check to determin...
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    Commissioners fight over board leadership position
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    Commissioners fight over board leadership position
    Niece to serve as chairperson after he, Nauer reject requests from Padgett's backers to appoint her
    By By Lia Salvatierra and Erin McIntyre lia@ouraynews.com erin@ouraynews.com 
    December 17, 2025
    For the second year in a row, Ouray County commissioners fought over who should serve as board chairperson, rejecting requests from supporters of Commissioner Lynn Padgett to appoint her to the positi...
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    News
    Space to Create owner, management address complaints, pledge fixes
    By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
    December 17, 2025
    Space to Create’s owner and property management company are pledging to remedy issues with Ouray County’s first affordable housing project and re-establish strong communication with residents after re...
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    Council qualifies homebuyer for deed-restricted unit
    December 17, 2025
    The Ridgway Town Council approved qualifying a homebuyer for a deed-restricted unit in the Vista Park Commons neighborhood after discussing whether the unit was advertised fairly. The council, acting ...
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    Following concerns, town delays adopting anti-idling ordinance
    By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
    December 17, 2025
    Ridgway town councilors decided to delay final approval of a new anti-idling ordinance after hearing public concerns and discussing other issues related to the new rules during a Dec. 10 regular meeti...
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    County pauses most 4-H Center events
    Budget cuts eliminated staff; work session planned with new manager
    By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
    December 17, 2025
    Ouray County leaders decided Tuesday to cancel most 4-H Event Center and Fairgrounds events after San Juan Skijoring in January, until the county comes up with a plan to manage the space. It’s unclear...
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    Column about election integrity not worth space in newspaper
    December 17, 2025
    Dear Editor: The Dec. 4-10 edition of the Plaindealer made me realize just how long it’s been since that moniker has had anything to do with the paper’s content. And now it appears, with the publicati...
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    How a cook and mining engineers saved the Liberty Bell Mine
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    How a cook and mining engineers saved the Liberty Bell Mine
    December 17, 2025
    The winter of 1905-06 was a dangerous time for the high-altitude mines above Telluride as snowstorm after snowstorm hit the region. Just four years earlier, the infamous 1902 "White Death" avalanche h...
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    Two types of ‘creative’ people, 15 years apart
    December 17, 2025
    Dear Editor: I read the dichotomous reports in the Ouray County Plaindealer, Dec. 11, 2025, issue, which define two types of Ridgway's “creative” people. One was the person who recently asked the Ridg...
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    CORRECTION
    December 17, 2025
    An article on Page 2 of the Dec. 11–17 edition incorrectly reported the remaining fund balance of Ouray County’s disaster fund. There is $57,445 remaining in the fund going into 2026.
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    December 17, 2025
    Editor's note: The Ouray County Plaindealer is continuing its tradition of featuring nonprofit organizations based in Ouray County, serving Ouray County in a series of profiles called Season of Sharin...
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