'Jurassic Park' parody takes stage in Ouray

Nick Abeel and Kyle Schaefer re-enact a scene in a previous performance of “Hold on to your Butts,” a parody of “Jurassic Park,” which is making its Colorado debut at the Wright Opera House in Ouray next week. Visit thewrightoperahouse.org for tickets and details. Photo courtesy Recent Cutbacks

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By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com on May 28, 2025

‘Jurassic Park’ parody takes stage in Ouray

International smash hit 'Hold on to Your Butts' makes Colorado debut this weekend

Some people take trips and bring back postcards, refrigerator magnets, snow globes or kitschy keychains for their friends.

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A TIME FOR TEARS, CHEERS

May 28, 2025

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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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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

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

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

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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Ouray pool revenue up, sales tax slips

By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com

May 28, 2025

A big upswing in visitation and receipts at the Ouray Hot Springs Pool is offsetting a below-average start to the year for city tax revenue. The city pulled in more than $132,000 in revenue from the p...

Remote-triggered avalanche in San Juan Mountains

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