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Katie Langford Special to the Plaindealer

Spotlight on the Arts: Josef Mayfield
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Spotlight on the Arts: Josef Mayfield
Since moving back to Ouray County just over a year ago, local artist Josef Mayfield hasn’t let off the gas pedal. When not at his day job as deputy co...
September 20, 2023
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Music & Makers Festival celebrates arts
The inaugural Ouray Music & Makers Festival is set to bring together artists, performers, musicians and creatives from across the county and state...
August 30, 2023
Spotlight on the Arts: Floyd Day
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Spotlight on the Arts: Floyd Day
Floyd Day’s artistic muse hasn’t always been cows, despite drawing and painting nearly 1,000 of them since moving to Ouray County in 2000. Before movi...
August 23, 2023
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A STORY OF HEALING, HISTORY
The stone building at 420 Sixth Ave. in Ouray has plenty of stories to tell. Built in 1887 as the St. Joseph's Miners' Hospital, it now helps keep loc...
August 2, 2023
Spotlight on the Arts: Enda Junkins
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Spotlight on the Arts: Enda Junkins
Anyone who spends enough time in Ouray probably knows Enda Junkins as a villain. A nationally recognized psychotherapist and motivational speaker who ...
July 19, 2023
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Governments push for better transit service
County, city, town want OurWay shuttle to run more frequently, be more user-friendly
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
May 27, 2026
Ouray County’s three local governments are calling for the OurWay shuttle to run more often and become more user- friendly. Local government leaders want the Montrose-to-Ouray service to run at least ...
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County denies permit for disc golf tourney
Log Hill neighbors complain about impacts; property owners claim they were 'trying to take the right steps'
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
May 27, 2026
Ouray County commissioners on Tuesday denied a permit for a disc golf tournament on residential properties on Log Hill Mesa, after hearing further complaints from the public. Land Use Department staff...
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Citizens petition city to pave Oak Street
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
May 27, 2026
Residents fret over dust, erosion; other work to be done first A group of residents has petitioned the city of Ouray to pave Oak Street, claiming the work is needed to control dust, accommodate increa...
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Award-winning ‘Lord of the Rings’ parody comes to Ouray
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Award-winning ‘Lord of the Rings’ parody comes to Ouray
'Fly, You Fools!' plays at the Wright Opera House Friday-Monday
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
May 27, 2026
You know the lines. Or at least you’ve seen the memes — and the myriad spinoffs of them. “One does not simply walk into Mordor.” “One ring to rule them all.” “What about second breakfast?” “You shall ...
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