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Soccer aims to build on successful season

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 ...

May 28, 2025

Columns, Feature

Small but mighty: Ridgway girls’ track and field secures first league title as independent program

In high school track and field, athletes are limited to competing in four events. It’s a way to ensure competitive balance, limit wear and tear on ath...

May 7, 2025

Columns, Feature

Soccer finishing season with strong kick

After a 4-0 victory over Bayfield on Monday, the Ridgway High School girls' soccer team clinched a record of .500 or better for the eighth time in the...

April 30, 2025

Columns, Feature

As weather warms, so does Ridgway soccer team

It’s probably no coincidence that the Ridgway High School girls’ soccer team has heated up on the field as temperatures have warmed up outside. In the...

April 23, 2025

Columns, Feature

Sharing between soccer, track breeds success

It can be difficult for a coach not to oversee every aspect of an athlete’s training or competition during a given season. It’s also rough to juggle s...

April 16, 2025

Columns, Feature

Ridgway stands toe-to-toe with larger school

Editor's note: The Plaindealer is trying something new – publishing a sports column with information about local high school sports during the seasons...

April 2, 2025

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Smoke blankets Ouray County as wildfires burn in region

By Mike Wiggins

July 11, 2025

Heavy smoke and haze choked Ouray County for a second straight day Friday as a series of wildfires churned through tinder-dry trees and brush in southwestern Colorado and southeastern Utah. The Colora...

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Signs of trouble in Ouray

City halts production after public backlash over size, appearance of wayfinding signs

By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com

July 9, 2025

Ouray business owners and residents threw up a symbolic stop sign in front of the city council on Monday, urging city leaders to pause or altogether abandon plans to install dozens of new wayfinding s...

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Go Fourth and celebrate

July 9, 2025

The crowd cheers as a fire department tanker truck sprays the wet side of the street during the July 4 parade in Ouray. Ouray Tourism and Destination Marketing Director Kailey Rhoten said cellular dat...

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County scrambles to pay for road repairs from rockfall

Leaders pull from multiple sources to cover $300,000 tab, look to replenish emergency fund

By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com

July 9, 2025

Ouray County is scraping together money to pay for emergency repairs on County Road 361 while looking for ways to replenish its emergency fund in anticipation of other disasters. During a work session...

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Hot Springs moves forward with upgrades

Council OKs bathhouse design contract; pipeline replacement, heat exchange system on tap this fall

By By Lia Salvatierra and Mike Wiggins lia@ouraynews.com mike@ouraynews.com

July 9, 2025

A series of much-anticipated upgrades to the Ouray Hot Springs Pool is coming together, with the city beginning infrastructure replacements this fall and searching for ways to pay for building a new b...

By Matt Meyer Special to the Plaindealer

Remote-triggered avalanche in San Juan Mountains

First responders receive first COVID-19 vaccines