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Mining firm moving HQ to Ouray
  Ouray is the new world headquarters for the Canadian company that purchased Ouray Silver Mines. Aurcana Corp., which purchased the mines nearly a ye...
November 26, 2019
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Board OKs Colona land-use changes
  Colona landowner Craig Jackman has overcome his first hurdle in obtaining land-use code changes for development in the community. The Ouray County P...
November 26, 2019
Meet the Ridgway Marshal’s Office staff
Meet the Ridgway Marshal’s Office staff
[tecnavia_gallery slug='meet-the-ridgway-marshals-office-staff-gallery' view='carousel']  Editor's note: Ridgway recently officially appointed new Mar...
November 26, 2019
Board denies request to move fair date
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Board denies request to move fair date
  Despite a request from the Ouray County Fair Board to move the event earlier in the year, commissioners have decided to leave the fair where it alwa...
November 20, 2019
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Parent echoes need for culture shift
  The need for a culture shift at Ouray School expressed recently by teachers and a former school board member last month continued to be a topic at M...
November 20, 2019
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Board bids farewell to departing members
  Ridgway School Board President Greg Lawler presented departing board members Heather Yeowell and Renee Marr with plaques and flowers at a work sessi...
November 13, 2019
Locals laud CORE vote
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Locals laud CORE vote
  Locals who have worked for the better part of a decade applauded the latest hurdle cleared for attaining wilderness protection for Mt. Sneffels and ...
November 6, 2019
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Road work planned across the county
  Roads across the county were a major focus of a Board of County Commissioners meeting on Tuesday. A culvert replacement on County Road 23 will requi...
November 6, 2019
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City retains lawyer in light of sewer problems
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City retains lawyer in light of sewer problems
Mayor says he doesn't think the city will take legal action, but firm will review potential defect claims
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
August 20, 2025
The city of Ouray will hire an attorney who could help potentially pursue legal claims against the contractors who built and equipped the city’s new $17 million wastewater treatment plant, which has b...
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Ridgway opens door for tourism marketing
Town follows through on plan to seek bids for services; chamber to seek to keep contract
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
August 20, 2025
The town of Ridgway is opening up a competitive process for its tourism and marketing services after years of handing the task to the Ridgway Area Chamber of Commerce. The shift toward a competitive p...
Letters
Time to lower the speed limit on U.S. 550
August 20, 2025
Dear Editor: Hardly a week goes by without another fatal accident on U.S. Highway 550, it seems. Or am I just imagining things? Winter or summer, events conspire, someone dies and the road is closed f...
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Revisiting postal history
August 20, 2025
Dear Editor: I read with interest Ms. Snowbarger’s column, “The West’s Unsung Heroes? Post Offices” in the Aug. 7, 2025, issue of the Plaindealer. Postal history, particularly that of Ouray County and...
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First responders receive first COVID-19 vaccines

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