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Ouray County's land use department doesn't have time to embark on a new master plan, Planning Director Mark Castrodale told commissioners last week. A...

April 21, 2022

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County OKs new wedding venue

After a lengthy public hearing April 13, commissioners approved a temporary use permit for a wedding venue at the Red Mountain Alpine Lodge located on...

April 21, 2022

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School renovation plans to be finalized

Ridgway Elementary is making preparations for major renovations over the summer and into next year. Several members of the architectural, design and c...

April 21, 2022

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Pavilion renovations to start this spring at Top of the Pines

Stalled plans to remodel the pavilion at Top of the Pines, an open space preserve off of County Road 5 near Ridgway, are back in motion after a signif...

April 21, 2022

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Stoppage rankles applicant

Ouray County has extended its moratorium on marijuana licenses again, a year after first halting its acceptance of new applications. The commissioners...

April 21, 2022

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Citizens pitch tax hike for sheriff

A citizen-driven initiative to ask voters to raise property taxes for the Ouray County Sheriff's Office has been proposed to county commissioners. Log...

April 13, 2022

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County: Site should be renamed Hayden Gulch

Ouray County commissioners are prepared to recommend changing the name of Squaw Gulch to Hayden Gulch as part of a national effort to rename hundreds ...

April 7, 2022

New owner, new location for Ridgway yoga studio

[tecnavia_gallery slug='new-owner-new-location-for-ridgway-yoga-studio-gallery' view='carousel']Ridgway Yoga Shala has a new owner at a new location. ...

March 28, 2022

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Halt on marijuana grows to be extended

Ouray County commissioners plan to extend a moratorium on new marijuana cultivation licenses in the county for another six months after their fourth w...

March 23, 2022

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Staff issues crop up in exec review

The usually straightforward process of giving Ouray County Administrator Connie Hunt her yearly performance evaluation proved lengthy on March 16 afte...

March 23, 2022

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August 20, 2025

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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...

Carolina Brown

Remote-triggered avalanche in San Juan Mountains

First responders receive first COVID-19 vaccines