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Shooting range draws fire from neighbors

Residents located near a private shooting range in Ouray County have complained to elected officials, asking them to do something about the noise. Res...

January 13, 2022

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Private via ferrata awaits approval

A commercial via ferrata on private land near Ouray received initial approval from the Ouray Area Joint Planning Board last month. But the applicants ...

January 6, 2022

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Stories of the year No. 10: School bond passes in Ridgway

Voters overwhelmingly supported proposals to renovate the Ridgway School District's oldest building and to increase taxes in support of retaining staf...

December 24, 2021

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Stories of the year No. 9: Marijuana grow moratorium continues into new year

Ouray County is ending 2021 with a moratorium on new marijuana cultivation facilities, enacted nearly seven months ago when commissioners cited a need...

December 24, 2021

Ouray’s Mountain Fever reopens outlet shop

While Mountain Fever Shirts & Gifts in Ouray opened its first outlet store about six years ago, owners Bruce and Tamara Gulde have never had it o...

December 24, 2021

New gallery gives art a second chance

The Paws for Art Gallery & More has been a traveling show of sorts for three years, popping up at various locations in Ridgway and Telluride. It ...

December 24, 2021

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Letters oppose domestic sheep grazing plan

Ouray County commissioners are urging federal officials to rethink a proposed grazing plan for domestic sheep that could affect wild sheep populations...

December 23, 2021

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County discusses goals, role of publicist

Nine months after hiring the county's first full-time public information officer, commissioners met with her to discuss the roles and responsibilities...

December 23, 2021

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Public right-of-way on CR17 protected

Ouray County Attorney Leo Caselli and Commissioner Lynn Padgett successfully lobbied the State Board of Land Commissioners to formally recognize desig...

December 16, 2021

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Business owner fills Ouray School Board vacancy

The Ouray School Board has selected local business owner and Ouray graduate Tom Fedel to fill an open seat. The board met in a special meeting Dec. 9 ...

December 16, 2021

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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