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Erin McIntyre

Join us Friday for film, talk about local news inspiration, challenges
Columns, Opinion
Join us Friday for film, talk about local news inspiration, challenges
I still can’t believe we own a newspaper. It feels silly to type that sentence. We’re almost seven years into being the caretakers of this community i...
November 12, 2025
News
County court judge suspended after reports of misconduct
A Seventh Judicial District county court judge has been suspended from his job by the Colorado Supreme Court after the state judicial commission inves...
November 12, 2025
Ouray School Board candidate profile: Phylis Fagrelius
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Ouray School Board candidate profile: Phylis Fagrelius
Phylis Fagrelius has learned an important lesson, living in Ouray for the past 37 years. “The more you give, the more you get back,” she said. It’s so...
October 15, 2025
Ouray School Board candidate profile: Andrea Calhoon Meruelo
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Ouray School Board candidate profile: Andrea Calhoon Meruelo
It wasn’t long after Andrea Calhoon Meruelo graduated from Ouray School in 1999 that she realized she received a pretty stellar education at the tiny ...
October 15, 2025
Ouray School Board candidate profile: Tony Schmidt
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Ouray School Board candidate profile: Tony Schmidt
Tony Schmidt remembers how Ouray School used to feel like it was the center of the community. When he was a kid, he saw community members coming to th...
October 15, 2025
Man arrested in Ouray by immigration enforcement officers
News
Man arrested in Ouray by immigration enforcement officers
Federal immigration officials detained at least one person in Ouray this morning, according to eyewitness reports which have been confirmed by the Our...
August 7, 2025
No fake AI here — just humans doing their best
Columns, Opinion
No fake AI here — just humans doing their best
I read with interest a summer reading list published earlier this year in the Philadelphia Inquirer, and made a note to check out Andy Weir's new book...
July 23, 2025
Columns, Opinion
An unforeseeable delay with your Plaindealer
Dear Readers, If you’re reading this message in the e-edition of the newspaper, great. That means you probably got your paper when you wanted to read ...
July 16, 2025
A patriotic way to celebrate the Fourth
Columns, Opinion
A patriotic way to celebrate the Fourth
"Are you the newspaper? Are we gonna be in the paper?" These are questions I hear when people see me taking photos at parades. I usually shrug my shou...
July 9, 2025
Please join us Saturday for film, journalism talk
Columns, Opinion
Please join us Saturday for film, journalism talk
When filmmaker Heather Courtney set out to make a film about rural America, she decided to do it through the lens of a local newspaper. She visited a ...
June 25, 2025
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‘I did it for the animals’
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‘I did it for the animals’
Continuing a tradition she started more than 20 years ago, Ridgway's Dana Ivers partners with land trust to shield 170 acres from development
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
November 12, 2025
Dodging prairie dog holes, Dana Ivers walked through her roughly 170-acre property on the southern side of Ridgway, admiring the sound and clear color of snowmelt rushing through ditches and into her ...
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Judge delays sex assault trial again
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Judge delays sex assault trial again
Over objections to another holdup, defense says DNA expert not available in January
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
November 12, 2025
The trial for one of three men accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl in Ouray County in 2023 has been postponed for a second time. Seventh Judicial Chief District Judge Cory Jackson agreed...
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News
Ouray to pursue 24-hour police coverage
Interim chief suggests change after council OKs response time policy that could impact his job status
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
November 12, 2025
Ouray’s interim police chief will explore implementing around-the-clock police coverage, a significant change aimed at nullifying a new policy the city council adopted last week that could otherwise m...
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County hires deputy attorney, makes other transition plans
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
November 12, 2025
Ouray County commissioners have hired a new deputy county attorney and made transition plans for three other vacant county leadership roles. For varying reasons, four top-level county roles were vacat...
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
SMPA’s rate structure is regressive
By Dear Editor: 
November 12, 2025
Concerning the proposed San Miguel Power Association rate increase: Has the recent peak/off-peak rate structure worked to reduce the demand charge from Tri-State Generation and Transmission Associatio...
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