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Testing yields 3 positives as new rating system imminent

Ouray County’s mass COVID-19 testing event yielded three confirmed positive cases out of 618 tests. The two-day testing event last week was held in re...

September 10, 2020

Covid

First outbreak tests county

Jeff "Bama" Tunnicliff had been working hard – shoveling and pounding posts into the ground. He figured his upper body aches were related to that and ...

August 27, 2020

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Air quality pros assigned to forest

The biggest fires burning in Colorado may be more than 100 miles away from Ouray County, but the effects are evident in the hazy film covering the mou...

August 20, 2020

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Oh, what fun it is to dance

December 24, 2025

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Affordable housing nonprofit to expand across state

Telluride-based Rural Homes plans to build 120 new units in 2026, but future of Ouray project unclear

By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com

December 24, 2025

Telluride-based Rural Homes is entering a new era of affordable housing work across the state after bringing on a new CEO and looking beyond pilot projects in Ouray and San Miguel counties. The afford...

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SEASON OF SHARING

Second Chance Humane Society

December 24, 2025

Editor's note: The Ouray County Plaindealer is continuing its tradition of featuring nonprofit organizations based in Ouray County, serving Ouray County in a series of profiles called Season of Sharin...

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Home Trust of Ouray County

December 24, 2025

Year established as a nonprofit: 2018 What does your organization do for Ouray County? Affordable housing remains one of the most pressing challenges facing Ouray County, where the median price for a ...

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SEASON OF SHARING

Sherbino Theater/ Ridgway Chautauqua

December 24, 2025

Erin Mclntyre

Remote-triggered avalanche in San Juan Mountains

First responders receive first COVID-19 vaccines