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Sheriff’s posse to ride again in 2023

When the Simms Fire burned out of control last May, the Montrose County Sheriff’s Posse was one of the most helpful resources Ouray County Sheriff Jus...

January 5, 2023

Season of Sharing: Fortuna Tierra Club

Editor's note: The Ouray County Plaindealer is featuring nonprofit organizations which are based in Ouray County and serve Ouray County in a series of...

December 28, 2022

Season of Sharing: UpstART Theater

Editor's note: The Ouray County Plaindealer is featuring nonprofit organizations which are based in Ouray County and serve Ouray County in a series of...

December 28, 2022

Season of Sharing: George Gardner Scholarship Fund

Editor's note: The Ouray County Plaindealer is featuring nonprofit organizations which are based in Ouray County and serve Ouray County in a series of...

December 28, 2022

New business takes ‘Root’ in Ridgway

Honga Im and Jessie Vaughan, business partners and owners of Ridgway’s new Lotus Root Kitchen + Market + Catering, are like the left and right sides o...

December 28, 2022

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Voters in the Ridgway Fire Protection District, the largest and busiest in Ouray County, approved the district’s first tax increase since 2000 by a ne...

December 28, 2022

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TOP STORIES OF THE YEAR: COUNTY REVISES MARIJUANA REGS After an 18-month moratorium on grow licenses, dozens of complaints, over 10 workshops, hundred...

December 28, 2022

Season of Sharing: Wright Opera House

Editor's note: The Ouray County Plaindealer is featuring nonprofit organizations which are based in Ouray County and serve Ouray County in a series of...

December 22, 2022

Season of Sharing: Ouray County Historical Society

Year formed: 1971 What does your organization do for Ouray County? In addition to operating the Ouray County Museum, the Ouray County Historical Socie...

December 21, 2022

Season of Sharing: Ridgway Chautauqua Society

Editor's note: The Ouray County Plaindealer is featuring nonprofit organizations which are based in Ouray County and serve Ouray County in a series of...

December 21, 2022

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MURAL IN BLOOM

By Erin McIntyre

June 12, 2025

Artist Yulia Avgustinovich works on the mural she was commissioned to paint on the southeast side of the Space to Create building in Ridgway on Monday. Avgustinovich, who has been a professional mural...

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Prison ordered in sex assault

Judge: Crime shows 'true character' of Ridgway man alternately commended, castigated

By Mike Wiggins and Erin McIntyre mike@ouraynews.com erin@ouraynews.com

June 11, 2025

A judge has sentenced a Ridgway man to three years in prison for sexually assaulting a 28-year-old woman in 2023 after he claimed he was drunk and thought she was his wife. Brian Scranton, 49, hugged ...

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Road, retaining wall fixes nearing $300K

By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com

June 11, 2025

The cost of repairing County Road 361 and a retaining wall following a large rockfall is nearing $300,000, a sum Ouray County is paying in full. When commissioners declared the event an emergency in F...

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Trail closures could trigger domino effect

With Blue Lakes, part of Imogene Pass off limits,other areas could see more wear and tear

By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com

June 11, 2025

Closures of beloved hiking and off-highway vehicle trails in and around Ouray County this summer could congest and pressure other areas. The popular Blue Lakes trailhead is closed through August due t...

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New power contract amplifies local control

San Miguel Power can generate up to 20% of own energy under Tri-State deal through 2050

By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com

June 11, 2025

San Miguel Power Association will continue to purchase power from Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association for the next 25 years under a revised contract that gives it the ability to generate...

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Remote-triggered avalanche in San Juan Mountains

First responders receive first COVID-19 vaccines