Editor's note: The Ouray County Plaindealer is pleased to feature local artists in an occasional feature, 'Spotlight on the Arts.' This is the fourth ...
December 14, 2022
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The Ridgway Fire District is gearing up to hire new staff, budgeting $350,000 toward this aim in 2023, following the landslide victory of its ballot q...
December 14, 2022
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 8, 2022
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 8, 2022
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 8, 2022
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The city of Ouray plans to spend tens of thousands of dollars to improve the fitness center at the Ouray Hot Springs Pool, but what the upgraded facil...
December 8, 2022
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Ouray County Clerk and Recorder Michelle Nauer has fielded about 50 emails, mostly from senders outside of the county, regarding the mandatory 3rd Con...
December 8, 2022
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Ouray County commissioners unanimously passed a 2023 budget on Tuesday that utilizes over $800,000 from the county’s fund balance and provides for thr...
December 8, 2022
It can feel like everybody knows everybody in a small community like Ouray County, and Colin Sullivan picked the Sherbino Theater's holiday play “Bob’...
November 30, 2022
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...
November 30, 2022
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Ouray Ice Park's new executive director trims staff, seeks more buy-in from recreational climbers amid financial crunch
October 21, 2026
In the waning weeks of the 2019 ice climbing season, a 27-year-old Tres Barbatelli stood at the bottom of the Uncompahgre Gorge wondering what he’d just done. Minutes before, he’d rappelled down into ...
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Council turns over services to sheriff; remaining employee laid off
October 21, 2026
The city of Ouray terminated the sole employee of its police department and turned over its police services to the Ouray County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday, officially dissolving a stand-alone law enf...
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Commissioners pause refilling second EMS vacancy
October 21, 2026
A paramedic for Ouray County Emergency Medical Services, who has been on administrative leave since the Gold Mountain Fire, was fired last week after a meeting with county administration went awry. Jo...
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Initial plan leaves five positions vacant, reduces some departmental hours
October 21, 2026
Ouray County’s draft budget for next year proposes five staff reductions from general fund departments – all of which are currently vacant positions. The positions are from administration, the assesso...
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Veteran transport program approved
October 21, 2026
After resolving concerns about an intergovernmental agreement with San Miguel County, Ouray County commissioners approved a new partnership last week that will transport veterans to medical appointmen...
