[tecnavia_gallery slug='ouray-volleyball-returns-a-year-after-getting-spiked-gallery' view='carousel']High school girls volleyball has returned to Our...
September 28, 2022
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[tecnavia_gallery slug='feds-hunters-ignited-2019-fire-gallery' view='carousel']EDITOR'S NOTE: Nearly three years after the Cow Creek Fire torched ab...
September 28, 2022
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The Ridgway Planning Commission turned down a proposed mixed-use development northeast of the stoplight for the second time in four months, this time ...
September 28, 2022
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The Ouray City Council voted unanimously to contribute $100,000 toward the Home Trust of Ouray County’s purchase of a six-unit apartment building, whi...
September 21, 2022
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The Ridgway Town Council approved an updated plan for the Visitor Center and Heritage Park, a project expected to cost more than $2 million over a fou...
September 21, 2022
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For the first time, details about convictions, case dispositions, and other aspects of the criminal justice process in the 7th Judicial District have ...
September 15, 2022
News
In the first year of typical standardized testing since 2019, local students mostly outperformed the state on Colorado Measures of Academic Success (C...
September 8, 2022
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Kindergarteners squirmed and fidgeted on a colorful rug in the Ridgway Elementary School library Tuesday, sitting crosslegged and elbow-to-elbow as li...
September 8, 2022
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[tecnavia_gallery slug='tri-district-team-makes-a-run-for-it-gallery' view='carousel']As they finished cross country practice on Friday afternoon, Can...
September 8, 2022
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Mountain Medical Center patients will have access to broader services and benefit from integrated health records through the merger with Montrose’s Ce...
September 8, 2022
News
June 6, 2025
A judge sentenced a Ridgway man to three years in prison Thursday 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, hu...
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Three years after federal prescribed burn destroyed their home, family has no answers or compensation
June 4, 2025
She spent three months carefully itemizing everything they lost in the fire, trying to remember what was in kitchen drawers and closets. Every piece of silverware, furniture, clothing, appliances and ...
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Expecting funding cuts, West Region Wildfire Council trims staff, ends free services
June 4, 2025
Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect that the West Region Wildfire Council received $7,184.63 donations from individuals in 2023. The Plaindealer received this information from the no...
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Swiss Village residents say limitations too restrictive
June 4, 2025
The Ouray City Council postponed approving a series of deed restrictions for the Swiss Village Mobile Home Park on Monday after residents who are on the cusp of buying the property objected, saying th...
Feature
After leading special education services in the San Juans for 12 years,Tammy Johnson is retiring, giving way to a new director
June 4, 2025
A good administrator never forgets what it’s like to be a teacher. Those are the words signing off Tammy Johnson’s email and ones she’s lived by while leading the Uncompahgre Board of Cooperative Educ...
