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August 11, 2021

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Loans help local businesses

Almost $14 million in Paycheck Protection Program loans were approved for Ouray County businesses since last April, with more than a third going to re...

August 4, 2021

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A PRIVATE SOLUTION TO A PUBLIC PROBLEM

Four local businesses are purchasing the Ouray Chalet Inn to use it for workforce housing, with plans to rent long-term to their own employees and oth...

August 4, 2021

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Ouray to seek tax on rentals

The Ouray City Council will ask voters this November to approve a 15% excise tax on short-term rentals, and have instituted a cap on the number of ren...

August 4, 2021

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Counties advocate for CORE Act with Interior secretary

Western Slope county commissioners met with Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper at Top of the Pines outsi...

July 28, 2021

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Ridgway denies 10-unit housing project

Ridgway’s Planning Commission cleared the way for three deed-restricted homes in the Parkside subdivision, but denied approval for a 10-unit developme...

July 28, 2021

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County to lift emergency declaration

Ouray County commissioners plan to rescind the local emergency disaster declaration next week, more than sixteen months after it was adopted as the co...

July 28, 2021

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Counties push for CORE Act at meeting with Interior Secretary Haaland

Western Slope county commissioners met with Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper at Top of the Pines outsi...

July 24, 2021

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City, county grapple with rental issues

Ouray County will bid out short-term rental monitoring, in an effort to crack down on rentals operating illegally without permits, while the City of O...

July 21, 2021

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County can’t keep up with rentals

As the city of Ouray works to crack down on illegal short-term rentals, Ouray County is considering ways to improve its own enforcement, potentially b...

July 15, 2021

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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

Liz Teitz

Remote-triggered avalanche in San Juan Mountains

First responders receive first COVID-19 vaccines