Dear Editor: I (along with many residents of Ouray) am concerned that the Ice Park does not pay for the water that they use. My investigation revealed...
December 14, 2022
December 14, 1972 - The Plaindealer asked a few local people what kind of Christmas tree they preferred, true or false. The results of our random surv...
December 14, 2022
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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Every Friday and Saturday morning at 9 a.m. and every Wednesday night at 5:30 p.m. at St. Daniel’s Church, 614 Fifth St., Ouray....
December 14, 2022
Ouray junior forward Landen Hill (22) looks to drive to the hoop after receiving a screen from freshman Cavan Pasek (23) during the boys’ team’s seaso...
December 8, 2022
Two Ouray High School students earned All Conference honors this year for their performance on the Montrose High School Football team. Because Ouray d...
December 8, 2022
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50 YEARS AGO December 7, 1972 - Monday night, the Ouray City Council passed Ordinance No. 8 which will raise water rates about 50 percent. In a discus...
December 8, 2022
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Santa Claus rides on the Ouray Volunteer Fire Department’s engine on his way down Main Street to the Ouray Elks Lodge on Saturday night during the Yul...
December 8, 2022
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December 8, 2022
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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Every Friday and Saturday morning at 9 a.m. and every Wednesday night at 5:30 p.m. at St. Daniel’s Church, 614 Fifth St., Ouray....
December 8, 2022
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Reclamation part of orphaned and abandoned well program
September 4, 2026
It’s not what you think. A towering steel drill rig that’s been perched along the side of U.S. Highway 550 in recent weeks isn’t probing for gas, or oil, or even a route to the Far East. The operation...
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September 4, 2026
President Donald Trump has signed off on a major disaster declaration for the Gold Mountain and Aspen Acres fires that unlocks millions of dollars in Federal Emergency Management Agency relief funds f...
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Senator tours flood-damaged areas, surveys planned fire mitigation efforts
September 2, 2026
U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper said Friday he was optimistic the Trump administration will declare the Gold Mountain Fire a federal disaster, arguing Congress “wouldn’t settle for” the White House withho...
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EMS paramedic, deputy emergency manager sent home days after fire started
September 2, 2026
Ouray County has had two emergency-related employees on paid administrative leave since the early days of the Gold Mountain Fire. A third employee, Road and Bridge Superintendent Ty Barger, was placed...
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'You guys are in crisis,' Hickenlooper tells proprietors wrestling with aftermath of Gold Mountain Fire
September 2, 2026
Ouray County business owners bent the ear of U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper on Friday, sharing stories of declining profits and mass cancellations in the wake of the Gold Mountain Fire in the hopes the D...
