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POLICE LOG
OURAY POLICE The following is an excerpt of cases handled by the Ouray Police Department from Sept. 28-Oct. 3 SEPT. 28 Officer found a parking violati...
October 6, 2022
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LOOKING BACK
October 5, 1972 - EDITORIAL: If you intended to get to the Ouray city council meeting when the budget is being put together, forget it. It’s all over....
October 6, 2022
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CALENDAR & EVENTS
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....
October 6, 2022
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AROUND THE REGION
GUNNISON In a unanimous vote, Gunnison City Council appointed city Finance Director Ben Cowan to serve as interim city manager during a regular meetin...
October 6, 2022
Donors made reading program possible
Dear Editor: As the summer season has come to an end, the Ridgway Library just wanted to take a moment and thank Café a la Mode, Snowbirds and Colorad...
September 28, 2022
Appreciation for Plaindealer
Dear Editor: Congratulations to the editor, publisher and entire staff of the Plaindealer on the many awards bestowed on the paper by the Colorado Pre...
September 28, 2022
Thanks for student backing
Dear Editor: We would like to personally thank the Ouray County community for their generous support of the 22nd year of The Mount Sneffels Marathon-H...
September 28, 2022
Let’s not screw up this chance to reduce climate threat
Opinion
Let’s not screw up this chance to reduce climate threat
“In golden September with bright sunny days / The sky is clear and blue / The bee’s in the clover / Although summer’s over / I love September / Don’t ...
September 28, 2022
OURAY COUNTY LOOKING BACK
50 YEARS AGO September 28, 1972 - A jury of six (four women, two men) awarded $25,000 to be paid by the County of Ouray to Wayland and David Phillips....
September 28, 2022
Addressing tobacco, vaping much needed
Dear Editor: A quarter of a century “Big Tobacco,” whose products were killing more than 400,000 Americans a year, appeared to be on the ropes. Cities...
September 28, 2022
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No-idling ordinance stalls after months of debate
By LIA SALVATIERRA 
May 14, 2026
“Idle-Free Ridgway” remains a motto, rather than a rule after the town council voted down final approval for an anti-idling ordinance that drew zealous support and opposition over the past five months...
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Ouray childcare model a blueprint for others
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Ouray childcare model a blueprint for others
A year after two daycares opened within affordable housing development, builder looks to replicate template in three other cities
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
May 13, 2026
The solution to the statewide childcare shortage might be here in Ouray County, where a blueprint for building childcare-ready affordable homes was drafted. It’s been a little more than a year since t...
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County tests: No mold problem in meeting rooms
After commissioner claims 'toxicity,' manager says 4-H, courthouse spaces safe to use
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
May 13, 2026
Ouray County commissioner meeting rooms don’t have a mold problem, according to testing ordered after Commissioner Lynn Padgett said the facilities caused her to feel sick and used it as justification...
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Beefed-up alpine ranger program returns
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Beefed-up alpine ranger program returns
State grant allows county to add sixth ranger to patrol backcountry, focus on safety, education
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
May 13, 2026
Ouray County’s alpine ranger program is back and bigger this year with the help of a state grant. The public will see alpine rangers patrolling areas including Yankee Boy Basin, Imogene Pass and the A...
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Two candidates vie for seat on San Miguel Power board
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Two candidates vie for seat on San Miguel Power board
Election to represent Ridgway, Log Hill contested for first time since 2014
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
May 13, 2026
For the first time in more than a decade, there’s a contested election for the District 6 seat on the San Miguel Power Association board of directors, representing all of Ridgway, much of Log Hill and...
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