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GRIN AND BEAR IT
Photo by Denise Jones — Special to the Plaindealer This young bear decided to hang out in a cottonwood tree at Ridgway’s Hartwell Park on Saturday whi...
July 28, 2022
Opinion
LOOKING BACK
50 YEARS AGO July 27, 1972 - Any significant increase in snowpack in the San Juan Mountains by cloud seeding will retard growth of some non-woody plan...
July 28, 2022
Let wildlife remain wild
Dear Editor: A much watched video was shown on TV recently of a man attacked by a bison in Yellowstone National Park. I had a lot of experience with b...
July 21, 2022
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POLICE LOG
The following is an excerpt of cases handled by the Ouray County Sheriff's Office from July 11-17: JULY 11 Deputy did a VIN inspection in the 200 bloc...
July 21, 2022
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NEWS BRIEFS
County seeks monkeypox vaccine Ouray County Public Health is preparing for possible monkeypox infections, though all nine active cases of monkeypox in...
July 21, 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....
July 21, 2022
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AROUND THE REGION
GUNNISON Although visitors poured into town to celebrate the Fourth of July, the Crested Butte Wildflower Festival and enjoy the Gunnison Valley’s pub...
July 21, 2022
Opinion
LOOKING BACK
50 YEARS AGO July 20, 1972 - Wednesday afternoon about three o’clock, a truck tire tried to enter the Mary Lawrence home by the window. It broke the w...
July 21, 2022
LOOKING BACK
50 YEARS AGO July 13, 1972 - Ouray’s Chipeta Theater has been made totally safe for public use, and is again operating full blast. Damage to the exter...
July 13, 2022
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Crews working to fill 1950s-era well along U.S. 550
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Crews working to fill 1950s-era well along U.S. 550
Reclamation part of orphaned and abandoned well program
By Chart Riggall 
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...
Hickenlooper hopeful for fire disaster order
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Hickenlooper hopeful for fire disaster order
Senator tours flood-damaged areas, surveys planned fire mitigation efforts
By By Chart Riggall chart@ouraynews.com 
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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County employees remain on paid leave
EMS paramedic, deputy emergency manager sent home days after fire started
By By James Hanlon james@ouraynews.com 
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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Businesses share struggles with senator
'You guys are in crisis,' Hickenlooper tells proprietors wrestling with aftermath of Gold Mountain Fire
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
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...
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