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Nancy Schroeder Liggett
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Nancy Schroeder Liggett
Nancy Schroeder Liggett, 79, passed away on June 10, 2022, in Louisville, Colo. Nancy Anne Schroeder was the oldest child of Walter and Leora (Coleman...
June 30, 2022
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NEWS BRIEFS
Ouray man injured in head-on crash A Ouray man was among three people seriously injured in a head-on collision on U.S. Highway 550 between Ridgway and...
June 30, 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....
June 30, 2022
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POLICE LOG
The following is an excerpt of cases handled by the Ouray Police Department from June 20-28: JUNE 20 Officer responded to an animal problem in the 700...
June 30, 2022
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AROUND THE REGION
GUNNISON The Gunnison County commissioners gave a nod of approval for the Gunnison Country Food Pantry’s Food for Life expansion project, chipping in ...
June 30, 2022
HOLIDAY WEEKEND CALENDAR
HOLIDAY WEEKEND CALENDAR
[tecnavia_gallery slug='holiday-weekend-calendar-gallery' view='carousel']THURSDAY, JUNE 30 LIVE MUSIC: Mountain Air Music Series presents Band of Hea...
June 30, 2022
MILKING IT FOR ALL IT’S WORTH
MILKING IT FOR ALL IT’S WORTH
The Wick family of Ridgway navigates the Uncompahgre River on Saturday in their homemade craft constructed of 164 oat milk cartons, during the Ridgway...
June 30, 2022
Opinion
CLARIFICATION
A story in the June 23-29 Plaindealer should have said Ouray County Assessor Susie Mayfield left the Republican Party after being told she could not s...
June 30, 2022
Opinion
LOOKING BACK
50 YEARS AGO June 29, 1972 - Mark Higgs, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Higgs of Fordyce, Arkansas, fell about 275 feet to his death, down the steep can...
June 30, 2022
Ballot measure should be narrowly defined
Dear Editor: The obvious simple solution to the Ouray County Sheriff’s Office’s long response times across the county and lack of back-up is funding n...
June 23, 2022
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Ridgway girls run down state title
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Ridgway girls run down state title
Young team blows past competition to hoist Class 2A cross country trophy
By By Matt Meyer Special to the Plaindealer 
November 5, 2025
There isn’t a perfect translation for “hill” in Chinese. That's something Natasha Hessler discovered when she arrived at the famous creek crossing during the Colorado State Cross Country Championship ...
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Underwood elected mayor
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ELECTION 2025
Underwood elected mayor
Hart joins council, which needs to fill two spots
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
November 5, 2025
Ouray City Councilor Michael Underwood won election to the mayor’s seat Tuesday night, succeeding on a campaign that emphasized fiscal conservatism and a vow to fix what he perceives as a disconnect b...
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Property tax hikes pass for cemetery, fire districts
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
November 5, 2025
Voters Tuesday night approved tax increases for the Cedar Hill Cemetery District and the Ouray Fire Protection District. A measure to increase the cemetery district’s mill levy from 0.33 mills to 1 mi...
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ELECTION 2025
Voters approve new county lodging tax
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
November 5, 2025
Voters in unincorporated Ouray County approved a new 6% lodging tax that is expected to provide more than $182,000 in additional funding during a tight 2026 budget year and into the future. The measur...
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ELECTION 2025
Fagrelius, Meruelo win school board seats
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
November 5, 2025
Ouray voters have chosen two former educators to join the Ouray School Board, according to unofficial results from Tuesday’s election. Three candidates competed for two open seats on the school board,...
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