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Covid
Ouray council meeting canceled due to COVID-19
The city of Ouray has called off tonight's City Council meeting due to COVID-19. City Administrator Silas Clarke told the Plaindealer this afternoon h...
January 3, 2022
Covid
County reports dozens of new COVID-19 cases
Ten percent of all Ouray County COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began have come in just the last 10 days, including more than 50 during an after-Chr...
December 31, 2021
GOODBYE 2021, HELLO 2022
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GOODBYE 2021, HELLO 2022
[tecnavia_gallery slug='goodbye-2021-hello-2022-gallery' view='carousel']Ouray County benefited from progress on many fronts in 2021 — the distributio...
December 24, 2021
CALENDAR & EVENTS
ART SHOW: Ouray County Community Art Show at the Ridgway Library during normal hours. Nov. 12 through Jan. 12. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Every Friday and ...
December 24, 2021
Second Chance Humane Society
Second Chance Humane Society
Year formed: 1994 What does your organization do for Ouray County? “Most simply, we bring pets and people “Most simply, we bring pets and people toget...
December 24, 2021
Ouray County Ranch History Museum
Ouray County Ranch History Museum
Editor's note: The Ouray County Plaindealer is featuring nonprofit organizations which are based in Ouray County and serve Ouray County in a series of...
December 24, 2021
SWEET REWARDS
SWEET REWARDS
From left, Adam Noel and Brandon Scott pose with the gingerbread house they made at the Ouray Elks Lodge the week before Christmas. They won second pl...
December 24, 2021
Ridgway-Ouray Community Council
Year formed: 1993 What does your organization do for Ouray County? Ridgway-Ouray Community Council (ROCC) works through ten different committees to - ...
December 24, 2021
Opinion
LOOKING BACK
50 YEARS AGO December 30, 1971 - Marvin Gregory had a painful accident last Wednesday while working with a power saw, and has now joined the club of b...
December 24, 2021
CHECKING IT TWICE
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CHECKING IT TWICE
Photo courtesy Lou Hart How does Santa determine who's been naughty and who's been nice this year? By reading the Plaindealer, of course! The jolly ol...
December 23, 2021
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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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