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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 23, 2021
Neighbor to Neighbor Ouray County
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 23, 2021
Ouray County Historical Society
Ouray County Historical Society
Year formed: 1971 What does your organization do for Ouray County? The Ouray County Historical Society works to preserve and interpret the history of ...
December 23, 2021
Wright Opera House
Year formed: 1888 What does your organization do for Ouray County? “We like to think of ourselves as a community hub,” Executive Director Alyssa Prest...
December 23, 2021
SHOP WITH A COP
SHOP WITH A COP
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December 23, 2021
UpstART
Year formed: 2017 What does your organization do for Ouray County? “UpstART brings professional theater artists to work with local theater artists and...
December 23, 2021
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LOOKING BACK
50 YEARS AGO December 23, 1971 - EDITORIAL - Instead of the joyful affair it should have been, the special Christmas music program at Ouray School las...
December 23, 2021
Trailer burns on CR22A
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Trailer burns on CR22A
[tecnavia_gallery slug='trailer-burns-on-cr22a-gallery' view='carousel']A mobile home on County Road 22A burned this morning and is a total loss. The ...
December 22, 2021
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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 16, 2021
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POLICE LOG
The following is a summary of cases the Ridgway Marshal's Office handled from Nov. 29-Dec. 12. If you have information on any of the below active case...
December 16, 2021
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Water restrictions exception, not rule
Colorado is on track for its warmest year ever. Source flows are diminishing or at historic lows. So why has only one water provider in Ouray County ordered cutbacks this summer?
By By Chart Riggall chart@ouraynews.com 
September 9, 2026
In the early days of summer, it remained a matter of some debate where the drought of 2026 ranked in the annals of long, hot Colorado summers. For Cary Denison, Ouray County’s representative on the Co...
Crews working to plug old water well
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Crews working to plug old water well
Operation part of state program to reclaim abandoned sites
By By Chart Riggall chart@ouraynews.com 
September 9, 2026
It’s not what you think. A towering steel drill 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 is ...
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