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GUNNISON The Gunnison Watershed School District has released a plan to drop its mask mandate that could make indoor masks voluntary in early 2022, if ...
December 16, 2021
Season of Sharing: Voyager Youth Program
Season of Sharing: Voyager Youth Program
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 16, 2021
OURAY DROPS ROAD GAME TO RANGELY
OURAY DROPS ROAD GAME TO RANGELY
Ouray’s Kaden Nelson blocks a layup from Rangely during the game on Dec. 10. The Trojans lost their away non-conference game by a score of 39-20. The ...
December 16, 2021
Opinion
Justice delayed is justice denied
Dear Editor: In January of 2020, John Warren of Ouray, owner of Red Mountain Brewery, appeared before Ouray County Court Judge Zachary Martin on a rap...
December 16, 2021
Opinion
LOOKING BACK
50 YEARS AGO December 16, 1971 - Loads of trees and boughs moving on the highways remind us that Christmas will soon be here. All persons — even the f...
December 16, 2021
Opinion
Judge disregards alleged victim
Dear Editor: Last week, Judge Cory Jackson postponed – yet again – at the request of the defense, the trial in the case of defendant John Warren charg...
December 16, 2021
David W. Gillis
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David W. Gillis
David was born in Miami, Florida, the second of six siblings. He graduated from Florida International University in Miami with a degree in accounting ...
December 9, 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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