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Craig F. Schneider
Obituaries
Craig F. Schneider
Craig F. Schneider, age 73, passed away on November 25th in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was born on February 18th, 1948 to Francis and Lillian Schneider a...
December 9, 2021
News
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 9, 2021
News
AROUND THE REGION
GUNNISON Gunnison County commissioners plan to rely heavily on grant funding to take on 16 infrastructure projects in 2022, including the completion o...
December 9, 2021
SPIRIT OF THE SEASON
SPIRIT OF THE SEASON
[tecnavia_gallery slug='spirit-of-the-season-gallery' view='carousel']After a year hiatus due to COVID-19, Ridgway's Noel Night and Ouray's Yule Celeb...
December 9, 2021
A BOUNCE IN THEIR STEP
A BOUNCE IN THEIR STEP
[tecnavia_gallery slug='a-bounce-in-their-step-gallery' view='carousel']The Ridgway-Ouray Girls Basketball team. Top from left to right: Assistant Coa...
December 9, 2021
A BIG WISH LIST
A BIG WISH LIST
One-year-old Nina Jones of Ouray watches as bigger kids tell Santa what they want for Christmas at Noel Night in Ridgway on Dec. 3. The event attracte...
December 9, 2021
Weehawken Creative Arts
Weehawken Creative Arts
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 9, 2021
Opinion
LOOKING BACK
50 YEARS AGO December 9, 1971 - With the advent of excellent sledding conditions, kids have been observed all over Ouray, sledding in areas not partic...
December 9, 2021
LOOKING BACK
50 YEARS AGO December 2, 1971 - NOTICE: One of the rope blocks from the ski tow is missing and the tow cannot be operated without it. No questions wil...
December 1, 2021
Steve “Parky” Parkinson
Obituaries
Steve “Parky” Parkinson
Steve “Parky” Parkinson, of Ridgway, passed away with his family beside him on November 9, 2021 at the age of 67 after tenaciously fighting metastatic...
December 1, 2021
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Ridgway sues MTN Lodge
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Ridgway sues MTN Lodge
Town seeks payment of sales, lodging taxes; hotel calls lawsuit 'misguided'
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
April 1, 2026
The town of Ridgway is suing the owners of MTN Lodge over their plans to use the hotel as workforce housing for the next several years, aiming to suspend operations and demanding they pay lodging and ...
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Board rebukes commissioner
Niece, Nauer censure Padgett for secretly recording closed-door meeting
By By Lia Salvatierra and Erin McIntyre lia@ouraynews.com erin@ouraynews.com 
April 1, 2026
Two Ouray County commissioners publicly reprimanded their fellow commissioner after discovering she secretly recorded an executive session last week. Portions of the audio from that executive session ...
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Proposed merger could make fire chief highest paid official
Latest draft bases members' voting power on financial contributions
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
April 1, 2026
The current proposal to combine fire and emergency medical services entities in Ouray County could eventually make the new fire chief the highest-paid public official in the county and may base partic...
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Jury convicts mother in retaliation case
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Jury convicts mother in retaliation case
By Erin McIntyre and Mike Wiggins erin@ouraynews.com mike@ouraynews.com 
April 1, 2026
A jury has convicted a former Ouray woman of retaliating against another woman who accused her son of sexual assault in 2023. Jurors deliberated for about an hour on March 26 before finding Kristyn Tr...
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EMS moves overnight quarters with help from chamber grant
By Deb Hurley Brobst Special to the Plaindealer 
April 1, 2026
Ouray County Emergency Medical Services is moving its sleeping quarters for on-call staff in Ouray into the former Public Health office location, with donations providing rent assistance. An EMT will ...
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