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Craig F. Schneider
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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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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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