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AROUND THE REGION
GUNNISON The results of a study commissioned by the Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport put numbers to the throne of Coloradans and Texans who com...
December 1, 2021
Ouray County Performing Arts Guild
Ouray County Performing Arts Guild
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 1, 2021
Ouray Mountain Rescue Team
Ouray Mountain Rescue Team
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 1, 2021
Fortuna Tierra Club
Fortuna Tierra Club
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 1, 2021
A fight against violence, voter suppression
Dear Editor: The FBI recently reported that hate crimes have reached the highest levels in 12 years with a 25% increase in racebased violence last yea...
December 1, 2021
Help mayor, councilors with transition
Dear Editor: Holding public office was never, in and of itself, one of those life goals for me. My native space of service has always been more utilit...
December 1, 2021
LOOKING BACK
50 YEARS AGO November 25, 1971 - Intended For Last Week: Your reporter could not cover City Council Meeting Nov. 15. She was caught in a storm. Make t...
November 24, 2021
Kaye Don Lathrop
Obituaries
Kaye Don Lathrop
Kaye was born in Bryan, Ohio and grew up in Macomb, Illinois. He attended West Point Military Academy, graduating in 1955. He and Judith Green met whi...
November 24, 2021
Dog tests positive for leptospirosis
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Dog tests positive for leptospirosis
Ridgway Animal Hospital is advising its clients to check whether their dogs need a vaccine booster after a dog in Ouray County recently tested positiv...
November 24, 2021
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Heating cost assistance available to residents
Ouray County residents who need help paying their energy bills this winter can apply for assistance through a federally funded program. The Ouray Coun...
November 24, 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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