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Separating STR tax facts from fiction
Dear Editor: Ouray residents, thank you so very much for spending time to look at the correct excise tax facts straight from the assessor's office ins...
November 24, 2021
Support for Ouray Library appreciated
Dear Editor: On behalf of the Ouray Public Library, I want to extend my heartfelt thanks to the community for its overwhelming support of our ballot m...
November 24, 2021
Top of the Pines receives dark sky designation
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Top of the Pines receives dark sky designation
Ouray County has another destination recognized for top stargazing potential and a dedication to preserving the night sky. Top of the Pines open space...
November 23, 2021
Covid
County reports sixth COVID-positive death
A Ouray County man in his 60s died Nov. 12 at Montrose Regional Health after testing positive for COVID-19, Emergency Manager Glenn Boyd announced Thu...
November 18, 2021
Obituaries
Dennis William O’Leary
Dennis O’Leary of Ouray, Colorado passed away suddenly on October 27 at Montrose Memorial Hospital. He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts to William...
November 18, 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 ...
November 18, 2021
News
AROUND THE REGION
GUNNISON A Gunnison judge on Tuesday denied a request by three parents and a community member to block the Gunnison Watershed School District’s mask m...
November 18, 2021
Ouray County Food Pantry
Ouray County Food Pantry
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...
November 18, 2021
Ouray Trail Group
Ouray Trail Group
[tecnavia_gallery slug='ouray-trail-group-gallery' view='carousel']Editor's note: The Ouray County Plaindealer is featuring nonprofit organizations wh...
November 18, 2021
Opinion
LOOKING BACK
50 YEARS AGO November 18, 1971 - It was anything but relaxing and certainly a very different kind of “wilderness experience” for those who attended th...
November 18, 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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