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CALENDAR & EVENTS
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Every Friday and Saturday morning at 9 and every Tuesday and Wednesday night at 7 at St. Daniel’s Church, 614 Fifth St., Ouray. ...
October 28, 2021
HONK FOR SCHOOLS
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HONK FOR SCHOOLS
Sadie McCracken, an 8-year-old third-grader at Ridgway Elementary School, holds a sign supporting Ballot Issues 4A and 4B and yells at traffic driving...
October 28, 2021
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Ballots due by 7 p.m. Tuesday
Election Day is on Tuesday, and early ballot returns indicate 841 ballots had been turned in to the county elections office as of Wednesday morning, j...
October 28, 2021
Opinion
LOOKING BACK
50 YEARS AGO October 28, 1971 - The 10 percent drop in school enrollment this term is costing the Ouray School District R-1 about $12,000 in state aid...
October 28, 2021
Small health tax will have beneficial impact on well-being
Dear Editor: I’m not a fan of high taxes, but I am strongly in favor of the proposed 2-mill tax levy to support public health in Ouray County, for sev...
October 28, 2021
Support health tax
Dear Editor: I am supporting Ouray County Ballot issue 1A, which provides for dedicated, permanent and secure funding for Ouray County Public Health S...
October 28, 2021
Explore affordable housing solutions further before solely taxing rentals
Dear Editor: In 1980, I discovered Ouray on a motorcycle trip from Mexico home to Ohio. I vowed to return. When I retired to Denver in 2017, I visited...
October 28, 2021
Vote for tax is vote for community, not for exclusive rentals
Dear Editor: With a large number of issues on the ballot, it can often become confusing on the individual items. If you will allow me a few minutes of...
October 28, 2021
Party illustrates best of county
Dear Editor: Party With A Purpose at the Sherbino Theater on Oct. 24 demonstrated why Ouray County is so remarkable. This stunning place has all the e...
October 28, 2021
This is our chance to help Ridgway schools do even better
Dear Editor: I moved to Ridgway last year to be close to family. As a parent of two students at Ridgway Elementary School, I was very happy that my da...
October 28, 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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