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Where were the horses?
Dear Editor: Does anyone know where the horses and riders were in this year’s Ouray’s 4th of July Parade? The July 1-7, 2021, Plaindealer shows a pict...
July 7, 2021
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Marshal continues search for missing man
UPDATE at 2:35 p.m. Wednesday: The search for Paul McElrea has been called off. According to county emergency responders, his body was found in the ar...
July 7, 2021
Richard B. Zortman
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Richard B. Zortman
Richard was born to Horace E. and Gretta (Bethel) Zortman in Fowler, Kansas on July 26, 1938. He died suddenly and unexpectedly in Denver, Colorado on...
July 1, 2021
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AROUND THE REGION
GUNNISON A falling rock killed a construction worker in the Little Blue Creek Canyon area of U.S. Highway 50 on Tuesday, prompting an emergency closur...
July 1, 2021
A SACRED JOURNEY
A SACRED JOURNEY
Ridgway Mayor John Clark and Melanie Schambach look on as Diron Montgomery hugs Robyn Cascade of the Great Old Broads for Wilderness and gives her a b...
July 1, 2021
LOOKING BACK
50 YEARS AGO July 1, 1971 - Editorial: Everyone is prepared for crowds in town to help celebrate Independence Day in the American tradition. In Ouray,...
July 1, 2021
Thankful for revival of grand old dame
Dear Editor, My name is David Thorpe Wright. Two of my great great uncles, George and Ed, were responsible for the Wright Building and Wright's Hall (...
July 1, 2021
Show respect for flag
Dear Editor, Next week is our great Fourth of July parade celebrating the birth of our country. Always leading the parade is a color guard carrying th...
July 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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