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Brief warm spells, plenty of snow — yes, it’s April
Columns, Opinion...
Brief warm spells, plenty of snow — yes, it’s April
By Karen Risch 
April 23, 2025
April, a notorious trickster of a month, has lived up to its reputation this year. Fine hot spells, not-so-good freezing temperatures, ample snow and, unfortunately, a continuing drought. It’s been a ...
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Sharing between soccer, track breeds success
Columns, Feature...
PREP ROUNDUP
Sharing between soccer, track breeds success
By By Matt Meyer Special to the Plaindealer 
April 16, 2025
It can be difficult for a coach not to oversee every aspect of an athlete’s training or competition during a given season. It’s also rough to juggle scheduling conflicts when an athlete competes in mu...
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Columns, Opinion...
FROM THE PUBLISHER
Ouray deserves better than fake public votes, shredding documents
By Erin McIntyre 
April 9, 2025
Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching. I've been thinking about that quote from C.S. Lewis a lot lately, because I'm concerned about secret activities in the city of Ouray t...
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The forgotten — and shameful — history of Silverton
Columns, Opinion...
The forgotten — and shameful — history of Silverton
By Carolyn Snowbarger 
April 9, 2025
Mining entrepreneurs founded the town of Silverton in 1874. With the discovery of silver, gold and zinc, it was a boomtown with prospectors, suppliers and builders arriving daily for adventure, riches...
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Ridgway stands toe-to-toe with larger school
Columns, Feature...
PREP ROUNDUP
Ridgway stands toe-to-toe with larger school
By By Matt Meyer Special to the Plaindealer 
April 2, 2025
Editor's note: The Plaindealer is trying something new – publishing a sports column with information about local high school sports during the seasons for those sports. We don't have the resources to ...
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Spring is here, but rain may stay away in April, May
Columns, Opinion...
Spring is here, but rain may stay away in April, May
By Karen Risch 
March 26, 2025
Spring has sprung: Baby birds chirp riotously in birdhouses, leftover snow vanishes under an ascending sun, crocus and forsythia flutter in the March wind. This first month of spring 2025 has been two...
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More shadows than light during Sunshine Week
Columns, Opinion...
GUEST COLUMN
More shadows than light during Sunshine Week
By By Jeffrey A. Roberts Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition 
March 19, 2025
Sunshine Week, which started Sunday, is an annual celebration of Americans’ right to know what government is doing. This year, there is far more to be concerned about than to celebrate, both nationall...
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Ranch hand to outlaw: The making of Butch Cassidy
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Ranch hand to outlaw: The making of Butch Cassidy
By Carolyn Snowbarger 
March 12, 2025
The legend of Butch Cassidy, one of the West's most enduring outlaws, has roots firmly planted in the rugged terrain of Colorado's Western Slope. Before he became a notorious bank robber and leader of...
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After February warmup, what’s in store for March?
Columns, Opinion...
After February warmup, what’s in store for March?
By Karen Risch 
February 26, 2025
Two weeks ago, following the first of two meltingly wet 8-inch February snowstorms, the grape hyacinths, daffodils and tulips decided it was time to shake off winter. Their deep green foliage was a re...
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Volunteer Voices: Amber Cornell
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Volunteer Voices: Amber Cornell
February 19, 2025
I recently had a delightful conversation with Amber Cornell, the new-ish senior coordinator for Neighbor to Neighbor. The nonprofit has a volunteer-based program that has been serving seniors, people ...
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Columns, Opinion...
FROM THE PUBLISHERS
Have opinions about the Plaindealer? We want to hear them
February 5, 2025
Who wants to come have lunch and tell us what you think of the Plaindealer? Yep, we're looking for some of our readers to share their opinions. Sounds like fun, right? We're inviting readers to apply ...
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Frigid January follows one of hottest years on record
Columns, Opinion...
Frigid January follows one of hottest years on record
By Karen Risch 
January 29, 2025
It’s been a bitter January for most of the Mountain West and eastern two-thirds of the country. The huge arctic airmass responsible for this outbreak measured 10,000 feet deep on soundings in Riverton...
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Volunteer Voices: Sue Young
Columns, Feature...
Volunteer Voices: Sue Young
By SUE HUSCH 
January 8, 2025
I had a delightful conversation with Sue Young after the Second Chance Humane Society shelter manager let me know that she has been a star volunteer for years, walking dogs, helping at adoption events...
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The rise, fall and rise of Ophir
Columns, Opinion...
The rise, fall and rise of Ophir
By Carolyn Snowbarger 
January 8, 2025
Put Ophir, Colorado, on your exploration bucket list for this summer. At 9,695 feet in elevation, this off-the-beaten-path community is seven miles southwest of Telluride and 10 “adventurous” miles fr...
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Will AI and Trump change weather forecasting?
Columns
Will AI and Trump change weather forecasting?
By Karen Risch 
December 25, 2024
Right on time for Christmas, the first in a series of snowstorms blew into western Colorado Monday with more snow predicted for Christmas Day and afterwards. The last week of the year is forecast to b...
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Clive Cussler’s last great story
Columns, Opinion...
Clive Cussler’s last great story
By Carolyn Snowbarger 
December 11, 2024
Most people probably don't know they're driving past the burial site of one of the most prolific American authors in recent history when they're traveling from Ridgway to Telluride. But just off Color...
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Columns, Opinion...
White Thanksgiving rounds out cool, wet month
By Karen Risch 
November 27, 2024
November is synonymous with Thanksgiving, a major family holiday for Americans. As most of us learned in elementary school, its storied beginnings date to the early colonists and their Indian neighbor...
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Columns, Opinion...
John Fremont’s Colorado legacy
By Carolyn Snowbarger 
November 13, 2024
John Charles Fremont (1813-1890) is a famous and infamous figure in the 19th century. He was a major general for the Union Army during the Civil War, served as a U.S. senator from California, and led ...
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Columns, Opinion...
Unpredictable, warm weather spooking all
By Karen Risch 
October 30, 2024
On Halloween, the spookiest day of the year, the latest developments in global weirding seem especially unsettling. Water Year 2024, which ended Sept. 30, was another drought year for Ouray with 22.17...
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Columns, Opinion...
FROM THE PUBLISHERS
A peek behind the Plaindealer curtain
October 16, 2024
Sometimes, you can't win. You're damned if you do, and damned if you don't. It's important for us to be transparent with readers about newsroom ethical debates we hold, and we wanted to share a few of...
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Ridgway hotel to convert to housing
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Ridgway hotel to convert to housing
MTN Lodge owner: Change needed to sustain operations; town leaders worried
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
September 10, 2025
Ridgway’s largest hotel plans to convert to construction and hotel workforce housing for a new Four Seasons development in Mountain Village for at least the next four years. MTN Lodge signed an agreem...
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With federal funds in limbo, Ouray seeks options to reduce wildfire danger
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With federal funds in limbo, Ouray seeks options to reduce wildfire danger
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
September 10, 2025
Ouray city leaders are exploring other ways to address dead, fallen trees littering neighborhoods and hillsides now that it's unclear when a large-scale, federally funded wildfire mitigation project w...
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News
Interim police chief retained through Dec. 31
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
September 10, 2025
Ouray City Administrator Michelle Metteer has extended the contract of Interim Police Chief Daric Harvey through the end of the year. Harvey was hired as the interim chief in March, replacing Sgt. Gar...
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City to hear public input on wayfinding sign solutions
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City to hear public input on wayfinding sign solutions
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
September 10, 2025
The Ouray City Council will hold a work session Monday to discuss possible solutions to concerns raised by residents and business owners about new wayfinding signs installed along Main Street earlier ...
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Letters, Opinion...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Article about Space to Create too negative
September 10, 2025
Dear Editor: The origin and theory behind the Space To Create movement is tied to the common phenomenon where creative individuals, looking for affordable and functional space, move into semi-industri...
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