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CALENDAR & EVENTS
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CALENDAR & EVENTS
Dec. 20, 2024 - Jan. 2, 2025
December 18, 2024
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20 MOVIE NIGHT: Holiday horror movie night, from 8-9:30 p.m. at the Ouray Public Library, 320 Sixth Ave. Email programsouraypl@gmail.com for more information. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21 CO...
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Season of Sharing 2024: West Region Wildfire Council
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SEASON OF SHARING
Season of Sharing 2024: West Region Wildfire Council
December 11, 2024
Editor’s note: The Ouray County Plaindealer started publishing profiles of nonprofits between Thanksgiving and New Year’s in 2020 as a community service. The purpose of these profiles is to highlight ...
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Season of Sharing 2024: Ouray Mountain Rescue Team
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Season of Sharing 2024: Ouray Mountain Rescue Team
December 11, 2024
Editor’s note: The Ouray County Plaindealer started publishing profiles of nonprofits between Thanksgiving and New Year’s in 2020 as a community service. The purpose of these profiles is to highlight ...
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GETTING INTO THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT
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GETTING INTO THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT
Find your Christmas cheer with free festivities,live radio show, dance production
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
December 4, 2024
Ouray County turns into a holiday wonderland this weekend, with free celebrations in both Ridgway and Ouray to kick off the season. Both events promise to make it feel even more like you're tuning int...
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SEASON OF SHARING
Season of Sharing: Home Trust of Ouray County
December 4, 2024
Editor’s note: The Ouray County Plaindealer started publishing profiles of nonprofits between Thanksgiving and New Year’s in 2020 as a community service. The purpose of these profiles is to highlight ...
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Season of Sharing: The Trust for Land Restoration
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SEASON OF SHARING
Season of Sharing: The Trust for Land Restoration
December 4, 2024
Year established as a nonprofit: 2000 What does your organization do for Ouray County? Ridgway-based Trust for Land Restoration is a specialty land trust that helps communities and local governments c...
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CALENDAR & EVENTS
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CALENDAR & EVENTS
Dec. 5-18, 2024
December 4, 2024
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5 MEETING: Ouray County Republican Central Committee monthly meeting, 6 p.m., County Land Use building, 111 Mall Road, Ridgway. More information at ourayrepublicans.com. FILM: Climb...
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SEASON OF SHARING
Season of Sharing 2024: Ouray County Baseball
November 27, 2024
Editor’s note: The Ouray County Plaindealer started publishing profi les of nonprofits between Thanksgiving and New Year’s in 2020 as a community service. The purpose of these profiles is to highlight...
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SEASON OF SHARING
Season of Sharing 2024: Weehawken Creative Arts
November 27, 2024
Editor’s note: The Ouray County Plaindealer started publishing profi les of nonprofits between Thanksgiving and New Year’s in 2020 as a community service. The purpose of these profiles is to highlight...
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Season of Sharing 2024: Ouray County Cares
November 27, 2024
Editor’s note: The Ouray County Plaindealer started publishing profiles of nonprofits between Thanksgiving and New Year’s in 2020 as a community service. The purpose of these profiles is to highlight ...
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SEASON OF SHARING
Season of Sharing 2024: Woman’s Club of Ouray County
November 27, 2024
Editor’s note: The Ouray County Plaindealer started publishing profi les of nonprofits between Thanksgiving and New Year’s in 2020 as a community service. The purpose of these profiles is to highlight...
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Hopes for geothermal project heating up
State grants permission to drill exploratory wells on ranch in western Montrose County
By Erin McIntyre 
November 27, 2024
A family ranch located near the intersection of Ouray San Miguel and Montrose counties is ground zero for a hopeful geothermal energy project. The 960-acre Good Shepherd Ranch, owned by the Zahniser f...
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Chiropractor opens Ouray practice
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
November 27, 2024
Gil Kentof didn’t know it at the time, but a car accident when he was 17 put him on a career path that ultimately led him to Ouray. The wreck left him with neck pain — an injury that medication prescr...
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Calendar & Events
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Nov. 28 – Dec. 12, 2024
Calendar & Events
By erin@ouraynews.com 
November 27, 2024
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3 LITERARY LIVING ROOM: "Feasting in the Darkness: A soul-nourishing evening of poetry and song" from poet Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer and singer-songwriter Emily Scott Robinson. Entry...
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CALENDAR & EVENTS
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CALENDAR & EVENTS
Nov. 21–Dec. 6, 2024
November 20, 2024
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21 FILM: Little Kid Flicks, favorite short films from the New York International Children's Film Festival 6–7 p.m. The Sherbino, 604 Clinton St., Ridgway. $5/person. Tickets at sher...
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Now in 10th year, Ridgway film fest finds ‘growth spurt’
Running through Sunday, annual event screens 76 films, offers block party, workshops, panel discussions
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
November 13, 2024
Arielle Bielak thinks of the Ridgway Independent Film Festival as a child. In its infancy, it was a novel, inward-facing event, screening a handful of films for a small audience for a night or two. Th...
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The juniper and the Townsend’s Solitaire
By Mary Menz Special to the Plaindealer 
November 13, 2024
Birds typically limit their singing to spring and summer when defending their territories and trying to attract mates. But when the calendar rolls into fall, migratory species travel to warmer climate...
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Calendar & Events
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Calendar & Events
Nov. 14-28, 2024
By erin@ouraynews.com 
November 13, 2024
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14 FILM FESTIVAL: 10th Annual Ridgway Independent Film Festival, Nov. 14-17. Festival pass $100. Thursday day passes are $30. Film blocks $20 each. For a full schedule visit ridgway...
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Along came a spider…
By Erin McIntyre 
November 7, 2024
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Ridgway girls run wild at state meet
Third-place finish for freshman-laden team in Class 2A cross-country championship opens eyes
By By Joel Priest Special to the Plaindealer 
November 6, 2024
COLORADO SPRINGS — Pre-dating Socrates, ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus once proposed,"No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river, and it’s not the same man." That bei...
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Evacuation area expanded east of Ridgway, Ouray to discuss July 4 plans
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Evacuation area expanded east of Ridgway, Ouray to discuss July 4 plans
City to hold meeting today at 4 p.m.
By Mike Wiggins 
June 30, 2026
The city of Ouray is open but staff is not actively marketing to bring visitors to the area, City Administrator Michelle Metteer said this morning. “We are always looking to find a balance on what is ...
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Firefighters building, reinforcing lines, as high winds return today
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Firefighters building, reinforcing lines, as high winds return today
By Mike 
June 30, 2026
Firefighters will focus their efforts today on building and reinforcing firelines in an effort to keep the Gold Mountain Fire from spreading south toward Ouray and west toward U.S. Highway 550. A tota...
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Emergency ballots available for primary election
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Emergency ballots available for primary election
Voters can participate online, turn in ballots at secure ballot boxes before 7 p.m. deadline
By Erin McIntyre 
June 30, 2026
The polls and ballot boxes are open today and the Ouray County clerk wants you to know you have several ways you can vote, given the state of emergency and the Gold Mountain Fire. Ballots for the prim...
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Persistent windy, dry weather hampers firefighters
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Persistent windy, dry weather hampers firefighters
Feds to assume operational control today; Ouray Fourth of July celebration in doubt
By Mike 
June 29, 2026
UPDATE, 4:40 p.m.: Firefighters battling the 7,100-acre Gold Mountain Fire on the ground and in the air are focused on preventing the blaze from crossing County Road 14A. Fire crews consider that road...
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Evacuees in limbo as fire grows
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Evacuees in limbo as fire grows
By Mike Wiggins and Deb Hurley Brobst mike@ouraynews.com 
June 28, 2026
Dottie Miller hopped online on Friday, running over checklists of items to take with her in the event of an emergency. It’s practically an annual ritual for her, just to make sure she has everything s...
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