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Bringing lyrics to life: ‘Stolen Seasons’ musical debuts
Local author partners with musicians to create 'Stolen Seasons' album
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
March 12, 2025
Joan Shapiro poured a lifetime of experiences — unsuccessful love matches, mistakes made, lessons learned — into 251 pages when she published “Stolen Seasons: Observations, Poems, Lyrics and Rants” tw...
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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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GETTING A GRIP
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GETTING A GRIP
March 5, 2025
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Calendar & Events, Feature...
Calendar & Events
March 6-20, 2025
March 5, 2025
THURSDAY MARCH 6 MEETING: Ouray County Republican Central Committee monthly meeting, 6 p.m., Ouray County Land Use building, 111 Mall Road in Ridgway. More information at ourayrepublicans.com. THEATER...
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‘Steel Magnolias’ takes stage in Ridgway
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‘Steel Magnolias’ takes stage in Ridgway
By Plaindealer Staff Report Plaindealer@ouraynews.com 
February 26, 2025
The story of the classic "Steel Magnolias" is coming to the stage in Ouray County this week, brought to the community by Minerva West Theatre Company. Set in a small-town beauty parlor in Louisiana, t...
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New ownership brewing at Colorado Boy
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New ownership brewing at Colorado Boy
Longtime customer acquires Ridgway brew pub and depot, emphasizes community focus
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
February 26, 2025
There’s one word Matthew Beyer keeps coming back to when he talks about Colorado Boy. Community. The brew pub that has anchored downtown Ridgway for 17 years has succeeded with a simple formula: thin,...
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A taste of the rainforest comes to Ouray
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A taste of the rainforest comes to Ouray
Acai, a purple berry derived from palm trees, forms foundation of new fruit bowl shop
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
February 26, 2025
Just two years ago, Marmots Acai owner Christine Rector didn’t know what a marmot was and her husband and co-owner, Mark, had never tried acai. The purple berry is derived from a palm tree native to t...
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Seed money helps teens sprout businesses
By By Chloe Kiparsky Plaindealer intern 
February 26, 2025
Neva Hines spent hours looking for internships her junior year at Ridgway Secondary School. She contacted at least eight businesses, and most of the time she didn't receive a reply. This frustrating s...
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Calendar & Events
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Feb. 27- March 14, 2025
Calendar & Events
February 26, 2025
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 27 FUNDRAISER: Pasta Bar Night, 5:30-7 p.m. at the Ouray Community Center, 320 Sixth Ave. $20 adults, $10 students. THEATER: Minerva West presents "Steel Magnolias," show at 7:30 p.m...
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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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A TOAST TO WINTER IN OURAY
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A TOAST TO WINTER IN OURAY
Third-annual wine festival returns to Wright Opera House on Saturday
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
February 12, 2025
There are wine festivals where tasters are herded like cattle, where swollen crowds jostle for space, where there’s no time or ability to visit with winemakers to gain a better understanding and appre...
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LENDING A ‘LISTENING EAR’
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LENDING A ‘LISTENING EAR’
While Partners mentorship program provides role models for youth, adults often find they gain as much as they give
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
February 12, 2025
Sometimes they’ll talk about Minecraft, movies or lunch at school that day. Other times they’ll play video games and dream up plans to bike around or play basketball when the weather warms up. One Fri...
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CALENDAR & EVENTS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13
CALENDAR & EVENTS
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14
February 12, 2025
LIVE MUSIC: Gasoline Lollipops, 8 p.m. at The Sherbino, 604 Clinton St., Ridgway. $20 advance tickets, $25 day of show. Tickets at sherbino.org. STORY AND CRAFT TIME: "Double Bass Blues" with Gina Wen...
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Ice climbing’s next generation ascends to Ouray this weekend
Eight countries appear at first U.S.-based World Youth Championships
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
February 5, 2025
For the first time, the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation Ice Climbing World Youth Championships will be held in the United States this week. Not only that, but these young ice clim...
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Students earn recognition at fair
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Students earn recognition at fair
By Plaindealer Staff Report Plaindealer@ouraynews.com 
February 5, 2025
Local students were recognized at the Uncompahgre STEAM Fair last week for their projects in science, technology, engineering, math and art. The fair included students from Ouray, Ridgway, Telluride, ...
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CALENDAR & EVENTS
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CALENDAR & EVENTS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6
CALENDAR & EVENTS
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 7
February 5, 2025
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 6 SEWING CLASS: Free basic sewing class from 1-3 p.m. with available sewing machines at the Ridgway Public Library, 300 Charles St. Sign up required, call 970-626-5252 or visit front...
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Students to showcase work at fair
By By Chloe Kiparsky Plaindealer intern 
January 29, 2025
The public will be able to view a showcase of student inventions, science experiments, art projects and beyond at the second annual Uncompahgre STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathema...
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Ouray metal shop hits new heights
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Ouray metal shop hits new heights
Skol Studio can tackle biggest fabrication projects with 34-foot-tall building
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
January 29, 2025
Jeff Skoloda’s towering metal warehouse mirrors its inner workings: a fabrication shop large enough to fit specially designed 100-foot-long metalwork and drive in a full semi truck to load those proje...
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CRAFTING A COMMUNITY IN OURAY
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CRAFTING A COMMUNITY IN OURAY
Ceramicists, artists can share resources, time together at studio
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
January 29, 2025
Ninazuma Pottery owner Becca Doll-Tyler opened Ouray Clay & Co. for local ceramicists and artists to create a community while working on their craft. She wanted to detach her personal pottery brand, w...
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RIDGWAY SPLITS WITH TELLURIDE, DOVE CREEK
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RIDGWAY SPLITS WITH TELLURIDE, DOVE CREEK
January 22, 2025
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Popular trail needs new steward
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Popular trail needs new steward
Uncompahgre Riverway Trail founder, longtime volunteer ready to step down
By James Hanlon 
September 23, 2026
Chip Marlow, the man who spearheaded the construction of the Uncompahgre Riverway Trail from Ridgway to Ridgway State Park, has maintained the multiuse path largely by himself for many years. Now 80 y...
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‘Super El Niño’ won’t be savior for West Slope
Officials: Warming Pacific temps may bring more snow but won't wipe out drought or fill reservoirs
By Chart Riggall 
September 23, 2026
GRAND JUNCTION — Amid a stream of bad news for Western Slope water stakeholders last week, Russ Schumacher had the pleasure of opening the sluice. Nearly on the far side of the state’s worst drought y...
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Judge to hotel: End workforce housing
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Judge to hotel: End workforce housing
Injunction prohibits MTN Lodge from housing resort construction workers
By James Hanlon 
September 23, 2026
A district court judge has ordered Ridgway's largest hotel to stop housing construction workers who are building a new Four Seasons in Mountain Village. In a preliminary injunction filed Sept. 16, the...
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Investigators close case on mine shaft death
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Investigators close case on mine shaft death
Nearly a year later, authorities conclude Ridgway resident Jennifer Nelson accidentally drowned
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
September 23, 2026
Eleven months after rescue volunteers found Jennifer Nelson's body in a water-filled mine shaft on Red Mountain Pass, investigators are left wondering what her final moments looked like. Their case, w...
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City ready to cut losses with building
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City ready to cut losses with building
More than a year after purchase, council tells staff to sell empty Sixth Avenue property for reduced price
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
September 23, 2026
When the two-story building across the street from Ouray City Hall went up for sale last spring, Ouray city leaders scrambled to buy it, envisioning a top-tobottom renovation culminating in a new, lar...
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