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Volunteer Voices: Bev and Jorg Angehrn
By SUE HUSCH 
October 9, 2024
I recently had a chat with my friends Bev and Jorg Angehrn about their longtime work with the Ouray County Food Pantry. Bev started volunteering with the original food pantry, which was under the ausp...
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NET GAINS
By Joel Priest 
October 9, 2024
Joel Priest— Special to the Plaindealer Ridgway's Sophia Forrest (21) alertly swipes Telluride setter Lillyann Mahoney's errant pass back over the net for a quick point on Oct. 3, during the teams' se...
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Looking back
October 9, 2024
OCT. 11, 1974 The contest to design Ouray’s Centennial Flag was being sponsored by the Committee for the Walsh Library Building (City Hall facade) Restoration, as a Centennial-Bicentennial project. Ev...
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The origins of Dallas: Scottish word or little-known VP?
By Carolyn Snowbarger 
October 9, 2024
Do vice presidents leave a legacy? Many historians believe that Vice President George Mifflin Dallas certainly did here in Ouray County. Today you can find a creek, a mountain, a pass, a company and a...
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CALENDAR & EVENTS
Calendar & Events, Feature...
CALENDAR & EVENTS
October 9, 2024
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10 LITERARY LIVING ROOM: Jamie LaRue, author of "On Censorship: A Public Librarian Examines Cancel Culture in the U.S." Doors open at 7 p.m., event starts at 7:30 p.m. at the Sherbin...
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EXCEPTIONAL WOMEN
By Plaindealer Staff 
October 9, 2024
The Fortuna Tierra Club's inaugural group of honorees were celebrated at the 2024 Exceptional Women of Ouray County luncheon on Oct. 5. Pictured here from left to right are Robyn Cascade, Irene Stith,...
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RIDGWAY, OURAY HEAD FOR MANCOS
By eType 
October 9, 2024
Ouray middle school cross country runner Mikayla Hirt crests a hill in the race on Oct. 5 in Aspen at the Chris Severy Invitational meet. Hirt finished the race in 18:45.7, placing ninth. The girls’ t...
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RIDGWAY WINS ONE, LOSES ONE
By eType 
October 9, 2024
Ridgway's Brodie Musgrove tries settling the ball while marked by Telluride's Jerry Sharpe (20) on Oct. 3 at Frontier Park during the teams' fi rst of two regular-season meetings. The Demons fell 7-3 ...
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CALENDAR & EVENTS
Calendar & Events, Feature...
Oct. 3-17, 2024
CALENDAR & EVENTS
October 2, 2024
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3 MEETING: Ouray County Republican Central Committee monthly meeting, 6 p.m., County Land Use building, 111 Mall Road, Ridgway. More information at ourayrepublicans.com. LIVE MUSIC: ...
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Road Trip: Avoid fall color crowds — visit a ghost town
By Tim Spangler Special to the Plaindealer 
September 25, 2024
How often have you driven to see aspen color in September and been joined by throngs of people doing the same thing? Maybe you tried to go on a backcountry road to get away from all those people, only...
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Ridgway Hardware adds moving services
Store partners with U-Haul to rent trucks, trailers
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
September 25, 2024
When U-Haul approached Ridgway Hardware manager Stephen Laster a year ago about adding moving and hauling services to the store’s business operations, he gave some thought to the idea. But when Laster...
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Sauvage Spectrum closes Ouray tasting room
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Sauvage Spectrum closes Ouray tasting room
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
September 25, 2024
Ouray's first wine-tasting room will close at the end of this month, bringing an experiment to a close on Main Street. In July 2022, Sauvage Spectrum opened its tasting room at 480 Main St. on the cor...
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Ouray home decor store to close, consolidate
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
September 25, 2024
After 17 years operating a variety of local storefronts, Ouray business owner Michelle Poirier is closing her most recent venture, home decor store Twig+Feather, a final step in bringing what was thre...
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RESERVOIR RAMBLE
September 25, 2024
David Emory — Special to the Plaindealer Ouray cross country runner Catcher Latta leads the pack at the Ramble at the Reservoir at Ridgway State Park on Sept. 20. Teammate Jeep Demuth follows closely ...
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OURAY COUNTY
LOOKING BACK
40 YEARS AGO
September 25, 2024
September 27, 1974 – A Title III grant of $7,079.50 from the Colorado State Department of Education came through to the Ouray School for the remodeling and refurbishing of the school's library. The gr...
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CALENDAR & EVENTS
Feature
Sept. 26-Oct. 10, 2024
CALENDAR & EVENTS
September 25, 2024
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 LIVE MUSIC: David Nunn, 5-8 p.m. at the Western Hotel, 210 Seventh Ave. in Ouray. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 OPERA: Central City Opera presents "Opera on-the-Go: A Central City Showca...
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Calendar & events
Calendar & Events, Feature...
Calendar & events
Sept. 19-Oct. 3 , 2024
By erin@ouraynews.com 
September 19, 2024
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 POETRY READING: Literary Living Room presents Jeanine Renee at 7:30 p.m. at the Sherbino Theater, 604 Clinton St. Free. PRINTMAKING CLASS: Printmaking 101 for ages 12+, free, fr...
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Pickleball tourney makes bigger racket
Second-annual San Juan Slam returns to Ridgway this weekend with more competitors, games
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
September 18, 2024
For organizers of the second-annual San Juan Slam pickleball tournament, this weekend’s three-day event is all about more. More players, more games, more vendors, a more robust silent auction — in oth...
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CYCLING FOR A GOOD CAUSE
Annual bike ride to benefit children launches Saturday, adds Ouray County route
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
September 18, 2024
For the last 20 years, children in San Miguel County and the west end of Montrose County have been the beneficiaries of dozens of people strapping on bike helmets one day each fall and riding through ...
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CALENDAR & EVENTS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
CALENDAR & EVENTS
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
September 18, 2024
POETRY READING: Literary Living Room presents Jeanine Renee at 7:30 p.m. at the Sherbino Theater, 604 Clinton St. Free. PRINTMAKING CLASS: Printmaking 101 for ages 12+, free, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at th...
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Pilot dies in reservoir crash
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Pilot dies in reservoir crash
Accident under investigation; man honored with procession
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
July 15, 2026
An experienced firefighting pilot who was pulling water from Silver Jack Reservoir to battle the Gold Mountain Fire died Sunday when his helicopter plunged into the reservoir northeast of Ridgway. Nic...
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Heights, heat add to firefighters’ strain
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Heights, heat add to firefighters’ strain
By By Chart Riggall chart@ouraynews.com 
July 15, 2026
Hotshot Jesse Eaves calls it “The Great Race.” At the small tent city along U.S. Highway 550, Eaves starts each day with a 5 a.m. wakeup call. Thus begins an eight-minute sprint for him and his Califo...
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County approves hiring fire recovery manager — if it can find funding
By Mike Wiggins and Deb Hurley Brobst mike@ouraynews.com 
July 15, 2026
Ouray County intends to hire an employee who can help lead the county’s efforts to recover from the Gold Mountain Fire — assuming it can find funding. County commissioners on Tuesday unanimously agree...
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Trust, county close to conserving open space park
Grants, donations put nonprofit on brink of acquiring Silver Mountain Mine property
By Deb Hurley Brobst Special to the Plaindealer 
July 15, 2026
Ouray County is much closer to getting a new open space park on the Silver Mountain Mine property. The Trust for Land Restoration has received a $180,000 Great Outdoors Colorado grant. Couple that wit...
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Man gets probation, community service in sex assault case
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Man gets probation, community service in sex assault case
One of three defendants, Whittington admits to giving alcohol to minor
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
July 15, 2026
A former Ouray County man was sentenced Monday to one year of unsupervised probation for providing alcohol to a then-17-year-old girl who said she was sexually assaulted by two others at the former Ou...
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