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Season of Sharing: Ouray County Historical Society
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Season of Sharing: Ouray County Historical Society
December 20, 2023
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: Ouray Elks Lodge
December 20, 2023
Year established as a nonprofit: 1896 What does your organization do for Ouray County? Our lodge gives to the community in the form of grants and scholarships and through events for the veterans and c...
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Season of Sharing: Minerva West
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Season of Sharing: Minerva West
December 20, 2023
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: Ouray County Ranch History Museum
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Season of Sharing: Ouray County Ranch History Museum
December 20, 2023
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: Ouray County Food Pantry
December 20, 2023
Year established as a nonprofit: 2012 What does your organization do for Ouray County? We provide food to nutritionally underserved residents of Ouray County What do you list as your greatest accompli...
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Season of Sharing: Uncompahgre Watershed Partnership
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Season of Sharing: Uncompahgre Watershed Partnership
December 20, 2023
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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CALENDAR & EVENTS
December 13, 2023
CALENDAR & EVENTS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14 LEGAL CLINIC: A free legal clinic for paties who have no attorney. Volunteer attorneys answer questions by phone. Ouray Library, 320 6th Ave. 2-5 p.m. Call 970-...
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LOOKING BACK
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LOOKING BACK
December 13, 2023
December 13, 1973 - The Ouray County Chamber of Commerce has passed a resolution to request a change in Ouray zoning which would allow larger signs than the zoning ordinance presently provides. A mont...
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Frank Carney’s legacy remains visible in Ouray
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Frank Carney’s legacy remains visible in Ouray
By Carolyn Snowbarger 
December 13, 2023
Francis (Frank) Carney was born in County Fermanagh, Ireland, in 1846. After emigrating to the United States in 1859, he completed schooling in Corning and Watkins, New York. The family moved to New Y...
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Season of Sharing: Second Chance Humane Society
December 13, 2023
Year established as a nonprofit: 1994 What does your organization do for Ouray County? Second Chance Humane Society speaks on behalf of animals in Ouray, Montrose and San Miguel counties. We accept st...
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Season of Sharing: Voyager Youth Program
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Season of Sharing: Voyager Youth Program
December 13, 2023
SEASON OF SHARING 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 profile...
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Season of Sharing: Ouray Trail Group
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Season of Sharing: Ouray Trail Group
December 13, 2023
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: Ridgway Ouray Community Council
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Season of Sharing: Ridgway Ouray Community Council
December 13, 2023
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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Burning questions: The curious past of Ouray’s red cliff door
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Burning questions: The curious past of Ouray’s red cliff door
By Daniel Schmidt daniel@ouraynews.com 
December 13, 2023
For observant drivers traversing U.S. Highway 550, Ouray’s red door has been an oddity without rhyme or reason for years. Framed by the cliffs just south of Rotary Park, it seemingly leads to the hear...
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LOOKING BACK
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LOOKING BACK
December 6, 2023
OURAY COUNTY December 6, 1973 - EDITORIAL: At times during Monday night’s city council meeting, some gentlemen on the council seemed to have been thrown into panic resulting in tunnel vision, followin...
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Season of Sharing: Home Trust of Ouray County
December 6, 2023
Year established as a nonprofit: 2021 What does your organization do for Ouray County? In a county where the median cost of a single family home is $875,000, our work is critical to the future of our ...
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Season of Sharing: Friends of the Ouray Public Library
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Season of Sharing: Friends of the Ouray Public Library
December 6, 2023
SEASON OF SHARING 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 profile...
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Honoring the ‘heart and soul’ of Ridgway basketball
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Honoring the ‘heart and soul’ of Ridgway basketball
By Daniel Schmidt daniel@ouraynews.com 
December 6, 2023
Court named after legendary hoops coach Steve Hill As Steve Hill sat surrounded by friends and family on Ridgway Secondary School’s bleachers Saturday, overwhelming pride washed over him once he saw h...
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CARL’S VILLAGE
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CARL’S VILLAGE
By Erin McIntyre 
November 29, 2023
From the recliner in front of his living room picture window, Carl Dismant sees the wild turkeys strutting across his yard and visitors coming up the sidewalk. He's set a timer to make sure he wakes u...
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Season of Sharing – UpstART: Theater That Moves
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Season of Sharing – UpstART: Theater That Moves
November 29, 2023
SEASON OF SHARING 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 profile...
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A visit with Mr. and Mrs. Claus
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A visit with Mr. and Mrs. Claus
December 10, 2025
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Vehicle problems toss wrench at sheriff
Maintenance costs pile up as agency wrestles with delays in replacing patrol cars
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
December 10, 2025
Gio Mendoza’s coworkers thought he was missing for more than an hour. Emergency dispatchers were scrambling to get in touch with him. They had no idea the Ouray County sheriff’s investigator was stran...
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Resident: Tax money should fund ‘creatives’
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
December 10, 2025
A Ridgway woman is proposing the town give "creative" residents a monthly, unconditional cash payment to encourage them to stay living and working in town. Ridgway resident Tia Mihelarakis proposed a ...
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Commissioner opposes change to cost-savings policy
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
December 10, 2025
Ouray County Commissioner Lynn Padgett voted against a minor change to the county's new cost-savings policy, citing unclear language as the reason she canceled her attendance at a statewide conference...
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County OKs budget, will diminish savings
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
December 10, 2025
Editor’s note: This story has been corrected to accurately reflect the county's disaster fund balance heading into 2026. Ouray County commissioners approved the county's 2026 budget during their regul...
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