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Calendar & Events
March 12-20, 2026
March 11, 2026
Thursday, March 12 Tech Thursday – Get help with quick tech problems from 4-6 p.m. at the Ridgway Public Library, 300 Charles St. Walk-ins welcome. "Mountains of the Moon: A Chris Benchetler Film Expe...
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Looking Back
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Looking Back
March 4, 2026
Compiled from the files of The Ouray County Herald, The Ridgway Sun, and The Ouray County Plaindealer 60 Years Ago March 3, 1966 Arthur R. Alschbach, Ouray's oldest continuous resident, died March 1 a...
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Ridgway senior leads by words, deeds on court
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PREP ROUNDUP
Ridgway senior leads by words, deeds on court
By By Bernie Pearce Special to the Plaindealer 
March 4, 2026
At intense moments of a close basketball game, there’s nothing that Ridgway senior Sophia Scranton savors more than to hunker down in her defensive stance, slide in front of a hapless dribbler and wit...
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Ridgway, Ouray basketball head to state playoffs
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Ridgway, Ouray basketball head to state playoffs
March 4, 2026
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Calendar & Events
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Calendar & Events
March 5-19, 2026
March 4, 2026
THURSDAY MARCH 5 Tech Thursday – Get help with quick tech problems from 4-6 p.m. at the Ridgway Public Library, 300 Charles St. Walk-ins welcome. Sewing class: Tote bags, from 1-3 p.m. at the Ridgway ...
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Looking Back
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Looking Back
February 25, 2026
Compiled from the files of The Ouray County Herald, The Ridgway Sun, and The Ouray County Plaindealer 60 Years Ago February 24, 1966 In a decision handed down Feb. 10, District Judge Fred Calhoon rule...
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Good for you!
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Good for you!
Send us your celebrations!
February 25, 2026
Both Ridgway climbing teams traveled to Eagle on Feb. 21 for the Western Slope Regional Championship, with the boys’ team finishing second out of eight teams and the girls’ team finishing fourth out o...
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Calendar & Events
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Calendar & Events
Feb. 26 – March 11, 2026
February 25, 2026
Thursday, February 26 Pasta Bar community dinner fundraiser with the Ouray School Parents and Teachers Together organization, from 5:30-7 p.m. at the Ouray Community Center, 320 Sixth Ave. $20 adults,...
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Calendar & Events
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Calendar & Events
Feb. 19-28, 2026
February 18, 2026
Thursday, February 19 Community book club, noon-1 p.m. at the Ridgway Public Library. Bring lunch and discuss "The Road to Tender Hearts" by Annie Hartnett. Tech Thursday – Get help with quick tech pr...
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Wine Fest returns to Ouray
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Wine Fest returns to Ouray
By Plaindealer Staff Report Plaindealer@ouraynews.com 
February 11, 2026
The fourth annual Ouray Winter Wine Festival just happens to fall on Valentine's Day this year. And that means not only will there be wine — there will be flowers, chocolate and more goodies to help s...
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How science fiction, silver built Mount Sneffels
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How science fiction, silver built Mount Sneffels
By Carolyn Snowbarger 
February 11, 2026
For those of us lucky enough to step onto our decks or open our front doors to a view of the northern San Juans, one silhouette dominates the horizon: Mount Sneffels. Known as the "Queen of the San Ju...
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Senior’s work ethic pays off with superb season
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Senior’s work ethic pays off with superb season
By By Bernie Pearce Special to the Plaindealer 
February 11, 2026
The majority of high school student-athletes in Ouray County are headed on a post-graduation pathway in a career in something other than sports. But for some, their drive to excel extends to a desire ...
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Calendar & Events
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Calendar & Events
February 11, 2026
Thursday, February 12 Tech Thursday – Get help with quick tech problems from 4-6 p.m. at the Ridgway Public Library, 300 Charles St. Walk-ins welcome. After school Valentine's Day craft time for eleme...
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Good for you! Uncompahgre STEAM Fair
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Good for you! Uncompahgre STEAM Fair
February 4, 2026
The “Good For You!” page is a place for reader-submitted photos illustrating community, celebrations and more. Want to submit a photo for publication? Here are some guidelines for submissions: - This ...
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‘Love Song’ takes to stage for Valentine’s
February 4, 2026
Sometimes audiences need a whimsical, light performance. And that's what folks can expect from UpstART Theater's next play, "Love Song," timed to lead up to Valentine's Day. The all-local cast of perf...
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Calendar & Events
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Calendar & Events
Feb. 5-19, 2026
February 4, 2026
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 5 Ouray County Republican Central Committee monthly meeting, 6 p.m., Twin Peaks Lodge and Hot Springs Sunshine Room, 50 Third Ave. in Ouray. Sewing class: Tote bags, from 1-3 p.m. at...
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Looking Back
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Looking Back
January 28, 2026
Compiled from the files of The Ouray County Herald, The Ridgway Sun, and The Ouray County Plaindealer 60 Years Ago January 27, 1966 In a memorandum to Idarado employees in January, A.C. Hilander, gene...
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In Ouray, artist’s creativity finds a home
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In Ouray, artist’s creativity finds a home
Photography studio redesigned into Cie Gallery
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
January 28, 2026
Dots and other markings cluster in ripples, circles and shapes on canvases of wood, almost as if etched by insects. Altogether, the carvings and glimmering paint washes illustrate larger forms of the ...
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Housing director touts ’passion and purpose’
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Housing director touts ’passion and purpose’
By By Lia Salvatierra 
January 28, 2026
Eva Henson knows what it’s like to navigate the challenges of affordable housing as a homeowner, beyond her experience working in housing. Ouray County’s new contracted housing services director spent...
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Ouray basketball battles Telluride
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Ouray basketball battles Telluride
January 28, 2026
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Drought conditions prime for insect infestation in county, experts warn
By LIA SALVATIERRA 
May 6, 2026
In some parts of Ouray County it may look like popcorn grows on trees. The milky, honey-colored pocks on the trunks of ponderosa pines and other trees signal efforts to fend off their attackers: bark ...
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Wildfire building rules trigger mix of compliance, skepticism
By By Mike Wiggins, Lia Salvatierra and Erin McIntyre lia@ouraynews.com mike@ouraynews.com erin@ouraynews.com 
May 6, 2026
A state mandate requiring local governments to adopt stricter building rules to protect new and remodeled homes against wildfire has sparked varying reactions from elected officials in Ouray County. T...
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County policy would govern AI use
Manager: 'Folks want to feel we are doing our j obs, not delegating it to AI'
By Deb Hurley Brobst Special to the Plaindealer 
May 6, 2026
Ouray County commissioners want to regulate how employees use artificial intelligence when doing county work and limit cybercrime risk. Commissioners on April 29 looked at the first draft of an AI pol...
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Town to pilot zero-waste rules at concerts
Following strong pushback from businesses, nonprofits, board devises more relaxed regulations
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
May 6, 2026
The town of Ridgway's Sustainability Advisory Board will pilot “zero-waste” rules at the town’s summer concert series, while it continues to craft a broader policy to implement for all events on town ...
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Governor Basin cleanup project faces delays
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
May 6, 2026
A collaborative restoration project to clean up mine waste in Governor Basin dating back to 2018 remains on hold, while project partners continue to work out final agreements and how the project will ...
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