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In Ouray, Corkscrew offers twist on pizza
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In Ouray, Corkscrew offers twist on pizza
Rebranded eatery ditches New Mexican fare, coffee, focuses on pie crust varieties
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
May 28, 2025
Corkscrew Tavern Pizzeria — formerly Colorado Boy Southwest Pub and Corkscrew Coffee — is shedding its side ventures and zeroing in on ‘za. The eatery at 513 Main St. in Ouray has taken many forms ove...
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For 40 years, friendly faces at a helpful place
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For 40 years, friendly faces at a helpful place
Ridgway Hardware celebrates anniversary June 14
By Mike Wiggins and Erin McIntyre mike@ouraynews.com erin@ouraynews.com 
May 28, 2025
Longtime patrons of Ridgway Hardware may recall the ranchers who gathered most mornings around an old stove in the middle of the store, puffing cigarettes, sipping coffee and solving the world’s probl...
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Costa Rican restaurant closes up shop
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Costa Rican restaurant closes up shop
After 15 years of drawing regional customers with signature ceviche, owner retires, returns home
By By Lia Salvatierra lia @ouraynews. com 
May 28, 2025
Editor's note: The email address to contact Luis at the end of the article had a typo and has been corrected. For 15 years, customers drove from Grand Junction, Durango and other corners of southwest ...
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CALENDAR & EVENTS
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CALENDAR & EVENTS THURSDAY, MAY 29
CALENDAR & EVENTS
FRIDAY, MAY 30
May 28, 2025
Editor's note: This week's calendar has been corrected to reflect the correct date for a live music performance on May 31. THURSDAY MAY 29 PRESENTATION: "From the Himalayas to the World Stage: The Ins...
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Meet your neighbor: Norm Fedel
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Meet your neighbor: Norm Fedel
By Chloe Kiparsky 
May 21, 2025
Name: Norm Fedel Age: 93 Lives in: Ouray So, I hear you've lived here your whole life. Yeah, the only time I was away was four years in the service during the Korean War. That was in ‘51, way back. I ...
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Meet your neighbor: Rob Rose
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Meet your neighbor: Rob Rose
By By Chloe Kiparsky Plaindealer intern 
May 14, 2025
Editor's note: During focus group discussions we held earlier this year, to gather feedback for our upcoming redesign of the newspaper, we heard from some Plaindealer readers that they wanted to see m...
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Calendar & Events
Calendar & Events, Feature...
Calendar & Events
May 15-29, 2025
By Erin 
May 14, 2025
THURSDAY MAY 15 LIVE MUSIC: Stillhouse Junkies, doors at 7 p.m. music at 7:30 p.m. at the Sherbino Theater, 604 Clinton St. in Ridgway. Tickets $15 at sherbino.org, $20 at door. FRIDAY MAY 16 THEATER:...
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Small but mighty: Ridgway girls’ track and field secures first league title as independent program
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PREP ROUNDUP
Small but mighty: Ridgway girls’ track and field secures first league title as independent program
By By Matt Meyer Special to the Plaindealer 
May 7, 2025
In high school track and field, athletes are limited to competing in four events. It’s a way to ensure competitive balance, limit wear and tear on athletes and — in the case of the Ridgway girls' team...
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Scenic Last Dollar Road connects to rugged past
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Scenic Last Dollar Road connects to rugged past
By Carolyn Snowbarger 
May 7, 2025
It is time to begin planning our explorations into the San Juan Mountains again. Be certain to include another trek on Last Dollar Road, connecting Ridgway and Telluride over a 21-mile, unpaved, breat...
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CALENDAR & EVENTS
Calendar & Events, Feature...
May 8-21, 2025
CALENDAR & EVENTS
May 7, 2025
THURSDAY MAY 8 IGNITE TALKS: Doors at 6:30 p.m., event starts at 7 p.m. at the Sherbino Theater, 604 Clinton St. in Ridgway. Entry by donation. PUBLIC LANDS TALK: 5 p.m. at the Ridgway Public Library,...
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Soccer finishing season with strong kick
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PREP ROUNDUP
Soccer finishing season with strong kick
By By Matt Meyer Special to the Plaindealer 
April 30, 2025
After a 4-0 victory over Bayfield on Monday, the Ridgway High School girls' soccer team clinched a record of .500 or better for the eighth time in the past decade. Throw out a season lost to the COVID...
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STAYING A STEP AHEAD
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STAYING A STEP AHEAD
April 30, 2025
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PREP ROUNDUP
As weather warms, so does Ridgway soccer team
By By Matt Meyer Special to the Plaindealer 
April 23, 2025
It’s probably no coincidence that the Ridgway High School girls’ soccer team has heated up on the field as temperatures have warmed up outside. In the sunshine, practices can focus much more on team p...
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‘I want to bring this to other women’
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‘I want to bring this to other women’
Singletrack Addict encourages female mountain bikers to be playful, confident on the trails
By LIA SALVATIERRA 
April 23, 2025
It’s supposed to feel like summer camp — rooted in playfulness and empowerment — at Singletrack Addict, a new local female-focused mountain biking community and coaching business. Co-owners Jen Sawyer...
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Montrose gift, toy shop expands to Ridgway
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Montrose gift, toy shop expands to Ridgway
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
April 23, 2025
Sonja Horn was looking for a way to retire from running her gift shop in Montrose when she got a call asking if she’d be interested in opening a second location in Ridgway. So rather than an “exit str...
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Custom cowboy couture saddles up to Ouray
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Custom cowboy couture saddles up to Ouray
Hat bar, retail shop The Mercantile opens May 3
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
April 23, 2025
Tourists and locals alike can add a feather in their cap at The Mercantile Ouray, a new build-your-own hat bar and Western wear shop opening on Main Street in Ouray on May 3. It was the city’s vibrant...
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Sharing between soccer, track breeds success
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PREP ROUNDUP
Sharing between soccer, track breeds success
By By Matt Meyer Special to the Plaindealer 
April 16, 2025
It can be difficult for a coach not to oversee every aspect of an athlete’s training or competition during a given season. It’s also rough to juggle scheduling conflicts when an athlete competes in mu...
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Ridgway stands toe-to-toe with larger school
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PREP ROUNDUP
Ridgway stands toe-to-toe with larger school
By By Matt Meyer Special to the Plaindealer 
April 2, 2025
Editor's note: The Plaindealer is trying something new – publishing a sports column with information about local high school sports during the seasons for those sports. We don't have the resources to ...
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A favorite new haunt: Ghost Ranch, New Mexico
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ROAD TRIP
A favorite new haunt: Ghost Ranch, New Mexico
By Tim Spangler Special to the Plaindealer 
April 2, 2025
Editor's note: Log Hill resident Tim Spangler submitted our latest feature in an occasional series called "Road Trip," meant to highlight places and fun things to do within driving distance of Ouray C...
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Calendar & Events, Feature...
April 3 – 17, 2025
CALENDAR & EVENTS
April 2, 2025
THURSDAY APRIL 3 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. SEWING ...
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Get into the groove
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Get into the groove
July 2, 2025
Carrie Ann Mund, left, dances with Tawnya Schiebel during the Mariachi de San Jose band’s performance in Ridgway’s Hartwell Park on June 29. The band performed as part of the fifth annual Fete de la M...
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Leaders object to public lands sale
Conservationists, ranchers, elected officials decry bill, though battle over federal property may return
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
July 2, 2025
Recent federal proposals to sell or develop Ouray County’s public lands would harm the county’s economy, identity and culture of ranching and public recreation, according to county officials and other...
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Sex assault trial moved to Montrose
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
July 2, 2025
A judge has ordered the trial of a man accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl in 2023 to be moved from Ouray to Montrose. Seventh Judicial Chief District Judge Cory Jackson approved the tri...
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Celebrating the Fourth in Ouray? Load up on sunscreen, patience, courtesy
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Celebrating the Fourth in Ouray? Load up on sunscreen, patience, courtesy
Private security to help with traffic, parking, so law enforcement can be more proactive
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
July 2, 2025
The sights and sounds of the Fourth of July in Ouray are ubiquitous. The powerful spray of fire hoses. The shrieks of kids racing through Fellin Park. Cheers and honking horns on Main Street. This yea...
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New weapons policy would ban public, allow employees to conceal carry
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
July 2, 2025
County leaders are debating a new policy that would ban the public from carrying any weapons within Ouray County buildings but allow county employees with valid permits to conceal carry weapons in mos...
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