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New era launches for Ouray basketball
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PREP ROUNDUP
New era launches for Ouray basketball
By By Matt Meyer Special to the Plaindealer 
December 3, 2025
Before the Thanksgiving holiday, Ouray High School hosted its “Meet the Trojans” night, akin to a college's Midnight Madness event to celebrate the start of basketball season. On a night with at least...
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Ouray County Performing Arts Guild
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Ouray County Performing Arts Guild
December 3, 2025
Year established as a nonprofit: 1983 What does your organization do for Ouray County? For more than 40 years, the Ouray County Performing Arts Guild has brought the high quality live music and perfor...
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Calendar & Events
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Calendar & Events
December 3, 2025
Thursday, December 4 Ouray County Republican Central Committee monthly meeting, 6 p.m., Twin Peaks Hot Springs Riverside breakfast room, 124 Third St. in Ouray. More information at ourayrepublicans. c...
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Ouray County Peacejam
November 26, 2025
Editor's note: The Ouray County Plaindealer is continuing its tradition of featuring nonprofit organizations based in Ouray County, serving Ouray County in a series of profiles called Season of Sharin...
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Weehawken Creative Arts
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Weehawken Creative Arts
November 26, 2025
Editor's note: The Ouray County Plaindealer is continuing its tradition of featuring nonprofit organizations based in Ouray County, serving Ouray County in a series of profiles called Season of Sharin...
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A passion that’s choc-full of potential
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A passion that’s choc-full of potential
After bouncing around rental kitchens, entrepreneur ramps up Gus Chocolate from new off-grid home
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
November 26, 2025
Past a gate, at the end of a dirt road on Log Hill Mesa, is an Ouray County-style Willy Wonka factory. From his off-grid home, Nathan Montgomery churns small batches of chocolate, entirely powered by ...
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Calendar & Events
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Calendar & Events
Nov. 27-Dec. 11, 2025
November 26, 2025
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 28 Community potluck, 5 p.m. in the Decker Room, 675 Clinton St. in Ridgway. Bring a dish to share or take what you need, donations accepted for Feeding America. For more info call Ter...
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George and Michael Gardner Fund
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George and Michael Gardner Fund
November 19, 2025
Editor's note: The Ouray County Plaindealer is continuing its tradition of featuring nonprofit organizations based in Ouray County, serving Ouray County in a series of profiles called Season of Sharin...
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Calendar & Events
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Calendar & Events
Correct Usage
November 19, 2025
Thursday, November 20 "Fraud Watch: What Every Local Should Know" free panel discussion about fraud awareness and prevention with local experts at the Sherbino Theater, 604 Clinton St. in Ridgway. Doo...
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UpstART Theater
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SEASON OF SHARING
UpstART Theater
November 12, 2025
Editor's note: The Ouray County Plaindealer is continuing its tradition of featuring nonprofit organizations based in Ouray County, serving Ouray County in a series of profiles called Season of Sharin...
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Calendar & Events
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Calendar & Events
Nov. 13-24, 2025
November 12, 2025
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 13 Community Meet-and-Mingle Happy Hour for entrepreneurs, creatives and locals from 4:30–6 p.m. at San Juan Blooms, 185 N. Lena St. (upstairs at the Old Fire House). Free and open t...
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Ridgway girls run down state title
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Ridgway girls run down state title
Young team blows past competition to hoist Class 2A cross country trophy
By By Matt Meyer Special to the Plaindealer 
November 5, 2025
There isn’t a perfect translation for “hill” in Chinese. That's something Natasha Hessler discovered when she arrived at the famous creek crossing during the Colorado State Cross Country Championship ...
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Get a peek inside, help a good cause
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Get a peek inside, help a good cause
From log home to modern loft, home tour benefits affordable housing
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
November 5, 2025
If you’re the type of person who watches home improvement shows, you know what shiplap and wainscoting are, or you drive past historic homes and think, “I wonder what that place looks like inside,” yo...
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Calendar & Events
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Calendar & Events
Nov. 6-20, 2025
November 5, 2025
Thursday, November 6 Sewing class, make a fleece hat for yourself or the food pantry, from 1-3 p.m. Sign up is required at the Ridgway Public Library, 300 Charles St. Ouray County Republican Central C...
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On the course, they’re competitors. On weekends, they’re training partners
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PREP ROUNDUP
On the course, they’re competitors. On weekends, they’re training partners
By By Matt Meyer Special to the Plaindealer 
October 29, 2025
Separately, the Ridgway, Ouray and Telluride High School cross country teams are among the smallest in the state. Each is successful in their own right — especially ahead of the state championship rac...
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Flower shop blossoms at Old Firehouse
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Flower shop blossoms at Old Firehouse
Owner of San Juan Blooms turns passion for plants into career
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com, erin@ouraynews.com 
October 29, 2025
When Rian Rosado took a college marketing class a dozen years ago, she had an assignment to build a marketing campaign for a business. She chose a flower shop and completed the project. Little did she...
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New therapy practice focuses on solutions
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New therapy practice focuses on solutions
Former pilot opens Bluemstream in Ridgway, offering group and individual therapy, ketamine treatments
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
October 29, 2025
Therapist Jeff Tidrick focuses on possibilities and solutions rather than problems. “No matter what kind of problem someone comes into therapy with, there are always exceptions to the problem,” Tidric...
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Calendar & Events
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Calendar & Events
Oct. 30-Nov. 11, 2025
October 29, 2025
THURSDAY OCTOBER 30 Sherbino Literary Living Room presents poet Rick Kempa, with open mic after reading. Doors open at 6 p.m., reading at 6:30 p.m. $5 in advance at sherbino.org or $8 at door. FRIDAY ...
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Looking Back
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Looking Back
50 Years Ago
October 22, 2025
60 Years Ago October 28, 1965 As members of the Gunnison Flying Club began Tuesday their second week of aerial search for a single engined Cessna 182 missing since Oct. 17 on a flight from Cortez to G...
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As fall championships approach, a look back at memorable moments for Ridgway, Ouray
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PREP ROUNDUP
As fall championships approach, a look back at memorable moments for Ridgway, Ouray
By By Matt Meyer Special to the Plaindealer 
October 22, 2025
In my career as a journalist, I’ve covered dozens of state championship games and events. At this point, it might even be in the triple digits — and there are a handful of things they all have in comm...
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Goodbye 2025, hello 2026
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Goodbye 2025,
Goodbye 2025, hello 2026
December 31, 2025
hello 2026 Look inside for a recap — in no particular order — of the top stories in the county in 2025
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Years after acquittal, man gets prison in second case
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TOP STORIES OF THE YEAR: BRIAN SCRANTON CONVICTED OF SEX ASSAULT
Years after acquittal, man gets prison in second case
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
December 31, 2025
Editor’s note: This story contains details about an alleged sexual assault. Ten years after he was first arrested for alleged sex assault in Ouray County, a Ridgway man was convicted in another sex as...
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County endures year of resignations, infighting
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TOP STORIES OF THE YEAR: TUMULT WITHIN TOP RANKS OF COUNTY
County endures year of resignations, infighting
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
December 31, 2025
Ouray County government weathered a year of turmoil and transition in 2025, and ended the year hopeful that its new top leader would bring a fresh perspective and stability. County commissioners ended...
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After tear down and rebuild, agency again faces upheaval
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TOP STORIES OF THE YEAR: POLICE TURMOIL CONTINUES
After tear down and rebuild, agency again faces upheaval
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
December 31, 2025
After more than a year of turmoil that consumed 2024 and bled over into the first quarter of 2025, the Ouray Police Department underwent a complete tear down and transition under an interim police chi...
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Looking Back
Looking Back, Opinion...
Looking Back
By Compiled from the files of The Ouray County Herald, The Ridgway Sun, and The Ouray County Plaindealer 
December 31, 2025
60 Years Ago December 30, 1965 What can we expect to happen to our pocketbook in 1966? Here are some clues gleaned from the 43rd Annual National Agricultural Outlook Conference held in Washington D.C....
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