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Season of Sharing: George Gardner Scholarship Fund
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Season of Sharing: George Gardner Scholarship Fund
November 29, 2023
Year established as a nonprofit: 2008 What does your organization do for Ouray County? The George Gardner Scholarship Fund provides financial assistance to Ouray County youth to pursue outdoor or expe...
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Season of Sharing: Weehawken Creative Arts
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Season of Sharing: Weehawken Creative Arts
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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Spotlight on the Arts: Ann Fellin
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New Wright director focused on fundraising for historic venue
Spotlight on the Arts: Ann Fellin
By Gabrielle Porter / Special to the Plaindealer 
November 29, 2023
When Seattle native Ann Fellin moved to Ouray a little more than a year ago, she had a vision for her life: A peaceful few years of teaching yoga, the perfect capstone to a lengthy corporate career. B...
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CALENDAR & EVENTS
November 22, 2023
CALENDAR & EVENTS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29 MOVIE: Jesus Revolu_on, rated PG-13, 7 p.m., Wright Opera House, 472 Main St., Ouray. $5. MEETING: Annual mee_ng of the Ouray County Water Users Associa_on to ...
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OURAY COUNTY LOOKING BACK
November 22, 2023
November 22, 1973 - The old school at Ridgway is no longer in use. Monday this week the move was made into the new school. A potluck open house was held Tuesday night this week, to celebrate and to gi...
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SPIRIT OF THE RIVER
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SPIRIT OF THE RIVER
November 22, 2023
Thirteen-year-old Ariel Hessler of Ridgway receives her first-place award and $200 for her entry in the Spirit of the River Youth Art & Poetry contest held by the Uncompahgre Watershed Partnership. UW...
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Season of Sharing: West Region Wildfire Council
November 22, 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
November 15, 2023
CALENDAR & EVENTS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16 LIVE THEATER: "Dracula," featuring middle and high school students from Ridgway and Ouray. 7 p.m., Ouray School. Tickets $15 for adults, $10 for students, avail...
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OURAY COUNTY LOOKING BACK
November 15, 2023
November 15, 1973 - Restitution of $76 stolen from a locker at the Ouray School two weeks ago has been paid by a 13-yearold Ouray student. The money belonged to the eighth grade class and was in a stu...
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Comedy probes death as utmost human experience
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Comedy probes death as utmost human experience
By Gabrielle Porter / Special to the Plaindealer 
November 8, 2023
'Everybody' shows this weekend at the Wright We’re all going to die, and ultimately, we’re going to do it alone. Hilarious, right? That’s what John and Kate Kissingford, husband-and-wife co-founders o...
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‘Darkly funny, soulful’ Ridgway film fest returns
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‘Darkly funny, soulful’ Ridgway film fest returns
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
November 8, 2023
Ninth-annual event expands to four days, features 26 short films Arielle Bielak wants you to trust her. The director of the Ridgway Independent Film Festival knows we’re in more control than ever over...
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CALENDAR & EVENTS
November 1, 2023
CALENDAR & EVENTS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2 LIVE MUSIC: Never Come Down live at the Sherbino Theater, 604 Clinton St., Ridgway, 7:30 p.m. $15 advance, $20 door. THEATER: “The Crucible,” presented by Minerv...
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OURAY COUNTY LOOKING BACK
By From the Ouray County Herald, Ouray County Plaindealer and the Ridgway Sun 
November 1, 2023
OURAY COUNTY November 1, 1973 - Elk hunters in extreme southwestern Gunnison County and northwestern Gunnison County and northeastern Hinsdale County should be alert for signs prohibiting motor vehicl...
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CALENDAR & EVENTS
October 25, 2023
CALENDAR & EVENTS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26 THEATER: “The Crucible,” presented by Minerva West at 7 p.m. Ouray County 4-H Event Center, 22739 U.S. Highway 550, Ridgway. Advance _ckets, $20 adults, $10 stud...
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OURAY COUNTY LOOKING BACK
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OURAY COUNTY LOOKING BACK
October 25, 2023
From the Ouray County Herald, Ouray County Plaindealer and the Ridgway Sun October 25, 1973 - Ouray’s star runner did it again. Last Sunday, 25-year-old Rick Trujillo left 97 runners in the dust in As...
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A new place for locals, tourists to mingle
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A new place for locals, tourists to mingle
By Daniel Schmidt daniel@ouraynews.com 
October 25, 2023
Million Roadhouse bar and restaurant opens in Ridgway When Telluride-based Realtor and developer Ben Jackson and his ownership group first set out to buy a hotel within an hour from world-class skiing...
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Students deliver clothes to reservations in need
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Students deliver clothes to reservations in need
By Riley Burr Special to the Plaindealer 
October 25, 2023
Clothing drive, donations help Navajo, Ute near Four Corners More than 5,000 items of clothing were delivered to residents of the Navajo and Ute reservations near Four Corners last week, thanks to Rid...
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‘The Crucible’ comes to stage in Ridgway
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‘The Crucible’ comes to stage in Ridgway
By Plaindealer Staff Report Plaindealer@ouraynews.com 
October 25, 2023
Arthur Miller’s classic drama, “The Crucible,” takes to the stage in Ridgway this week, featuring a cast of community theater performers. Just in time for Halloween, Minerva West is presenting eight o...
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CALENDAR & EVENTS
October 18, 2023
CALENDAR & EVENTS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19 EVENT: Candidates' forum, 6:30 p.m., Ouray Community Center. Listen to the three candidates for the Ouray City Council and four candidates for the Ouray School B...
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OURAY COUNTY LOOKING BACK
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OURAY COUNTY LOOKING BACK
By From the Ouray County Herald, Ouray County Plaindealer and the Ridgway Sun 
October 18, 2023
October 18, 1973 - Benjy Kuehling reports that sufficient donations have been received to meet costs of wood shakes for the new swimming pool bathhouse roof. The shakes are on the property. Constructi...
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OPINION COLUMN: More remote governance undermines accountability
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OPINION COLUMN: More remote governance undermines accountability
By Plaindealer editorial 
March 2, 2026
A newly appointed Ouray city councilor who has attended just half of the board's meetings in person this year has asked fellow councilors to relax rules requiring councilors to attend meetings in pers...
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Bright start, cloudy future for bus service
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Bright start, cloudy future for bus service
Two years after launch, OurWay ridership has doubled. It’s unclear if grant money and matching local funds will help it keep running
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
February 25, 2026
Georgia Evans greeted the bus driver with jugs of milk and water in her hands and boarded the 11-seater OurWay shuttle, headed home from work in Ridgway to Montrose. She noticed it was a different bus...
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Backcountry road closure eyed
County to shut off portion of Yankee Boy Basin to vehicles this summer due to environmental damage
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
February 25, 2026
Ouray County commissioners on Tuesday directed staff to pursue closing an upper section of Yankee Boy Basin this summer to motorized traffic, in response to a resident’s request to reduce environmenta...
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Councilor seeks relaxed in-person attendance policy
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Councilor seeks relaxed in-person attendance policy
Doherty claims job keeps him out of town; council to decide whether to change cap on remote participation
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
February 25, 2026
A newly appointed Ouray city councilor who has attended just half of the city council’s meetings in person so far this year has asked the council to relax an attendance policy and allow him to govern ...
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Go-away-finding: Ouray to nix project, remove signs
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Go-away-finding: Ouray to nix project, remove signs
After spending more than $100K on branding, design and fabrication, council halts wayfinding initiative that could have cost up to $800K
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
February 25, 2026
Large maroon wayfinding signs installed on Main Street in Ouray last summer, triggering protests from residents and business owners detesting their appearance and size, will soon be gone like they wer...
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