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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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Rent increase leads consignment shop to close
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Rent increase leads consignment shop to close
By Daniel Schmidt daniel@ouraynews.com 
November 29, 2023
When Lynne Stovicek opened Lucky Find Consignments after working at The Market grocery store in Ridgway, she felt a sense of fear. It was December 2016, nearly a year after a different consignment sho...
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BBQ restaurant brings the smoke to Ouray
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BBQ restaurant brings the smoke to Ouray
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
November 29, 2023
With the help of a Texas pit master, The Smokehouse debuts at Ouray Riverside Resort When Jason and Amber Perkins purchased a commercial smoker nearly a year ago, it was part of a long-term strategy t...
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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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County: Layoffs likely
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County: Layoffs likely
Commissioners, administrators warn of job cuts to close $1.5 million gap; staff criticizes leaders for not addressing problem earlier
By By James Hanlon james@ouraynews.com 
September 16, 2026
Ouray County will likely need to lay off employees to make up a projected $1.5 million gap between requested expenses and revenue next year, county officials warned at a budget workshop on Sept. 9. Th...
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Disaster tax not ‘backfill’ for fire costs, leaders say
By By Chart Riggall chart@ouraynews.com 
September 16, 2026
In the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s declaration of the Gold Mountain Fire as a major federal disaster, Ouray County commissioners say the potential influx of additional federal funds doesn't ...
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Town considers options for sewer plant location
By By James Hanlon james@ouraynews.com 
September 16, 2026
The Ridgway Town Council wants to see some dollar estimates before deciding where to build a new wastewater treatment plant. Town staff briefed the council on three possible locations north of town at...
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City prepared to pay fees for housing project
Despite some councilors' misgivings, Ouray in line to give more money to deed-restricted apartment complex
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
September 16, 2026
The city of Ouray is set to provide up to $225,000 to a nonprofit organization to cover water and sewer tap and building permit fees for a 13-unit affordable housing project. At City Administrator Mic...
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Local Briefs
Gold Mountain Fire closure area reduced
September 16, 2026
The closure area associated with the Gold Mountain Fire was reduced on Tuesday, reopening several roads and recreation areas in time for fall color season. The reopened areas include Owl Creek Pass, S...
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