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Sharing between soccer, track breeds success
Columns, Feature...
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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A THRIFT SHOP WALKS INTO A BAR
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A THRIFT SHOP WALKS INTO A BAR
At homey Cahoots, shop for a vintage item, sip a unique cocktail and settle into a board game
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
March 26, 2025
When people walk inside Cahoots Tavern they sometimes double check with owner Crystal Tadlock to make sure they haven’t accidentally broken into someone’s home. There’s generations of art and tchotchk...
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THE REBIRTH OF CHIPETA LODGE
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THE REBIRTH OF CHIPETA LODGE
Ridgway resort celebrates completing years of renovations, spa grand opening
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
March 26, 2025
In Native American culture, seeing a white buffalo is a good omen – a sign of hope, renewal and good things to come. The sacred symbol is one that resonated with the owners of the Chipeta Lodge Resort...
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Reimagining school lunch
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Reimagining school lunch
Forget the box cutter and microwave — Denean Colby insists on cooking from scratch in the school kitchen. And Ridgway students are eating it up
March 19, 2025
By Ariel Hessler, Special to the Plaindealer Denean Colby arrives for work at Ridgway Secondary School at 6 in the morning, long before other staff members begin to trickle in. She makes the bread fir...
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Feature
Bringing lyrics to life: ‘Stolen Seasons’ musical debuts
Local author partners with musicians to create 'Stolen Seasons' album
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
March 12, 2025
Joan Shapiro poured a lifetime of experiences — unsuccessful love matches, mistakes made, lessons learned — into 251 pages when she published “Stolen Seasons: Observations, Poems, Lyrics and Rants” tw...
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Ranch hand to outlaw: The making of Butch Cassidy
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Ranch hand to outlaw: The making of Butch Cassidy
By Carolyn Snowbarger 
March 12, 2025
The legend of Butch Cassidy, one of the West's most enduring outlaws, has roots firmly planted in the rugged terrain of Colorado's Western Slope. Before he became a notorious bank robber and leader of...
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GETTING A GRIP
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GETTING A GRIP
March 5, 2025
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Calendar & Events, Feature...
Calendar & Events
March 6-20, 2025
March 5, 2025
THURSDAY MARCH 6 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. THEATER...
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‘Steel Magnolias’ takes stage in Ridgway
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‘Steel Magnolias’ takes stage in Ridgway
By Plaindealer Staff Report Plaindealer@ouraynews.com 
February 26, 2025
The story of the classic "Steel Magnolias" is coming to the stage in Ouray County this week, brought to the community by Minerva West Theatre Company. Set in a small-town beauty parlor in Louisiana, t...
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New ownership brewing at Colorado Boy
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New ownership brewing at Colorado Boy
Longtime customer acquires Ridgway brew pub and depot, emphasizes community focus
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
February 26, 2025
There’s one word Matthew Beyer keeps coming back to when he talks about Colorado Boy. Community. The brew pub that has anchored downtown Ridgway for 17 years has succeeded with a simple formula: thin,...
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A taste of the rainforest comes to Ouray
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A taste of the rainforest comes to Ouray
Acai, a purple berry derived from palm trees, forms foundation of new fruit bowl shop
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
February 26, 2025
Just two years ago, Marmots Acai owner Christine Rector didn’t know what a marmot was and her husband and co-owner, Mark, had never tried acai. The purple berry is derived from a palm tree native to t...
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Feature
Seed money helps teens sprout businesses
By By Chloe Kiparsky Plaindealer intern 
February 26, 2025
Neva Hines spent hours looking for internships her junior year at Ridgway Secondary School. She contacted at least eight businesses, and most of the time she didn't receive a reply. This frustrating s...
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Calendar & Events
Calendar & Events, Feature...
Feb. 27- March 14, 2025
Calendar & Events
February 26, 2025
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 27 FUNDRAISER: Pasta Bar Night, 5:30-7 p.m. at the Ouray Community Center, 320 Sixth Ave. $20 adults, $10 students. THEATER: Minerva West presents "Steel Magnolias," show at 7:30 p.m...
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Volunteer Voices: Amber Cornell
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Volunteer Voices: Amber Cornell
February 19, 2025
I recently had a delightful conversation with Amber Cornell, the new-ish senior coordinator for Neighbor to Neighbor. The nonprofit has a volunteer-based program that has been serving seniors, people ...
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A TOAST TO WINTER IN OURAY
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A TOAST TO WINTER IN OURAY
Third-annual wine festival returns to Wright Opera House on Saturday
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
February 12, 2025
There are wine festivals where tasters are herded like cattle, where swollen crowds jostle for space, where there’s no time or ability to visit with winemakers to gain a better understanding and appre...
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LENDING A ‘LISTENING EAR’
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LENDING A ‘LISTENING EAR’
While Partners mentorship program provides role models for youth, adults often find they gain as much as they give
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
February 12, 2025
Sometimes they’ll talk about Minecraft, movies or lunch at school that day. Other times they’ll play video games and dream up plans to bike around or play basketball when the weather warms up. One Fri...
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Calendar & Events, Feature...
CALENDAR & EVENTS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13
CALENDAR & EVENTS
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14
February 12, 2025
LIVE MUSIC: Gasoline Lollipops, 8 p.m. at The Sherbino, 604 Clinton St., Ridgway. $20 advance tickets, $25 day of show. Tickets at sherbino.org. STORY AND CRAFT TIME: "Double Bass Blues" with Gina Wen...
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Smoke blankets Ouray County as wildfires burn in region
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Smoke blankets Ouray County as wildfires burn in region
By Mike Wiggins 
July 11, 2025
Heavy smoke and haze choked Ouray County for a second straight day Friday as a series of wildfires churned through tinder-dry trees and brush in southwestern Colorado and southeastern Utah. The Colora...
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Signs of trouble in Ouray
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Signs of trouble in Ouray
City halts production after public backlash over size, appearance of wayfinding signs
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
July 9, 2025
Ouray business owners and residents threw up a symbolic stop sign in front of the city council on Monday, urging city leaders to pause or altogether abandon plans to install dozens of new wayfinding s...
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Go Fourth and celebrate
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Go Fourth and celebrate
July 9, 2025
The crowd cheers as a fire department tanker truck sprays the wet side of the street during the July 4 parade in Ouray. Ouray Tourism and Destination Marketing Director Kailey Rhoten said cellular dat...
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County scrambles to pay for road repairs from rockfall
Leaders pull from multiple sources to cover $300,000 tab, look to replenish emergency fund
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
July 9, 2025
Ouray County is scraping together money to pay for emergency repairs on County Road 361 while looking for ways to replenish its emergency fund in anticipation of other disasters. During a work session...
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Hot Springs moves forward with upgrades
Council OKs bathhouse design contract; pipeline replacement, heat exchange system on tap this fall
By By Lia Salvatierra and Mike Wiggins lia@ouraynews.com mike@ouraynews.com 
July 9, 2025
A series of much-anticipated upgrades to the Ouray Hot Springs Pool is coming together, with the city beginning infrastructure replacements this fall and searching for ways to pay for building a new b...
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