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Good For You!
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Good For You!
September 10, 2025
The “Good For You!” page is a place for reader-submitted photos illustrating community, celebrations and more. Maybe you snapped photos of volunteers doing trail work, or your kids raising funds for a...
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Calendar & Events
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Calendar & Events
Sept. 11-25, 2025
September 10, 2025
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 11 Tech Thursday – Get help with quick tech problems from 4-6 p.m. at the Ridgway Public Library, 300 Charles St. Walk-ins welcome. FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 12 Farmers market, 10 a.m.– 2 p....
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Good For You!
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Good For You!
September 3, 2025
The “Good For You!” page is a place for reader-submitted photos illustrating community, celebrations and more. Maybe you snapped photos of volunteers doing trail work, or your kids raising funds for a...
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Calendar & Events
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Calendar & Events
Sept. 4-18, 2025
September 3, 2025
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 4 Ouray County Republican Central Committee monthly meeting, 6 p.m., Ridgway Christian Center, 120 Redcliff Dr. More information at ourayrepublicans.com. Dallas Park Cemetery tour w...
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Meet Ouray County’s new teachers
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Meet Ouray County’s new teachers
August 27, 2025
Editor’s note: We have continued the tradition of including Q&A profiles of new teachers in the Ridgway and Ouray school districts in the newspaper this year, to help introduce these new leaders to th...
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The purrfect addition to the team
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The purrfect addition to the team
Second Chance welcomes new vet, reopens public clinic
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
August 27, 2025
Dr. Hannah Coenen didn't know at first she wanted to be a veterinarian. She studied wildlife biology and spent a year working in wildlife rehabilitation before deciding on this career path. But she di...
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Painter opens gallery-studio in Ridgway
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Painter opens gallery-studio in Ridgway
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
August 27, 2025
A mop of hair obscures the face of a young boy curled over his own knees, barefoot on the street staring at a cellphone. But most distinct is not the faceless human figure, but the colors and distinct...
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Calendar & Events
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Calendar & Events
Aug. 28-Sept. 18, 2025
August 27, 2025
THURSDAY AUGUST 28 Heather and Douglas live music, 7 p.m. at The Courtyard at 610, 610 Clinton St. in Ridgway. Entrance through the alley on Cora Street. Tickets $15 in advance at sherbino.org or $20 ...
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Meet your neighbor: Mike Potter
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Meet your neighbor: Mike Potter
By By Natasha Hessler Special to the Plaindealer 
August 20, 2025
Michael Potter has been cattle ranching on the same plot of land on County Road 23 since 1967. But, at the moment, you will find no cows on the property. From mid June until late October, his herd of ...
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Calendar & Events
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Calendar & Events
Aug. 21-Sept. 4, 2025
August 20, 2025
Thursday, August 21 42nd Annual San Juan Chamber Music Festival, evening salon concert at a private home, must purchase tickets in advance at ocpag.org. Tech Thursday – Get help with quick tech proble...
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‘We just really love to share this music’
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‘We just really love to share this music’
Ulysses Quartet returns for chamber music festival next week
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
August 13, 2025
It's not clear who enjoys the San Juan Chamber Music Festival more every year — the musicians or their audiences. The Ouray County Performing Arts Guild's signature event is bringing back the Ulysses ...
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Spotlight on the Arts: Emma Kalff
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Spotlight on the Arts: Emma Kalff
By By Ariel Hessler Special to the Plaindealer 
August 13, 2025
Ridgway artist Emma Kalff’s most recent project, a series of plein air paintings of local landmarks, is instantly recognizable to residents. On each 6 by 6 inch canvas, she has painted familiar scenes...
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Calendar & Events
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Calendar & Events
Aug. 14-28, 2025
August 13, 2025
THURSDAY AUGUST 14 "Midsummer Night's Dream" burlesque show, for ages 18+. 7 p.m. at the Wright Opera House, 472 Main St. in Ouray. Advance tickets $30 at thewrightoperahouse.org, $35 day of show. "Mi...
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More than a scholarship
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More than a scholarship
Chang Chavkin scholars value support as first-generation college students
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
August 6, 2025
Andrea Peralta Villa was unsure how she would make it to college until the final few days before classes started, despite having a roommate and a nearly full-ride scholarship lined up. She overcame th...
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The West’s unsung heroes? Post offices
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The West’s unsung heroes? Post offices
By Carolyn Snowbarger 
August 6, 2025
The American West, including the Western Slope of Colorado, experienced significant population growth in the latter decades of the 19th century. “Boosterism” was one of the government strategies used ...
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Calendar & Events
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Calendar & Events
Aug. 7-22, 2025
August 6, 2025
THURSDAY AUGUST 7 Ouray County Republican Central Committee monthly meeting, 6 p.m., Ridgway Christian Center, 120 Redcliff Dr.  More information at ourayrepublicans.com. Farmers market, 10 a.m.– 2 p....
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‘Merchant of Venice’ takes stage in Ouray this weekend
By Plaindealer Staff Report Plaindealer@ouraynews.com 
July 30, 2025
Ye olde bard returns to the stage this weekend in Ouray, with "The Merchant of Venice" brought to the Wright Opera House by UpstART Theater. This summer's traditional production of William Shakespeare...
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Tacos & Beer spices up Ridgway
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Tacos & Beer spices up Ridgway
It's the third location for the family-owned eatery with the simple name and loyal following
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
July 30, 2025
Pati Marquez and Martin Jimenez opened the first Tacos & Beer in Montrose mid-pandemic without advertising anywhere, aside from telling a few customers from their former restaurant. “Nobody knew, exce...
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A new chapter for historic St. Elmo
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A new chapter for historic St. Elmo
New owners purchase boutique Ouray hotel, rebrand Bon Ton restaurant
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
July 30, 2025
It was a cold call that led Clay Bales to warm up to the San Juans. Five years ago, he picked up the phone and dialed the number for Jason Raible, the listing agent for a Ouray bed and breakfast that ...
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Spotlight on the Arts: The Closet Potter
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Spotlight on the Arts: The Closet Potter
By By Chloe Kiparsky Plaindealer intern 
July 23, 2025
When Joan Gibson-Bevier first sat down at a pottery wheel in 1976, she knew she had found her passion. Forty- nine years later, she runs her own business, The Closet Potter, from her house in Ouray. S...
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Oh, what fun it is to dance
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Oh, what fun it is to dance
December 24, 2025
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Affordable housing nonprofit to expand across state
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Affordable housing nonprofit to expand across state
Telluride-based Rural Homes plans to build 120 new units in 2026, but future of Ouray project unclear
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
December 24, 2025
Telluride-based Rural Homes is entering a new era of affordable housing work across the state after bringing on a new CEO and looking beyond pilot projects in Ouray and San Miguel counties. The afford...
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Second Chance Humane Society
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SEASON OF SHARING
Second Chance Humane Society
December 24, 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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Home Trust of Ouray County
December 24, 2025
Year established as a nonprofit: 2018 What does your organization do for Ouray County? Affordable housing remains one of the most pressing challenges facing Ouray County, where the median price for a ...
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Sherbino Theater/ Ridgway Chautauqua
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SEASON OF SHARING
Sherbino Theater/ Ridgway Chautauqua
December 24, 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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