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Ouray metal shop hits new heights
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Ouray metal shop hits new heights
Skol Studio can tackle biggest fabrication projects with 34-foot-tall building
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
January 29, 2025
Jeff Skoloda’s towering metal warehouse mirrors its inner workings: a fabrication shop large enough to fit specially designed 100-foot-long metalwork and drive in a full semi truck to load those proje...
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CRAFTING A COMMUNITY IN OURAY
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CRAFTING A COMMUNITY IN OURAY
Ceramicists, artists can share resources, time together at studio
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
January 29, 2025
Ninazuma Pottery owner Becca Doll-Tyler opened Ouray Clay & Co. for local ceramicists and artists to create a community while working on their craft. She wanted to detach her personal pottery brand, w...
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RIDGWAY SPLITS WITH TELLURIDE, DOVE CREEK
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RIDGWAY SPLITS WITH TELLURIDE, DOVE CREEK
January 22, 2025
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ICE FEST TURNS 30
Weekend event packs in film screening, conversation with founders, clinics, climbing competition
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
January 22, 2025
Ouray Ice Park’s 30th Ice Festival doubles as a four-day long birthday party that is equal parts celebration and reflection of three decades as a keystone of Ouray winter. “There's going to be an ener...
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BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS
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BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
January 8, 2025
In the shadows of the Uncompaghre Gorge, Sonya Wilson carefully swung her ice axe and kicked her crampons up a frosty pitch. Hooked into belayers watching from above, neighboring climbers treading up ...
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Volunteer Voices: Sue Young
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Volunteer Voices: Sue Young
By SUE HUSCH 
January 8, 2025
I had a delightful conversation with Sue Young after the Second Chance Humane Society shelter manager let me know that she has been a star volunteer for years, walking dogs, helping at adoption events...
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CALENDAR & EVENTS
Calendar & Events, Feature...
CALENDAR & EVENTS
January 8, 2025
THURSDAY, JANUARY 9 TALK: "Guiding the Heights: Inside Mt. Everest's Commercial Climbs" with Chad Peele, 6 - 8:30 p.m. at The Sherbino, 604 Clinton St., Ridgway. Tickets $10 in advance or $15 day of s...
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Calendar & Events
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Calendar & Events
Jan. 2-14, 2025
January 1, 2025
THURSDAY, JANUARY 2 MEETING: Ouray County Republican Central Committee monthly meeting, 6 p.m., County Land Use building, 111 Mall Road, Ridgway. More information at ourayrepublicans.com. FRIDAY, JANU...
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Season of Sharing 2024: George Gardner Scholarship Fund
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Season of Sharing 2024: George Gardner Scholarship Fund
By Plaindealer Staff 
December 27, 2024
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 2024: Minerva West Theater Co.
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SEASON OF SHARING
Season of Sharing 2024: Minerva West Theater Co.
December 25, 2024
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 2024: The Sherbino Theater/Ridgway Chautauqua
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Season of Sharing 2024: The Sherbino Theater/Ridgway Chautauqua
December 25, 2024
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 2024: Ouray Teacher Fund
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SEASON OF SHARING
Season of Sharing 2024: Ouray Teacher Fund
December 25, 2024
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 2024: Threshold Singers of the Shining Mountains
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Season of Sharing 2024: Threshold Singers of the Shining Mountains
December 25, 2024
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 2024: The Wright Opera House
December 25, 2024
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 2024: UpstART Theater
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SEASON OF SHARING
Season of Sharing 2024: UpstART Theater
December 25, 2024
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
Season of Sharing 2024: Ouray County Performing Arts Guild
December 25, 2024
Year established as a nonprofit: 1983 What does your organization do for Ouray County? The Ouray County Performing Arts Guild’s mission is to bring in “the best possible entertainment” for Ouray Count...
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SKIP THE GROCERY TRIP
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SKIP THE GROCERY TRIP
Friends launch weekly delivery service, aiming to cut carbon emissions, free up time
By By Lia Salvatierra lia @ouraynews. com 
December 25, 2024
Two friends are teaming up to take the Montrose grocery chore off your hands, reduce vehicle emissions and free up their customers' time with a weeldy delivery service. With the new business DelivOura...
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Mexican eatery adds second location in county
Five years after debuting in Ridgway, El Agave Azul opens in Ouray
By By Chloe Kiparsky Plaindealer intern 
December 25, 2024
Editor's note: The interview for this business feature was conducted in Spanish and translated by Chloe Kiparsky. A new taste of Mexico came to Ouray earlier this month, when El Agave Azul opened a ne...
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New wine bar invites sipping, snacking
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New wine bar invites sipping, snacking
Chloe's Charcuterie & Wine to open in Ridgway in February
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
December 25, 2024
Chloe’s Charcuterie & Wine is bringing an elevated tasting and snacking experience to the former Provisions Cafe in Ridgway. Owner Holly Kintz was volunteering at the Sherbino Theater down the street ...
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Calendar & Events, Feature...
Dec. 31, 2024 – Jan. 9, 2025
CALENDAR & EVENTS
December 25, 2024
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31 CELEBRATION: Children's New Year's Eve Pajama Party at the Wright. Ages 3 1/2 (must be potty trained) through 12. 6 p.m. - 1 a.m., $50 per child. Wright Opera House, 472 Main St. ...
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Get into the groove
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Get into the groove
July 2, 2025
Carrie Ann Mund, left, dances with Tawnya Schiebel during the Mariachi de San Jose band’s performance in Ridgway’s Hartwell Park on June 29. The band performed as part of the fifth annual Fete de la M...
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Leaders object to public lands sale
Conservationists, ranchers, elected officials decry bill, though battle over federal property may return
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
July 2, 2025
Recent federal proposals to sell or develop Ouray County’s public lands would harm the county’s economy, identity and culture of ranching and public recreation, according to county officials and other...
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Sex assault trial moved to Montrose
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
July 2, 2025
A judge has ordered the trial of a man accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl in 2023 to be moved from Ouray to Montrose. Seventh Judicial Chief District Judge Cory Jackson approved the tri...
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Celebrating the Fourth in Ouray? Load up on sunscreen, patience, courtesy
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Celebrating the Fourth in Ouray? Load up on sunscreen, patience, courtesy
Private security to help with traffic, parking, so law enforcement can be more proactive
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
July 2, 2025
The sights and sounds of the Fourth of July in Ouray are ubiquitous. The powerful spray of fire hoses. The shrieks of kids racing through Fellin Park. Cheers and honking horns on Main Street. This yea...
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New weapons policy would ban public, allow employees to conceal carry
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
July 2, 2025
County leaders are debating a new policy that would ban the public from carrying any weapons within Ouray County buildings but allow county employees with valid permits to conceal carry weapons in mos...
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