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Feature
Season of Sharing 2024: Ouray County Cares
November 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
Season of Sharing 2024: Woman’s Club of Ouray County
November 27, 2024
Editor’s note: The Ouray County Plaindealer started publishing profi les 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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Hopes for geothermal project heating up
State grants permission to drill exploratory wells on ranch in western Montrose County
By Erin McIntyre 
November 27, 2024
A family ranch located near the intersection of Ouray San Miguel and Montrose counties is ground zero for a hopeful geothermal energy project. The 960-acre Good Shepherd Ranch, owned by the Zahniser f...
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Chiropractor opens Ouray practice
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
November 27, 2024
Gil Kentof didn’t know it at the time, but a car accident when he was 17 put him on a career path that ultimately led him to Ouray. The wreck left him with neck pain — an injury that medication prescr...
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Calendar & Events
Calendar & Events, Feature...
Nov. 28 – Dec. 12, 2024
Calendar & Events
By Erin 
November 27, 2024
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3 LITERARY LIVING ROOM: "Feasting in the Darkness: A soul-nourishing evening of poetry and song" from poet Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer and singer-songwriter Emily Scott Robinson. Entry...
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CALENDAR & EVENTS
Calendar & Events, Feature...
CALENDAR & EVENTS
Nov. 21–Dec. 6, 2024
November 20, 2024
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21 FILM: Little Kid Flicks, favorite short films from the New York International Children's Film Festival 6–7 p.m. The Sherbino, 604 Clinton St., Ridgway. $5/person. Tickets at sher...
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Now in 10th year, Ridgway film fest finds ‘growth spurt’
Running through Sunday, annual event screens 76 films, offers block party, workshops, panel discussions
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
November 13, 2024
Arielle Bielak thinks of the Ridgway Independent Film Festival as a child. In its infancy, it was a novel, inward-facing event, screening a handful of films for a small audience for a night or two. Th...
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Feature
The juniper and the Townsend’s Solitaire
By Mary Menz Special to the Plaindealer 
November 13, 2024
Birds typically limit their singing to spring and summer when defending their territories and trying to attract mates. But when the calendar rolls into fall, migratory species travel to warmer climate...
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Calendar & Events
Calendar & Events, Feature...
Calendar & Events
Nov. 14-28, 2024
By Erin 
November 13, 2024
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14 FILM FESTIVAL: 10th Annual Ridgway Independent Film Festival, Nov. 14-17. Festival pass $100. Thursday day passes are $30. Film blocks $20 each. For a full schedule visit ridgway...
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Along came a spider…
By Erin McIntyre 
November 7, 2024
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Ridgway girls run wild at state meet
Third-place finish for freshman-laden team in Class 2A cross-country championship opens eyes
By By Joel Priest Special to the Plaindealer 
November 6, 2024
COLORADO SPRINGS — Pre-dating Socrates, ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus once proposed,"No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river, and it’s not the same man." That bei...
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SPOTLIGHT ON THE ARTS
Nature photography exhibit opens in Ouray
Show from Shanda Akin, Betsy Botsford at Wright until Jan. 1
By By Chloe Kiparsky Plaindealer intern 
November 6, 2024
A new photography exhibit will transport viewers to nature landscapes at the Wright Opera House. Shanda Akin and Betsy Botsford’s photography show, "Scenic Treasures — Nature's Beauty from Colorado an...
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Feature
‘Constitution’ play takes stage this weekend
By By Chloe Kiparsky Plaindealer intern 
November 6, 2024
Playwright Heidi Schreck earned her college tuition by traveling the country doing speeches on the U.S. Constitution for prize money. Her award-winning play, “What the Constitution Means to Me,” direc...
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Feature
New hardware store a family affair
Hill, Fedel families partner to open Ace Hardware in Ridgway
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
October 30, 2024
When the Family Dollar store closed in Ridgway earlier this spring, Ace Hardware saw an opportunity. And the Hill and Fedel families, in turn, saw an opportunity to bring another family-run business i...
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After closing in Ridgway, Realm Supply reboots in Ouray
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
October 30, 2024
Realm Supply will reopen across the county on Ouray’s Main Street after closing its doors in Ridgway this summer. Owner Tia Mihelarakis will take over part of The Blue Pear at 645 Main St. on Nov. 1, ...
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Pilates studio expands on Clinton Street
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
October 30, 2024
Ridgway Pilates' new space within Ridgway’s old bank building is a dream for owner Erica Young, whose old location could barely accommodate her growing clientele. The former Realm Supply location at 5...
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‘She knew how to make people feel loved’
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‘She knew how to make people feel loved’
Equally adventurous in life and passionate about students, Heidi Hanssen left a legacy of professionalism and devotion at Ridgway Elementary
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
October 23, 2024
The first thing he noticed was how gorgeous she was. It was impossible, of course, to miss the tall brunette in the Minturn Middle School classroom where Andy Dennis and Heidi Hanssen met as teachers ...
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ONCE TEAMMATES, NOW FRIENDLY RIVALS
Logistics, roster size lead Ridgway, Ouray to split up track, cross country teams
By By Chloe Kiparsky Plaindealer intern 
October 23, 2024
The track and field and cross country athletes from Ridgway and Ouray who once were teammates now compete against each other. The split in the teams earlier this year means Ridgway and Ouray student a...
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CALENDAR & EVENTS
Calendar & Events, Feature...
CALENDAR & EVENTS
Oct. 24 - Nov. 7, 2024
October 23, 2024
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24 LIVE MUSIC: David Nunn, 5-8 p.m. at the Western Hotel, 210 Seventh Ave. in Ouray. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25 GAME: Murder Mystery Dinner Party: Murder on a Train. Tickets $60 for a speaki...
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Ouray and Ridgway sports – October 2024
Cross country, volleyball and more
By Erin 
October 17, 2024
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Ridgway hotel to convert to housing
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Ridgway hotel to convert to housing
MTN Lodge owner: Change needed to sustain operations; town leaders worried
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
September 10, 2025
Ridgway’s largest hotel plans to convert to construction and hotel workforce housing for a new Four Seasons development in Mountain Village for at least the next four years. MTN Lodge signed an agreem...
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With federal funds in limbo, Ouray seeks options to reduce wildfire danger
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With federal funds in limbo, Ouray seeks options to reduce wildfire danger
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
September 10, 2025
Ouray city leaders are exploring other ways to address dead, fallen trees littering neighborhoods and hillsides now that it's unclear when a large-scale, federally funded wildfire mitigation project w...
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News
Interim police chief retained through Dec. 31
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
September 10, 2025
Ouray City Administrator Michelle Metteer has extended the contract of Interim Police Chief Daric Harvey through the end of the year. Harvey was hired as the interim chief in March, replacing Sgt. Gar...
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City to hear public input on wayfinding sign solutions
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City to hear public input on wayfinding sign solutions
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
September 10, 2025
The Ouray City Council will hold a work session Monday to discuss possible solutions to concerns raised by residents and business owners about new wayfinding signs installed along Main Street earlier ...
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Letters, Opinion...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Article about Space to Create too negative
September 10, 2025
Dear Editor: The origin and theory behind the Space To Create movement is tied to the common phenomenon where creative individuals, looking for affordable and functional space, move into semi-industri...
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