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NET GAINS
By Joel Priest 
October 9, 2024
Joel Priest— Special to the Plaindealer Ridgway's Sophia Forrest (21) alertly swipes Telluride setter Lillyann Mahoney's errant pass back over the net for a quick point on Oct. 3, during the teams' se...
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Looking back
October 9, 2024
OCT. 11, 1974 The contest to design Ouray’s Centennial Flag was being sponsored by the Committee for the Walsh Library Building (City Hall facade) Restoration, as a Centennial-Bicentennial project. Ev...
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Columns, Feature...
The origins of Dallas: Scottish word or little-known VP?
By Carolyn Snowbarger 
October 9, 2024
Do vice presidents leave a legacy? Many historians believe that Vice President George Mifflin Dallas certainly did here in Ouray County. Today you can find a creek, a mountain, a pass, a company and a...
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CALENDAR & EVENTS
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CALENDAR & EVENTS
October 9, 2024
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10 LITERARY LIVING ROOM: Jamie LaRue, author of "On Censorship: A Public Librarian Examines Cancel Culture in the U.S." Doors open at 7 p.m., event starts at 7:30 p.m. at the Sherbin...
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EXCEPTIONAL WOMEN
By Plaindealer Staff 
October 9, 2024
The Fortuna Tierra Club's inaugural group of honorees were celebrated at the 2024 Exceptional Women of Ouray County luncheon on Oct. 5. Pictured here from left to right are Robyn Cascade, Irene Stith,...
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RIDGWAY, OURAY HEAD FOR MANCOS
By eType 
October 9, 2024
Ouray middle school cross country runner Mikayla Hirt crests a hill in the race on Oct. 5 in Aspen at the Chris Severy Invitational meet. Hirt finished the race in 18:45.7, placing ninth. The girls’ t...
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RIDGWAY WINS ONE, LOSES ONE
By eType 
October 9, 2024
Ridgway's Brodie Musgrove tries settling the ball while marked by Telluride's Jerry Sharpe (20) on Oct. 3 at Frontier Park during the teams' fi rst of two regular-season meetings. The Demons fell 7-3 ...
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CALENDAR & EVENTS
Calendar & Events, Feature...
Oct. 3-17, 2024
CALENDAR & EVENTS
October 2, 2024
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3 MEETING: Ouray County Republican Central Committee monthly meeting, 6 p.m., County Land Use building, 111 Mall Road, Ridgway. More information at ourayrepublicans.com. LIVE MUSIC: ...
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Road Trip: Avoid fall color crowds — visit a ghost town
By Tim Spangler Special to the Plaindealer 
September 25, 2024
How often have you driven to see aspen color in September and been joined by throngs of people doing the same thing? Maybe you tried to go on a backcountry road to get away from all those people, only...
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Feature
Ridgway Hardware adds moving services
Store partners with U-Haul to rent trucks, trailers
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
September 25, 2024
When U-Haul approached Ridgway Hardware manager Stephen Laster a year ago about adding moving and hauling services to the store’s business operations, he gave some thought to the idea. But when Laster...
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Sauvage Spectrum closes Ouray tasting room
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Sauvage Spectrum closes Ouray tasting room
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
September 25, 2024
Ouray's first wine-tasting room will close at the end of this month, bringing an experiment to a close on Main Street. In July 2022, Sauvage Spectrum opened its tasting room at 480 Main St. on the cor...
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Ouray home decor store to close, consolidate
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
September 25, 2024
After 17 years operating a variety of local storefronts, Ouray business owner Michelle Poirier is closing her most recent venture, home decor store Twig+Feather, a final step in bringing what was thre...
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RESERVOIR RAMBLE
September 25, 2024
David Emory — Special to the Plaindealer Ouray cross country runner Catcher Latta leads the pack at the Ramble at the Reservoir at Ridgway State Park on Sept. 20. Teammate Jeep Demuth follows closely ...
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OURAY COUNTY
LOOKING BACK
40 YEARS AGO
September 25, 2024
September 27, 1974 – A Title III grant of $7,079.50 from the Colorado State Department of Education came through to the Ouray School for the remodeling and refurbishing of the school's library. The gr...
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CALENDAR & EVENTS
Feature
Sept. 26-Oct. 10, 2024
CALENDAR & EVENTS
September 25, 2024
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 LIVE MUSIC: David Nunn, 5-8 p.m. at the Western Hotel, 210 Seventh Ave. in Ouray. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 OPERA: Central City Opera presents "Opera on-the-Go: A Central City Showca...
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Calendar & events
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Calendar & events
Sept. 19-Oct. 3 , 2024
By Erin 
September 19, 2024
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 POETRY READING: Literary Living Room presents Jeanine Renee at 7:30 p.m. at the Sherbino Theater, 604 Clinton St. Free. PRINTMAKING CLASS: Printmaking 101 for ages 12+, free, fr...
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Pickleball tourney makes bigger racket
Second-annual San Juan Slam returns to Ridgway this weekend with more competitors, games
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
September 18, 2024
For organizers of the second-annual San Juan Slam pickleball tournament, this weekend’s three-day event is all about more. More players, more games, more vendors, a more robust silent auction — in oth...
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CYCLING FOR A GOOD CAUSE
Annual bike ride to benefit children launches Saturday, adds Ouray County route
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
September 18, 2024
For the last 20 years, children in San Miguel County and the west end of Montrose County have been the beneficiaries of dozens of people strapping on bike helmets one day each fall and riding through ...
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CALENDAR & EVENTS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
CALENDAR & EVENTS
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
September 18, 2024
POETRY READING: Literary Living Room presents Jeanine Renee at 7:30 p.m. at the Sherbino Theater, 604 Clinton St. Free. PRINTMAKING CLASS: Printmaking 101 for ages 12+, free, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at th...
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OURAY COUNTY
LOOKING BACK
40 YEARS AGO
September 11, 2024
SEPTEMBER 12, 1974 Mrs. L. F. Kuchs wrote a letter to the editor, reminiscing that 40 years ago in September, eight ladies formed a club called M.M. (Modern Matrons). Three members had passed away sin...
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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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