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Covid
All’s not fair this year
By Erin McIntyre 
June 17, 2020
The Ouray County Fair isn’t canceled – but it’s definitely going to look different this year due to COVID-19. There won’t be any indoor exhibits, no pie-baking contest, no jellies and jams awarded rib...
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Putting a face to Dorothy Hamre, the scientist who discovered the coronavirus
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Putting a face to Dorothy Hamre, the scientist who discovered the coronavirus
By P. Balaram 
June 17, 2020
Editor's note: This article was published as part of a special section for the Ouray County Historical Society in this week's edition of the Plaindealer. Please pick up a copy to learn more about how ...
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A historic coronavirus link to Ouray
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A historic coronavirus link to Ouray
By Don Paulson 
June 17, 2020
By Don Paulson Editor's note: This column was printed in the Plaindealer as part of a special section for the Ouray County Historical Society. Please pick up a copy of this week's paper to learn more ...
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Q&A with Justin Perry, sheriff candidate
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Q&A with Justin Perry, sheriff candidate
By Mike Wiggins 
June 11, 2020
Editor’s note: The Plaindealer asked several questions of the two candidates running for sheriff in the June 30 recall election: Republican Ted Wolfe and unaffiliated Justin Perry. Their responses wer...
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Budgets cuts not as deep as feared
By Carolina Brown 
June 11, 2020
Budget cuts to Ridgway School District from the state resulting from the COVID-19 induced economic downturn will not be as deep as the school board first feared. However, the district will still have ...
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CORRECTION
By News Staff 
June 11, 2020
A story printed in the June 4 edition of the Plaindealer on Ouray County commissioner candidates should have clarified that Steven Hilbert of Ridgway is running for commissioner here, not Steven A. Hi...
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Shipping delays slow fiber project
By Carolina Brown 
June 11, 2020
Phase one of the project to bring fiber optic cable from Montrose over Log Hill and into Ouray for a total of about 48 miles of new broadband is nearing completion - but a shipping delay has held up t...
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‘There was nothing that he missed’
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‘There was nothing that he missed’
By Mike Wiggins 
June 11, 2020
Peggy Lindsey was surprised when she received two bills for remodeling work on her condo this spring. It wasn’t the amount that caught the Ouray resident’s attention — $2,500 — but what the handyman w...
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Decision on opening event center, pool variance expected
By Carolina Brown 
June 11, 2020
Ouray County commissioners will decide next week when — and how — the 4-H Events Center will reopen, and will likely also consider a variance request for larger capacities to be allowed at pools. Even...
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Ballots for primary, sheriff recall elections arriving soon
By Plaindealer Staff Report 
June 11, 2020
Ballots for the primary election and the sheriff recall election here in Ouray County are being mailed to registered voters this week. Voters here in Ouray County will receive two separate ballots — a...
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Pandemic handcuffs sheriff candidate campaigns
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Pandemic handcuffs sheriff candidate campaigns
By Erin Mcintyre And Mike Wiggins 
June 11, 2020
Justin Perry sits alone at a picnic table, scrolling through his phone, mask around his neck. Campaign literature and yard signs are spread out next to him, untouched. On this mild spring day, when n...
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Ouray joins national protests
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Ouray joins national protests
By Lizteitz And Erin Mcintyre 
June 11, 2020
Jordan Leo and Meg Kienapfel watched as protests erupted around the country, filling their social media feeds with outrage over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The 21-year-old students, who...
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On Guard, on assignment
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On Guard, on assignment
By Liz Teitz 
June 11, 2020
Their assignment came in the first week of April: head to Ouray to help the county with logistics and planning in response to the coronavirus pandemic. There were few specifics in place when Army Nati...
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Schools study options for fall
By Liz Teitz 
June 4, 2020
When students return to school this fall, they could undergo temperature checks at doors, attend on staggered schedules, and shift back and forth between in-school and online learning, under plans bei...
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Clash between mayor, chamber intensifies
By Mike Wiggins 
June 4, 2020
The war of words between Ouray Mayor Greg Nelson and the Ouray Chamber Resort Association escalated Monday when a chamber board member called on the mayor to resign and Nelson openly questioned how th...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
June 4, 2020
GUNNISON A federal judge has dismissed the Gunnison County Sheriff’s Office as a defendant in a lawsuit brought by an elderly woman alleging use of excessive force. However, according to the attorney ...
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Challenges added to eateries’ plates
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Challenges added to eateries’ plates
By Liz Teitz 
June 4, 2020
As he walks through Ouray Brewery, owner Erin Eddy watches as customers touch countertops or grab the hand railings on the stairs. He notices when a bartender touches her face, or when someone adjusts...
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Turning tassels amid virus
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Turning tassels amid virus
By Mike Wiggins 
June 4, 2020
They came in Fords with green and white streamers tied to the door handles, in Dodges strung with flowers like entrants in the Rose Parade, in Jeeps festooned with gold foil balloon letters that spel...
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New state order allows pools to reopen
By Erin Mcintyre And Mike Wiggins 
June 4, 2020
Pool operators are asking Ouray County to pursue a variance to allow more swimmers than a statewide limitation, to make opening more financially viable now that the state is allowing them to reopen. T...
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Commissioner races now contested
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Commissioner races now contested
By Carolina Brown And Erin Mcintyre 
June 4, 2020
Two more candidates have filed paperwork to officially enter the county commissioners’ races – and one will oppose incumbent John Peters and the other will challenge Democrat Jake Niece for term-limit...
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Ridgway girls cross country team nabs state title
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Ridgway girls cross country team nabs state title
By Plaindealer Staff Report 
November 1, 2025
The Ridgway High School girls’ cross country team is bringing a state title back to the San Juans. The six-person team won the Class 2A state title Saturday afternoon in Colorado Springs, capping a te...
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Food assistance benefits dry up
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Food assistance benefits dry up
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
October 29, 2025
An estimated $51,000 in federal food benefits will no longer be available to 170 Ouray County households starting Friday. The monthlong federal government shutdown without Congressional appropriations...
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Mine shaft wasn’t identified as hazard
State vows to secure opening quickly following Ridgway woman's death
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
October 29, 2025
A dangerous, water-filled mine shaft where a woman's body was found last week had not yet been identified for closure by state officials charged with securing hazardous mine openings. Though the state...
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Pushback against wolves grows
Ranchers oppose release in county; feds seek to block state
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
October 29, 2025
The Ouray County Cattlemen’s Association has objected to releasing wolves in the county, amid other efforts potentially complicating or stifling wolf reintroduction in the region this winter. A letter...
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Council nixes alcohol at hot springs
Ouray parks director had suggested limited sales at special events next year to generate revenue
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
October 29, 2025
The Ouray City Council rejected a proposal Monday to sell alcohol at three special events at the Ouray Hot Springs Pool next year, concluding the costs and risks outweigh the potential revenue. Parks ...
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