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A century ago, Spanish flu ravaged southwest Colorado
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A century ago, Spanish flu ravaged southwest Colorado
By News Staff 
June 17, 2020
By Robert Stoufer Editor's Note: This column was printed in this week's edition of the Plaindealer as part of a special section from the Ouray County Historical Society. Please pick up a copy to read...
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Dorothy Hamre: The unsung discoverer of the coronavirus
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Dorothy Hamre: The unsung discoverer of the coronavirus
By P. Balaram 
June 17, 2020
By P. Balaram Editor's Note: This article was printed as part of a special section for the Ouray County Historical Society in the Plaindealer this week. Please pick up a copy of the paper to read more...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Trials in sex assault case delayed
By Mike Wiggins 
January 16, 2026
The trials for two men accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl in Ouray County in 2023 have been postponed. Gabriel Trujillo and Ashton Whittington were set to go to trial starting Feb. 9, b...
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Welcome to the snow-deo
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Welcome to the snow-deo
January 14, 2026
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Public: Rebuild Ouray PD
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Public: Rebuild Ouray PD
Residents seek retention of independent agency after departure of interim chief
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
January 14, 2026
Ouray residents sent a clear message this week: They want to maintain an independent police department instead of permanently relying on the Ouray County Sheriff’s Office for law enforcement. Faced wi...
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Tax questions linger as lodge proceeds with housing plans
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Tax questions linger as lodge proceeds with housing plans
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
January 14, 2026
MTN Lodge in Ridgway is moving forward with plans to convert the hotel to workforce housing for four years starting in February, though the town has yet to cement an agreement with the owners about pa...
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County OKs permit for guest ranch
Stipulations require Gold Mountain to account for bighorn sheep
By Deb Hurley Brobst Special to the Plaindealer 
January 14, 2026
Gold Mountain Ranch will be allowed to operate a guest ranch in Ouray County, and county commissioners hope the special-use permit they approved in December will allay community concerns about wildlif...
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