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Program brews solutions for mine waste
By News Staff 
December 4, 2019
By Olivia Exstrum, special to the Plaindealer The secret to cleaning up old mine waste might be in beer. Well, the waste from making beer, that is. A new environmental group is putting that theory to ...
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Council approves $10.1M budget for 2020
By Mike Wiggins 
December 4, 2019
  Two years after voters approved a 1 percent sales tax to help pay for capital expenses, the city of Ouray is ready to put some of that money to work. The City Council on Monday approved a $10.1 mill...
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Wildfire mitigation regs hearings continue
By Carolina Brown 
December 4, 2019
  A second public hearing on a Ouray County land-use code amendment regarding wildfire regulations was continued again last month, but county commissioners expect the next hearing on Dec. 10 to be sho...
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‘I don’t know this town without her’
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‘I don’t know this town without her’
By Mike Wiggins 
December 4, 2019
  If you were looking for the perfect dress for this weekend’s social event, Dee Hilton would not only help you pick it out, she’d offer you an honest opinion about how you looked, not simply tell you...
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Sheriff arrested for alleged DUI
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Sheriff arrested for alleged DUI
By Erin McIntyre 
December 3, 2019
The Ouray County Sheriff was arrested by one of his own deputies for alleged DUI last week, after he was found to have a breath-alcohol level almost twice the legal limit after driving. According to c...
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Local forest picked for 2020 Capitol tree
By News Staff 
November 26, 2019
WESTERN COLORADO The tree destined for the U.S. Capitol building next year is growing right now, perhaps within the forests near Ouray. The Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison national forests have b...
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Teens ‘carry on’ to recycling plastic
By Carolina Brown 
November 26, 2019
  Ridgway’s group of teenage environmental activists, Carry On! Ridgway Reuses, are on to their next project. The group, founded by now eighth-graders Indigo Krois and Maizy Gordon, was instrumental i...
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Council OKs design for park pavilion
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Council OKs design for park pavilion
By Mike Wiggins 
November 26, 2019
  Local residents played a big role in selecting the location for the new pavilion scheduled to be built in the Athletic Park next year. Now Ridgway town leaders hope the public will be equally invest...
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County receives legal advice on right-of-way
By Carolina Brown 
November 26, 2019
  The Board of County Commissioners held an executive session during their regular meeting on Nov. 19 to receive legal advice concerning right-of-way encroachment at the junction of County Roads 5 and...
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CITY OF OURAY
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CITY OF OURAY
By News Staff 
November 26, 2019
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Storms to make for sloppy, slippery holiday
By Mike Wiggins 
November 26, 2019
  Better add a heaping side of snow and a dash of treacherous roads to your Thanksgiving plans if you’re going to be in Ouray County. A pair of winter storms will sweep across western Colorado over th...
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KOA owners all packed up
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KOA owners all packed up
By Erin McIntyre 
November 26, 2019
  They just wanted one more summer. Now that the snow has flown, and the leaves dropped from the trees, it’s normal that Dave’s apron would be put away for the season. Just like any other year, Debora...
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Mining firm moving HQ to Ouray
By Carolina Brown 
November 26, 2019
  Ouray is the new world headquarters for the Canadian company that purchased Ouray Silver Mines. Aurcana Corp., which purchased the mines nearly a year ago, has decided to move its operations from Va...
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Board OKs Colona land-use changes
By Carolina Brown 
November 26, 2019
  Colona landowner Craig Jackman has overcome his first hurdle in obtaining land-use code changes for development in the community. The Ouray County Planning Commission voted unanimously on Nov. 19 to...
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Town, new manager agree to contract
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Town, new manager agree to contract
By Erin McIntyre 
November 20, 2019
  Ridgway has a new town manager, now that a contract has been accepted by town councilors and signed by Preston Neill, the current assistant town manager of Avon who accepted the job. The town counci...
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Hunting ban upheld in elk-baiting case
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Hunting ban upheld in elk-baiting case
By Erin McIntyre 
November 20, 2019
  The state wildlife commission has upheld a 10-year hunting ban for an outfitter convicted in a case involving baiting elk on a private ranch near Ridgway. A well-known local bowhunter, Tim Stricklan...
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Board denies request to move fair date
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Board denies request to move fair date
By Carolina Brown 
November 20, 2019
  Despite a request from the Ouray County Fair Board to move the event earlier in the year, commissioners have decided to leave the fair where it always has been — over Labor Day weekend. After hearin...
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Board member resigns suddenly
By Erin McIntyre 
November 20, 2019
  One week after the election, Ouray School District’s board vice president resigned. Nicole Skoloda’s letter of resignation to the board dated Nov. 12 doesn’t say much – and she hasn’t elaborated muc...
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STATE CHAMPS! Ridgway boys soccer team wins title
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STATE CHAMPS! Ridgway boys soccer team wins title
By Mike Wiggins 
November 20, 2019
  Kaden Forrest gathered the ball in the shadow of his own goal and glanced at the clock. Less than a minute remained in the Class 2A boys' soccer championship game, with Ridgway and Dawson School ti...
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Hot Springs marketing garners award
By News Staff 
November 20, 2019
CITY OF OURAY Four years ago, a small group of southwestern Colorado marketing professionals saw an opportunity. Then-Ouray Tourism Office Executive Director Kat Papenbrock and Director of Industry, M...
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Ridgway to grow capacity to fight wildland fires
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Ridgway to grow capacity to fight wildland fires
Additional staff, engine can enhance skills, create more revenue
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
December 3, 2025
Ridgway’s wildland firefighters have mopped up hotspots in Nevada, fought wildfire on the front lines in California and protected structures at home in Colorado. Since the Ridgway Fire Protection Dist...
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County chops event center operations to aid budget
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
December 3, 2025
Ouray County is performing triage on its 2026 budget as 2025 revenues are coming in lower than expected, placing even more pressure on the county’s general fund savings. County leaders have been worki...
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New council’s first task: Fill vacancies
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New council’s first task: Fill vacancies
After soliciting applications, councilors to interview, pick appointments Jan. 5
December 3, 2025
Ouray city leaders swore in a new mayor and city councilor Monday night, then turned their attention to the council’s most pressing issue: Finding and appointing two more councilors to fill out the ra...
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Slow start to snow season
Wave of storms helps, but snowpack in San Juans well below normal
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
December 3, 2025
A series of post-Thanksgiving storms delivered desperately needed snow to the moisture-starved San Juans, but snowpack at the start of December remains well below average in Ouray County and the surro...
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SEASON OF SHARING
Ridgway Ouray Community Council
December 3, 2025
Editor's note: The Ouray County Plaindealer is continuing its tradition of featuring nonprofit organizations based in Ouray County, serving Ouray County in a series of profiles called Season of Sharin...
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