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Realtor fills board vacancy
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Realtor fills board vacancy
By Erin McIntyre 
July 24, 2019
Ouray business owner and Realtor Mike Feeser will fill the vacancy on the Ouray School Board, created when Board Secretary Bryan Williams resigned last month. The board held a special board meeting Ju...
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Coming together for Max
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Coming together for Max
By Erin McIntyre 
July 24, 2019
Max Schuetz was planning on coming to the fair, but not like this. He spent the last few months training a wild mustang, brought from a roundup on public lands in Nevada. He worked with the mare every...
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Undersheriff indicted on child sex counts
By Erin McIntyre 
July 24, 2019
  The Ouray County undersheriff has been indicted by a grand jury on two counts alleging he committed two crimes – criminal attempt to commit inducement of child prostitution and child abuse. Richard ...
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Planning Commission hosts film screenings
By Carolina Brown 
July 24, 2019
OURAY COUNTY The Ouray County Planning Commission is showing the documentary film “The Era of Megafires” at three locations across the county in the coming days as outreach to generate public support ...
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WESTERN SLOPE NEWS BRIEFS
By News Staff 
July 24, 2019
SILVERTON -It's now possible to drive the Alpine Loop from Silverton to Lake City and back, but motorists will have to take the long way, over Hurricane Pass and down California Gulch to get to Animas...
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VETERANS HONORED IN RIDGWAY
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VETERANS HONORED IN RIDGWAY
By News Staff 
July 24, 2019
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Storage units expansion denial could set precedent
By Carolina Brown 
July 24, 2019
  A storage unit business that expanded without approval shouldn’t receive a special use permit, according to a joint planning organization from Ridgway and Ouray. The Ridgway Area Joint Planning Boar...
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National Forest opens up fuelwood harvest area
By News Staff 
July 24, 2019
WESTERN COLORADO Locals can stock their personal firewood piles for free if they use a permit to harvest downed Ponderosa pine in certain areas of the Uncompahgre Plateau. The Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre ...
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Wildlife commission expands access program
By News Staff 
July 24, 2019
  The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission voted to expand its Public Access Program by 100,000 acres in time for the fall hunting season, at the commission’s meeting last week in Telluride. The exp...
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City calls out ‘terrible’ trash service
By Mike Wiggins 
July 24, 2019
  Frustrated Ouray city officials want to see better communication and service from Waste Management following what they considered a subpar trash pickup day earlier this month. City leaders fielded s...
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Residents’ complaints persist about speeding
By Carolina Brown 
July 24, 2019
  The Board of County Commissioners heard more complaints about speeding on County Road 24 from residents at their meeting on Tuesday. This time the focus was primarily on dust from speeding vehicles,...
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Ouray Police blotter July 8-14, 2019
By News Staff 
July 18, 2019
July 8 Officer took custody of a found credit card that was turned into the Police Department. Officer conducted two VIN checks at the Police Department. Officer responded to the 800 block of Main Str...
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Tri-State move rankles rural co-ops
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Tri-State move rankles rural co-ops
By Mike Wiggins 
July 17, 2019
WESTERN COLORADO San Miguel Power Association has joined a chorus of rural electric cooperatives asking Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association to slow down its pursuit of being regulated by...
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Groups partner on trail maintenance
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Groups partner on trail maintenance
By News Staff 
July 17, 2019
The Ouray Trail Group partnered with the U.S. Forest Service and local outfitter Action Adventures last weekend to do some much needed-maintenance on four popular trails in the Uncompahgre Wilderness ...
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Road tax survey mailed: Citizen opinion sought
By Carolina Brown 
July 17, 2019
With the deadline of July 26 to file a letter of intent for the 2019 ballot fast approaching, the Board of County Commissioners and county staff worked to finalize a survey to gauge citizen opinion ab...
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Pool to close for meet
By News Staff 
July 17, 2019
CITY OF OURAY The Ouray Hot Springs will be hosting a statewide swim meet and will close to the public during the competition, Aug. 2-4. This is the first time Ouray has hosted the Colorado Seasonal S...
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Council relaxes ban on plastics
By Mike Wiggins 
July 17, 2019
  The Ridgway Town Council has agreed to back away a bit from its strict ban on plastic bags, voting last week to exempt locking, Ziploc-type bags up to a quart in size. Councilors unanimously agreed ...
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Bruin takes over waste transfer station
By News Staff 
July 17, 2019
OURAY COUNTY There’s a new company managing the waste transfer station for Ouray County, and those who use the station may notice slightly lower fees and expanded services. At the request of the forme...
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Council presses potential housing tax
By News Staff 
July 17, 2019
CITY OF OURAY The Ouray City Council is pushing ahead with a plan to ask voters this fall to approve a tax to help fund affordable housing, even as some citizens are urging it to slow down. Councilors...
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San Miguel Power pays $1.2M to settle lawsuit in 2010 Beaver Fire
By Mike Wiggins 
July 17, 2019
San Miguel Power Association has paid $1.275 million to settle a federal lawsuit alleging the power company bore responsibility for a wildfire that burned thousands of acres near Norwood in 2010. The ...
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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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