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Land swap planned for Idarado houses property
Mining claim would be donated to county, traded to Forest Service
By Deb Hurley Brobst Special to the Plaindealer Deb Hurley-Brobst is a longtime, award-winning journalist. She can be reached at deb.hurley.brobst@gmail.com. 
April 9, 2025
Some might call Pat Willits a matchmaker. Willits, the Trust for Land Restoration executive director, has come up with a plan to get Ouray County the property under two of the four historic Idarado ho...
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Plaindealer wins 11 awards in four-state journalism contest
By Plaindealer Staff Report Plaindealer@ouraynews.com 
April 9, 2025
The Ouray County Plaindealer earned 11 awards last weekend from the regional, four-state Society of Professional Journalists' Top of the Rockies competition for the newspaper's work in 2024. The conte...
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RALLY FOR THE REPUBLIC
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RALLY FOR THE REPUBLIC
April 2, 2025
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Pushback grows over road plowing
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Pushback grows over road plowing
Landowners seeking wintertime motorized access increasingly encountering opposition
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
April 2, 2025
Outrage over wintertime wheeled access on public county roads is resurging as Ouray County residents scorn new requests from private landowners to plow public roads and argue the county’s snow-protect...
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County mulls stipend for planning commission
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
April 2, 2025
Ouray County commissioners are debating whether to offer planning commissioners a stipend after about a month of struggling to recruit replacements for four openings on the commission. Four planning c...
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School improvements slated for summer
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
April 2, 2025
The areas where Ridgway School District students gather to socialize, eat, study and host musical and theatrical performances will receive roughly $1 million of improvements this summer. Work at Ridgw...
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7th District to receive additional judge
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
April 2, 2025
The 7th Judicial District, which includes Ouray County, will receive a sixth district court judge next year, after Gov. Jared Polis signed a Senate spending bill into law last week. The bill adds 15 d...
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RALLY FOR THE REPUBLIC
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RALLY FOR THE REPUBLIC
April 2, 2025
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OFF WITH THE LACES
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OFF WITH THE LACES
March 26, 2025
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Padgett: County should pay legal bill
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Padgett: County should pay legal bill
Commissioner seeks reimbursement of $11,000; board to discuss request in April
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
March 26, 2025
Ouray County Commissioner Lynn Padgett is asking the county to pay nearly $11,000 for the attorney she hired after the county road and bridge superintendent filed a harassment complaint against her la...
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Conduct policy talks marked by conflict
Commissioners approve guidelines after hours of tension-filled debate
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
March 26, 2025
Ouray County commissioners spent six hours debating two new policies – specifying how they should treat each other and the public – in meetings last week and this week that devolved into the type of c...
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Library seeks support for expansion
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Library seeks support for expansion
New foundation forms to raise money for $1.6M Ouray project
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
March 26, 2025
When Jerry Hellman wants to read a book, he buys one — he’d rather read it on his own time than have to rush to return it to the Ouray Public Library. His wife, Bonnie, though, is a loyal library patr...
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County: Forest Service violated federal law
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County: Forest Service violated federal law
Letter alleges agency failed to follow proper procedures before Crystal Reservoir drawdown
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
March 26, 2025
Ouray County leaders sent a letter to the U.S. Forest Service arguing the agency violated the National Environmental Policy Act when it partially drained Crystal Reservoir and proposed permanently rem...
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County rejects tax refund request
Owner of building without water, electricity irate after assessor classifies land as commercial
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
March 26, 2025
Ouray County commissioners refused a Ridgway property owner's request for a tax refund and asked him to leave the room for disorderly conduct during a meeting Tuesday. Brent Kimball lives in the 127-y...
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Museums ask town for help with expansion, easement problems
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
March 26, 2025
Leaders of the Ouray County Ranch History Museum and the Ridgway Railroad Museum have asked the Ridgway Town Council for help moving along expansion plans on their shared property, saying they’ve reac...
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Safety solutions sought for backcountry road
County leaders to invest in more avalanche risk signs, revisit possibility of creating new parking area
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
March 26, 2025
Ouray County leaders agreed to invest in better signs and revisit talks about a new parking area to make County Road 361 safer for users including recreationists, mine operators and county road and br...
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NORTH FORK INVITATIONAL
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NORTH FORK INVITATIONAL
March 26, 2025
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CORRECTION
March 26, 2025
An article in the March 20 edition about a plan to control prairie dogs at Top of the Pines mispelled the last name of Elk Meadows resident Scott Layton.
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Padgett asks county to pay legal fees
By LIA SALVATIERRA 
March 24, 2025
Ouray County Commissioner Lynn Padgett is asking the county to pay nearly $11,000 for the attorney she hired after the county road and bridge superintendent filed a harassment complaint against her la...
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Critics to rally after postal service announces plans to change service
By Plaindealer Staff 
March 20, 2025
U.S. Postal Service employees and community members plan to rally in Grand Junction this afternoon (March 20) in response to the agency’s plan to reduce mail delivery service in rural areas. The Posta...
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A christening for Cimarron Athletic Field
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A christening for Cimarron Athletic Field
March 18, 2026
The Cimarron Athletic Field at Ridgway Secondary School hosted its inaugural meet with the Ridgway Invite on March 14. Ridgway senior Sophia Forrest won the girls' 100-meter dash with a time of 13.19....
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Race pits experience against new perspective
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RIDGWAY MAYOR CANDIDATES
Race pits experience against new perspective
Clark proud of town's progress, aware of challenges
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
March 18, 2026
Even after 14 years serving as Ridgway's mayor, John Clark still thinks there's work to be done. He's served seven terms. Every two years, when his seat comes up for election, folks ask him if he want...
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Mihelarakis advocates for creatives in first bid for office
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RIDGWAY MAYOR CANDIDATES
Mihelarakis advocates for creatives in first bid for office
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
March 18, 2026
Tia Mihelarakis believes the Ridgway Town Council deserves a leader with new perspectives — specifically those of creatives, renters and the younger generation. Mihelarakis, 34, is challenging Mayor J...
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Water leaders sound supply alarm
Record-low snowpack in San Juans, balmy temps portend meager runoff
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
March 18, 2026
State water managers Tuesday painted a dire picture of record-low snowpack and abnormally warm temperatures this winter straining water supplies for Western Slope municipalities and agricultural produ...
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Ribbing focuses bid on sustainability
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RIDGWAY COUNCILOR CANDIDATES
Ribbing focuses bid on sustainability
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
March 18, 2026
If you ask Sheridan Ribbing why she's running for town council, the answer is pretty simple. It's because Councilor Terry Schuyler decided not to run, and she's passionate about making sure a champion...
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