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Feds: Hunters ignited 2019 fire
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Feds: Hunters ignited 2019 fire
By Liz Teitz 
September 28, 2022
EDITOR'S NOTE:  Nearly three years after the Cow Creek Fire torched about 850 acres of forest land east of Ridgway — and after denying Plaindealer requests for information for more than two years — t...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
September 28, 2022
GUNNISON Western Colorado University has published the 2022 fall census report. The data reflects minor declines in overall enrollment since last year and a post-pandemic “market correction,” accordin...
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Mountain guide faces biggest obstacle yet: stage 4 cancer
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Mountain guide faces biggest obstacle yet: stage 4 cancer
By Erin McIntyre 
September 28, 2022
Andrew Plagans had no idea his life would change so much in February, when he went to the doctor to get checked out. The 39-year-old mountain guide hadn't been feeling right. It was getting so bad he ...
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Town turns down mixed-use project again
By Liz Teitz 
September 28, 2022
The Ridgway Planning Commission turned down a proposed mixed-use development northeast of the stoplight for the second time in four months, this time outright rejecting the plans for the property. Dev...
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New grant program offers boost for small businesses
By Mike Wiggins 
September 28, 2022
Ouray business owners and entrepreneurs can apply for funding through a new city grant program aimed at providing a financial boost to small businesses with “shovel-ready” projects. The city’s Communi...
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FALLING FOR AUTUMN
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FALLING FOR AUTUMN
By News Staff 
September 28, 2022
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Ouray sales tax revenue ticks up in July
By Mike Wiggins 
September 28, 2022
After a three-month slide, sales activity picked up in July in Ouray, providing a boost during what’s traditionally the biggest tourism month of the year. Most other forms of revenue dropped compared ...
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City, county split on funding ask
By Liz Teitz 
September 21, 2022
The Ouray City Council voted unanimously to contribute $100,000 toward the Home Trust of Ouray County’s purchase of a six-unit apartment building, while the Board of County Commissioners delayed decis...
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Ridgway approves plans for visitor center
By Liz Teitz 
September 21, 2022
The Ridgway Town Council approved an updated plan for the Visitor Center and Heritage Park, a project expected to cost more than $2 million over a four-year span. At a meeting last Wednesday, Communit...
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UNDER CONSIDERATION OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION
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UNDER CONSIDERATION OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION
By Story And Photos By Liz Teitz 
September 21, 2022
Ouray County’s first affordable housing projects are scheduled for completion this fall, with a triplex and a 30-unit apartment building both expected to be ready for residents to move in soon. There...
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Plaindealer wins top honors in state press awards
By Plaindealer Staff Report 
September 21, 2022
For the third year in a row, the Ouray County Plaindealer has earned the Colorado Press Association's 'public service' award for reporting and serving the community. It was one of 16 awards the local ...
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‘Pro-normal’ candidate Frisch challenges Boebert
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‘Pro-normal’ candidate Frisch challenges Boebert
By Kylea Henseler 
September 21, 2022
Driving the “Beat Boebert Buggy” around Colorado, Adam Frisch said he has received about 45 thumbs ups and 20 middle fingers. The congressional candidate hopes this ratio will be repeated in November ...
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County departments make wish lists for fed funding
By Kylea Henseler 
September 21, 2022
Ouray County has about $880,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funds to spend, and earlier this month each county department had the opportunity to tell commissioners how it would like to use the money. ...
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NEWS BRIEFS
By News Staff 
September 21, 2022
Railroad Days this weekend The Ridgway Railroad Museum is hosting the annual Railroad Days on Saturday and Sunday, with free history events, guided tours and rides on the Galloping Goose #4, the RGS M...
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POLICE LOG
By News Staff 
September 21, 2022
RIDGWAY MARSHAL The following is a summary of cases the Ridgway Marshal's Office handled from Sept. 5-18. If you have information on any of the below active cases or of any other incident that you hav...
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City to public: Take this sidewalk and shovel it
By Mike Wiggins 
September 21, 2022
Ouray city leaders are preparing to crack down on residents and business owners who fail to clear snow and ice from their sidewalks, adding specificity and teeth to rules that historically haven’t bee...
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LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
September 15, 2022
50 YEARS AGO September 14, 1972 - Mining of the extensive Tongue Mesa coal fields is more than a remote possibility here, as exploration is stepped up. Rumors that a large coal plant may be constructe...
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TRAGEDY ON CAMP BIRD
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TRAGEDY ON CAMP BIRD
By Mike Wiggins And Erin Mcintyre 
September 15, 2022
Don Fehd had a quirky, genuine way with the visitors who climbed into his Jeep. He’d ask them where they were from. And then, before they could finish saying their hometown, he’d exclaim, “I was from...
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POLICE LOG
By News Staff 
September 15, 2022
OURAY SHERIFF The following is an excerpt of cases handled by the Ouray County Sheriff's Office from Sept. 5-11: SEPT. 5 Deputy responded to an agency assist in Ridgway. Deputy conducted a traffic sto...
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Fiber internet coming to hundreds more
By Kylea Henseler 
September 15, 2022
High-speed fiber internet is coming to around 700 homes in the North Log Hill, Idlewild and Elk Meadows neighborhoods of Ouray County. Clearnetworx, the sister company of Deeply Digital, which install...
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By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
December 24, 2025
Telluride-based Rural Homes is entering a new era of affordable housing work across the state after bringing on a new CEO and looking beyond pilot projects in Ouray and San Miguel counties. The afford...
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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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December 24, 2025
Year established as a nonprofit: 2018 What does your organization do for Ouray County? Affordable housing remains one of the most pressing challenges facing Ouray County, where the median price for a ...
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