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In Ouray and Midwest, it’s water, water everywhere
Opinion
In Ouray and Midwest, it’s water, water everywhere
By News Staff 
August 24, 2022
Summer is vanishing. Sunny days grow perceptibly shorter, nights cooler and longer, outdoor chores clamor for attention, school days begin. Rain and fog breathe autumn. By the second week of August, c...
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Opinion
OURAY COUNTY LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
August 18, 2022
50 YEARS AGO August 17, 1972 - A Moab, Utah man was fined $250 in U.S. Magistrate Court in Montrose on Aug. 10 for unauthorized road construction within the Uncompahgre National Forest of Colorado. Da...
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Opinion
OURAY COUNTY LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
August 11, 2022
August 10, 1972 - Kathleen Evans, 28, of Norman, Oklahoma died Tuesday afternoon as a result of injuries sustained early that morning while she attempted to rescue her 3-year-old son from a runaway Je...
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Opinion
LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
August 4, 2022
50 YEARS AGO August 3, 1972 - Used to be the only place you saw naked ladies in public around here was hanging over a bar here and there. Not these days. In the last week there have been several sight...
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Opinion
LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
July 28, 2022
50 YEARS AGO July 27, 1972 - Any significant increase in snowpack in the San Juan Mountains by cloud seeding will retard growth of some non-woody plants and could cause starvation among small animals....
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Marie Scott, Ridgway’s ranching royalty
Opinion
Marie Scott, Ridgway’s ranching royalty
By Carolyn Snowbarger 
July 21, 2022
Marie Scott (1896-1979) owned land (lots of it). She was a local rancher whose holdings stretched from Ridgway all the way into southeastern Utah. Long-time residents describe her as a land baron, a f...
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Opinion
LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
July 21, 2022
50 YEARS AGO July 20, 1972 - Wednesday afternoon about three o’clock, a truck tire tried to enter the Mary Lawrence home by the window. It broke the window, and although it didn’t enter the room, a gr...
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Opinion
LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
July 7, 2022
50 YEARS AGO July 6, 1972 - Editorial: July 4, 1972 in Ouray has to have been a landmark celebration as one of the best in a great many years. Old-timers have commented there’s never been better parad...
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Opinion
CLARIFICATION
By News Staff 
June 30, 2022
A story in the June 23-29 Plaindealer should have said Ouray County Assessor Susie Mayfield left the Republican Party after being told she could not support a non-Republican candidate for sheriff in t...
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Opinion
LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
June 30, 2022
50 YEARS AGO June 29, 1972 - Mark Higgs, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Higgs of Fordyce, Arkansas, fell about 275 feet to his death, down the steep canyon wall near Bear Creek Falls two miles south of ...
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Opinion
LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
June 23, 2022
50 YEARS AGO June 22, 1972 - Fortunately, only inanimate objects and plants were in the path of a runaway truck in a residential area at the south side of Ouray on Friday morning last week. Henry Dams...
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Opinion
LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
June 13, 2022
50 YEARS AGO June 15, 1972 - June 10th, Saturday night, a large “Woodsy Park” was broken up by State Patrolman Wally Ogden, Undersheriff Frank Merling and Sheriff Art Dougherty. Names of about 33 youn...
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Opinion
LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
June 9, 2022
50 YEARS AGO June 8, 1972 - Wednesday, May 31, a 14-year-old runaway from Tinley Park, Illinois was surprised while robbing a motor home at the Amphitheater Campground. The owners of the motor home, t...
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Opinion
LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
June 2, 2022
50 YEARS AGO June 1, 1972 - Pamela (Pam) Larson daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Al Fedel of Ouray, was awarded an engineering degree at the 98th Annual Commencement Ceremonies at the Colorado School of Mines...
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Opinion
LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
May 26, 2022
50 YEARS AGO May 25, 1972 - Hopes to have the new Amphitheater Campground water system in operation by Memorial Day faded this week when pipe and other supplies ordered failed to arrive, reported Walt...
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Opinion
LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
May 19, 2022
50 YEARS AGO May 18, 1972 - Final authorization has been received on the federal grant to enable Ouray County to buy a new ambulance and retire the Ford station wagon donated by Federal Resources Corp...
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Opinion
LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
May 12, 2022
50 YEARS AGO May 11, 1972 — Numerous phone calls were made this week to the Plaindealer by people expressing their desire that the Ouray City Council retain Rotary Park as a city park, and not conside...
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Opinion
CORRECTION
By News Staff 
May 12, 2022
A story on Page 1 of the May 5-11 edition should have said there is a proposed permit system for hiking the Blue Lakes Trail. While the proposal does not require a permit for accessing the Blue Lakes ...
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Opinion
LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
May 5, 2022
50 YEARS AGO May 4, 1972 — The “mystery man” who had asked to lease Rotary Park from the City of Ouray was revealed as being Bob Griggers at Monday night’s council meeting. Councilman Bob Zanett menti...
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Help us invest in more good journalism
Opinion
Help us invest in more good journalism
By Erin McIntyre 
April 27, 2022
You've probably heard that newspapers are dying. Well, as it happens with many blanket statements, that's not true. But it's something we've heard a lot since we invested in local journalism. Yes, lar...
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No-idling ordinance stalls after months of debate
By LIA SALVATIERRA 
May 14, 2026
“Idle-Free Ridgway” remains a motto, rather than a rule after the town council voted down final approval for an anti-idling ordinance that drew zealous support and opposition over the past five months...
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Ouray childcare model a blueprint for others
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Ouray childcare model a blueprint for others
A year after two daycares opened within affordable housing development, builder looks to replicate template in three other cities
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
May 13, 2026
The solution to the statewide childcare shortage might be here in Ouray County, where a blueprint for building childcare-ready affordable homes was drafted. It’s been a little more than a year since t...
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County tests: No mold problem in meeting rooms
After commissioner claims 'toxicity,' manager says 4-H, courthouse spaces safe to use
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
May 13, 2026
Ouray County commissioner meeting rooms don’t have a mold problem, according to testing ordered after Commissioner Lynn Padgett said the facilities caused her to feel sick and used it as justification...
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Beefed-up alpine ranger program returns
News
Beefed-up alpine ranger program returns
State grant allows county to add sixth ranger to patrol backcountry, focus on safety, education
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
May 13, 2026
Ouray County’s alpine ranger program is back and bigger this year with the help of a state grant. The public will see alpine rangers patrolling areas including Yankee Boy Basin, Imogene Pass and the A...
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Two candidates vie for seat on San Miguel Power board
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Two candidates vie for seat on San Miguel Power board
Election to represent Ridgway, Log Hill contested for first time since 2014
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
May 13, 2026
For the first time in more than a decade, there’s a contested election for the District 6 seat on the San Miguel Power Association board of directors, representing all of Ridgway, much of Log Hill and...
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