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Commissioners should defer River District appointment
By News Staff 
December 29, 2020
Dear Editor: We understand that the current Board of County Commissioners intends to select our county representative on the Colorado River District Board at their Jan. 5, 2021 meeting, one week prior...
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Looking back: The tradition of Elks Santas turns 50
By Compiled By Carolina Brown 
December 24, 2020
December 22, 1977 Elks Santas A 50-Year-Old Tradition Here The warm, friendly glow of porch lights shining from homes throughout Ouray City and County on Christmas Eve will serve as a welcoming beacon...
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Pages of the past: What the 1918 flu pandemic looked like in Ouray County at the holidays
By Compiled By Carolina Brown 
December 24, 2020
Editor’s note: With Ouray County and the rest of the world still wrestling with COVID-19 here at the end of the year, we thought it would be interesting to look back at how the county’s forebears hand...
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A climate-centered resolution we should all make
A climate-centered resolution we should all make
By Karen Risch 
December 24, 2020
As we near this strange, constrained year’s end it’s a good time to take stock of our common welfare, climate and planet, our families and friends, ourselves. Unfortunately, the year 2020 is and will ...
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Here’s to a break and a better 2021
Here’s to a break and a better 2021
By News Staff 
December 24, 2020
Is anybody else tired? That’s a rhetorical question, of course. Most of us are weary of the pandemic, still exhausted from the hectic summer and fall tourism, still recovering from the tur bulence of...
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County has spent most CARES Act funds
By News Staff 
December 24, 2020
Dear Editor: I am writing today to correct a misstatement in an article that appeared in the December 17-23, 2020 edition of the Ouray County Plaindealet The article indicated that Ouray County had $2...
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Willie Richardson: Eagerly awaiting a visit from that jolly old elf
Willie Richardson: Eagerly awaiting a visit from that jolly old elf
By Willie Richardson 
December 17, 2020
'Twas the night before Christmas, I musta’ been totally soused. I thought I saw reindeer pullin’ a fat man on a sleigh, land on top of our house. They left skid marks as they slid to a stop in the sno...
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Grateful for Ouray School teamwork
By News Staff 
December 17, 2020
Dear Editor: We are writing to express our gratitude for the amazing teamwork displayed by the entire staff at Ouray School during this pandemic. The school has been proactive/transparent in their pla...
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Rather than gripe, be thankful
By News Staff 
December 17, 2020
Dear Editor: Not only during the holidays, but each and every day, I am so very thankful for all that I have! While others complain of “COVID fatigue” (which is certainly real and understandable), utm...
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Small-town newspapers connect communities and deserve support
Small-town newspapers connect communities and deserve support
By Judy Muller 
December 10, 2020
Imagine, for a moment, that you live in a rural Colorado community of, say, one thousand people. Then imagine a major news event happening in your town. You know, like a dangerous pandemic, invisible ...
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A trail you could travel by horse, wagon or saddlebag
A trail you could travel by horse, wagon or saddlebag
By Carolyn Snowbarger 
December 10, 2020
If you wanted to go from Santa Fe to Los Angeles today, you’d hop on Interstate 4o and zoom across New Mexico, Arizona and southern California. This 830-mile journey whizzes past mesas, canyons, arroy...
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Ridgway’s speeding problem is growing
By News Staff 
December 10, 2020
Dear Editor: Let’s take a break from obsessing over politics and masks for a moment and focus on an issue that has been plaguing the Ridgway community for years, and recently has gone from just being ...
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Thanks for the new ski trail
By News Staff 
December 10, 2020
Dear Editor: To the landowners on upper County Road 5, thank you for the new ski trail parallel to the county road. It is a great improvement to ski, snowshoe and hike on a groomed trail instead of th...
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First-time award for longtime coach
First-time award for longtime coach
By Mike Wiggins 
December 3, 2020
The cross country meet results Bernie Pearce dutifully distributes each week during the fall to school staff, parents and community members are replete with PRs. That stands for personal record — a st...
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Help us grow local news
Help us grow local news
By Erin McIntyre 
December 3, 2020
Even small places deserve good journalism. That was our mantra when we purchased the Ouray County Plaindealer less than two years ago. And since then, we’ve kept that mantra at the forefront of our d...
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We all want the same thing for community
By News Staff 
December 3, 2020
Dear Editor: I’m writing today to address those who believe that the pandemic isn’t real, or that things like mask mandates and business restrictions are violations of their constitutional rights. I r...
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A new bird species for Ouray County
A new bird species for Ouray County
By Sue Hirshman 
December 3, 2020
Nature awaits many surprises For thee — Enos Mills A surprise came to me Friday, Nov. 6, when my friend Chris Lance of Ridgway notified me that she had a Brown Thrasher on her property and she thought...
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Thanks due to many for successful election
By News Staff 
December 3, 2020
Dear Editor, Well, the incessant commercials are over, the bothersome phone calls have ceased, the yard signs are disappearing, the trash cans are empty at the post office and the presidential electio...
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Thanks, Gene, for taking a chance on a teen
Thanks, Gene, for taking a chance on a teen
By Erin McIntyre 
November 25, 2020
I don’t know why Gene Thomas said yes, but I’m glad he did. I was a naive teenager, opening the creaky wooden door to his office, tiptoeing in and nervously approaching the counter. A black and white...
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Warm, dry November may linger into December
Warm, dry November may linger into December
By Karen Risch 
November 25, 2020
Its been a classic Colorado November here in Ouray, a true transition month: 17 warm, sunny and short days; six cloudy days with rain, snow and sleet; two blustery ones with 40 mph winds. On the warm ...
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New county manager seeks to lead with heart
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New county manager seeks to lead with heart
After careers in big cities and large governments, Antonio Mendez is shifting his perspective
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
February 4, 2026
Ouray County is unlike most places Antonio Mendez has lived or worked before, and Mendez brings experience unlike the county has seen in two decades, or possibly ever. Ouray County’s new manager grew ...
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City leader pulls police from patrol duty
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City leader pulls police from patrol duty
Administrator cites concerns about training, liability; sheriff's office assumes full control of services in Ouray
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
February 4, 2026
Ouray City Administrator Michelle Metteer has pulled the police department’s two remaining officers off of patrol duty and reassigned them to administrative tasks, citing concerns about liability and ...
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County considers asking voters for tax hike in November
Staff to research potential funding measures for EMS, road and bridge; sheriff won't seek question this fall
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
February 4, 2026
Ouray County leaders want to research and poll the public’s appetite for asking voters for more tax revenue, to raise additional money for the county’s Emergency Medical Services and the Road and Brid...
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Ridgway gets initial OK for $1.34M grant
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
February 4, 2026
Ridgway has received initial approval for a $1.34 million grant to help it explore an all-electric building code for new construction and help electrify municipal operations, to lower its carbon footp...
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Good for you! Uncompahgre STEAM Fair
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Good for you! Uncompahgre STEAM Fair
February 4, 2026
The “Good For You!” page is a place for reader-submitted photos illustrating community, celebrations and more. Want to submit a photo for publication? Here are some guidelines for submissions: - This ...
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