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OURAY COUNTY LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
February 8, 2023
February 8, 1983 - EDITORIAL: Whether it begins with the parents, other adults, students, or team players — there has to be a stop to the emotional idiocies that build and erupt at our basketball game...
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Debate over gas stoves misses point
By News Staff 
February 8, 2023
Dear Editor: It seems to me that all the discussions about gas stoves miss one major factor: House construction has changed. Forty years ago, I worked on indoor air quality. We measured home ventilati...
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Fire mitigation more important than ever
By News Staff 
February 2, 2023
Dear Editor: The article entitled “State may create last resort home insurance option” in the Jan. 19 edition of the Plaindealer was important information for all those living in the wildland-urban in...
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Appreciation for the printed newspaper
By News Staff 
February 2, 2023
Dear Editor: After a nearly 5-year hiatus, I am subscribing again to the Plaindealer with the hope that it has not gone completely in the direction of other “weaklys.” In this digital age, the interne...
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OURAY COUNTY LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
January 25, 2023
50 YEARS AGO January 25, 1973 - Several important resolutions were made by the Ouray County Cattlemen’s Association at its annual meeting Jan. 9. The first was to oppose the William Wright request to ...
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OURAY COUNTY LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
January 18, 2023
50 YEARS AGO January 18, 1973 - Ted Wing of Mesa Engineering was present at the Ridgway Town Council meeting last week, and said he had contacted Bill Wright in regards to purchasing property belongin...
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OURAY COUNTY LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
January 11, 2023
50 YEARS AGO January 11, 1973 - Vern and Irene Wrye had been back home in Ouray only a short time when Vern discovered what appeared to be a homemade bomb in the basement of their Chipeta Theater Sund...
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Behind the badge: Meet Deputy Harlow
Behind the badge: Meet Deputy Harlow
By Kylea Henseler 
January 5, 2023
Deputy Dustin Harlow, the Ouray County Sheriff’s Department’s newest employee, asked Undersheriff Tammy Stroup for a reserve position just a few weeks before a full-time job opened up. It turned out t...
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Selective road access is a slippery slope
By News Staff 
January 5, 2023
Dear Editor: Regarding the County 5 article in the Dec. 22-28 edition, some clarification is needed. The locked gate on County Road 5 that gives plowed winter 'access' to the gated community behind it...
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Season of Sharing: Fortuna Tierra Club
By Kylea Henseler 
December 28, 2022
Editor's note: The Ouray County Plaindealer is featuring nonprofit organizations which are based in Ouray County and serve Ouray County in a series of profiles titled Season of Sharing. The purpose of...
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Season of Sharing: UpstART Theater
Season of Sharing: UpstART Theater
By Kylea Henseler 
December 28, 2022
Editor's note: The Ouray County Plaindealer is featuring nonprofit organizations which are based in Ouray County and serve Ouray County in a series of profiles titled Season of Sharing. The purpose of...
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Fine dining offers familiar faces in new place
Fine dining offers familiar faces in new place
By Erin McIntyre 
December 28, 2022
After a decade running an iconic restaurant in Ouray, Chris and Taryn Lee opened the doors on their new venture – Bella Vino Restaurant – in Ridgway this month. Customers know them from their previou...
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Season of Sharing: George Gardner Scholarship Fund
By Kylea Henseler 
December 28, 2022
Editor's note: The Ouray County Plaindealer is featuring nonprofit organizations which are based in Ouray County and serve Ouray County in a series of profiles titled Season of Sharing. The purpose of...
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New business takes ‘Root’ in Ridgway
New business takes ‘Root’ in Ridgway
By Kylea Henseler 
December 28, 2022
Honga Im and Jessie Vaughan, business partners and owners of Ridgway’s new Lotus Root Kitchen + Market + Catering, are like the left and right sides of a brain, working together to run the consciously...
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Animal shelter’s first director steps down
Animal shelter’s first director steps down
By Liz Teitz 
December 28, 2022
When Kelly Goodin arrived at Second Chance Humane Society for the first time, she had no plans to stay for almost two decades. As a social worker, she had started some animal rescue work on the side, ...
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Homes that aren’t firewise are at risk
By Tom Heffernan 
December 28, 2022
Dear Editor: The climate crisis is exasperating the fire danger. I retired from the U.S. Forest Service at the end of 1994 and the average fire season in the West has extended two months longer since ...
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Season of Sharing: Wright Opera House
By Kylea Henseler 
December 22, 2022
Editor's note: The Ouray County Plaindealer is featuring nonprofit organizations which are based in Ouray County and serve Ouray County in a series of profiles titled Season of Sharing. The purpose of...
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SILENT NIGHT
SILENT NIGHT
By News Staff 
December 21, 2022
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Season of Sharing: Ouray County Historical Society
By Kylea Henseler 
December 21, 2022
Year formed: 1971 What does your organization do for Ouray County? In addition to operating the Ouray County Museum, the Ouray County Historical Society offers programs ranging from a series of talks ...
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Season of Sharing: Ridgway Chautauqua Society
Season of Sharing: Ridgway Chautauqua Society
By Kylea Henseler 
December 21, 2022
Editor's note: The Ouray County Plaindealer is featuring nonprofit organizations which are based in Ouray County and serve Ouray County in a series of profiles titled Season of Sharing. The purpose of...
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Dispute over extended background check leads to Ouray police chief’s last day
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Dispute over extended background check leads to Ouray police chief’s last day
City administrator declines to make interim chief permanent
By Mike Wiggins 
December 17, 2025
Ouray Interim Police Chief Daric Harvey is leaving his job over his objections to City Administrator Michelle Metteer’s insistence that he undergo a second, more extensive background check to determin...
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Commissioners fight over board leadership position
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Commissioners fight over board leadership position
Niece to serve as chairperson after he, Nauer reject requests from Padgett's backers to appoint her
By By Lia Salvatierra and Erin McIntyre lia@ouraynews.com erin@ouraynews.com 
December 17, 2025
For the second year in a row, Ouray County commissioners fought over who should serve as board chairperson, rejecting requests from supporters of Commissioner Lynn Padgett to appoint her to the positi...
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Space to Create owner, management address complaints, pledge fixes
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
December 17, 2025
Space to Create’s owner and property management company are pledging to remedy issues with Ouray County’s first affordable housing project and re-establish strong communication with residents after re...
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Council qualifies homebuyer for deed-restricted unit
December 17, 2025
The Ridgway Town Council approved qualifying a homebuyer for a deed-restricted unit in the Vista Park Commons neighborhood after discussing whether the unit was advertised fairly. The council, acting ...
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Following concerns, town delays adopting anti-idling ordinance
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
December 17, 2025
Ridgway town councilors decided to delay final approval of a new anti-idling ordinance after hearing public concerns and discussing other issues related to the new rules during a Dec. 10 regular meeti...
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