Couple delays big event for smaller Yankee Boy ceremony – gallery
News
By Erin McIntyre 
April 19, 2024
The U.S. Forest Service plans on igniting a prescribed burn on 112 acres next week northeast of Ridgway, to reduce future wildfire risk as well as improve habitat for wildlife. Smoke will likely be vi...
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News
By Deb Hurley Brobst Special to the Plaindealer 
April 17, 2024
Coroner, sheriff vow to identify man's body found in 1987 and forgotten in freezer for 21 years For more than two decades the unknown man’s remains were kept in a storage freezer in the Pathology Depa...
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News
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
April 17, 2024
Citizens circulate letter urging Ouray Police Department leader Jeff Wood to step down A group of citizens is calling for the resignation of Ouray Police Chief Jeff Wood, who remains on paid administr...
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News
By Deb Hurley Brobst Special to the Plaindealer 
April 17, 2024
County commissioners removed Mark Iuppenlatz from the Ouray County Planning Commission on Tuesday, citing alleged misconduct and a conflict of interest regarding the restoration of a historic cabin on...
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Feature
By Mary Menz Special to the Plaindealer 
April 17, 2024
There are more than a dozen species of paintbrush native to Colorado and all but one find a home on the Western Slope. Of Colorado’s 14 species of paintbrush, five are orange or red! Different species...
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News
By Deb Hurley Brobst Special to the Plaindealer 
April 17, 2024
Kara Rhoades, the former chief financial officer for Citizens State Bank, is Ouray County’s new deputy county manager. She begins the job on May 1 and will be paid $118,423. Rhoades, a Ridgway residen...
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Feature
April 17, 2024
CALENDAR & EVENTS THURSDAY, APRIL 18 LITERARY EVENT: Sherbino Literary Living Room featuring Trish Hopkinson, 604 Clinton St., Ridgway, 7:30 p.m. $10. SATURDAY, APRIL 20 CLEAN UP DAY: Town of Ridgway ...
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Obituaries
April 17, 2024
Noah James Newman, 21, died by suicide on January 19, 2024. To say he will be missed is an immense understatement. Born May 3, 2002, in Las Vegas, Nevada to Jennifer (Adamski Lydon) Sagran and Victor ...
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Feature
April 17, 2024
OURAY COUNTY April 18, 1974 - The City of Ouray will receive $16,577.90 in grant money for the city swimming pool park improvements from the Colorado Parks & Outdoor Recreation Commission, it was anno...
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Letters, Opinion...
April 17, 2024
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: I have spent years supporting sexual assault victims who were forced to bear the brutal weight of legal and social systems immediately upon simply reporting what happ...
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Letters, Opinion...
April 17, 2024
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Thirty-five years ago, as our tours neared Salzburg, Austria, I used to tell our clients traveling through the Alps by motorcycle of a favorite place and an experience that I had ...
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