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Landowners seeking wintertime motorized access increasingly encountering opposition
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
April 2, 2025
Outrage over wintertime wheeled access on public county roads is resurging as Ouray County residents scorn new requests from private landowners to plow public roads and argue the county’s snow-protect...
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By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
April 2, 2025
Ouray County commissioners are debating whether to offer planning commissioners a stipend after about a month of struggling to recruit replacements for four openings on the commission. Four planning c...
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PREP ROUNDUP
By By Matt Meyer Special to the Plaindealer 
April 2, 2025
Editor's note: The Plaindealer is trying something new – publishing a sports column with information about local high school sports during the seasons for those sports. We don't have the resources to ...
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By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
April 2, 2025
The areas where Ridgway School District students gather to socialize, eat, study and host musical and theatrical performances will receive roughly $1 million of improvements this summer. Work at Ridgw...
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By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
April 2, 2025
The 7th Judicial District, which includes Ouray County, will receive a sixth district court judge next year, after Gov. Jared Polis signed a Senate spending bill into law last week. The bill adds 15 d...
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ROAD TRIP
By Tim Spangler Special to the Plaindealer 
April 2, 2025
Editor's note: Log Hill resident Tim Spangler submitted our latest feature in an occasional series called "Road Trip," meant to highlight places and fun things to do within driving distance of Ouray C...
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April 2, 2025
Take U.S. Highway 550 through Durango and turn east on Highway 160. Then turn south on Highway 84 through Chama toward Espanola. The left turn for the ranch is well marked before you reach Abiquiu. It...
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Funding includes $9.8M for San Miguel Power solar facility in Montrose County
By Mark Jaffe The Colorado Sun 
April 2, 2025
The Trump administration has released $3.2 billion in funds for six Colorado rural electric cooperatives and the Tri-State Generation Transmission Association after a two-month freeze — with perhaps a...
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Letters, Opinion...
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
April 2, 2025
Dear Editor: I don't believe that Lynn Padgett deserves to have Ouray County pay her attorney fees, but if it will stop her Trump-like whining about how unfairly she has been treated I guess I am OK w...
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