OURAY COUNTY LOOKING BACK

Opinion

By News Staff, on April 13, 2023

50 YEARS AGO

April 12, 1973 – Greatly to her surprise, Miss Emma Lou Wilder, indefatigable secretary of the Ouray County Chamber of Commerce, was named Distinguished Citizen of the Year by Ouray Elks Lodge No. 492 at its annual installation of officers Saturday night. The Rev. James H. Williams, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, presented the certificate and plague for meritorious service to the community and saluted Miss Wilder with a kiss. Preparations for the Wilder ceremony took some d...

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Editor’s note: The Ouray County Plaindealer started publishing profiles of nonprofits between Thanksgiving and New Year’s in 2020 as a community service. The purpose of these profiles is to highlight ...

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Blasting to resume above Ouray Jan. 6

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Blasting for a private homeowner's garage project will resume Jan. 6 in the side of a mountain above Ouray, with operations paused for the upcoming Ouray Ice Festival due to safety concerns. The proje...

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Home for the holidays

Perennial renters. Globetrotters. Forced minimalists. For financial and other reasons, they've spent most of their lives moving from place to place. Now, for the first time, these new Waterview homeowners are putting down roots in Ouray.

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When Diane Todd pulled her white Chevy pickup into the driveway of her new home in Ouray, she jumped out of the car and gave her next-door neighbor a hug. It was the first time they had met, and both ...

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SKIP THE GROCERY TRIP

Friends launch weekly delivery service, aiming to cut carbon emissions, free up time

By By Lia Salvatierra lia @ouraynews. com

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Two friends are teaming up to take the Montrose grocery chore off your hands, reduce vehicle emissions and free up their customers' time with a weeldy delivery service. With the new business DelivOura...

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