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October 11, 2023

CALENDAR & EVENTS

LEGAL CLINIC: Ouray County Free Legal Clinic, Ouray Public Library, 2-5 p.m. Call the Ouray Library at 970-3254616 to sign up.

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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.

By LIA SALVATIERRA

December 25, 2024

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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SEASON OF SHARING

Season of Sharing 2024: Minerva West Theater Co.

December 25, 2024

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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Season of Sharing 2024: The Sherbino Theater/Ridgway Chautauqua

December 25, 2024

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SEASON OF SHARING

Season of Sharing 2024: Ouray Teacher Fund

December 25, 2024

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Season of Sharing 2024: Threshold Singers of the Shining Mountains

December 25, 2024

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Season of Sharing 2024: The Wright Opera House

December 25, 2024

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SEASON OF SHARING

Season of Sharing 2024: UpstART Theater

December 25, 2024

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SEASON OF SHARING

Season of Sharing 2024: Ouray County Performing Arts Guild

December 25, 2024

Year established as a nonprofit: 1983 What does your organization do for Ouray County? The Ouray County Performing Arts Guild’s mission is to bring in “the best possible entertainment” for Ouray Count...

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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

December 25, 2024

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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Ouray business owner touts benefits of work visa program

By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com

December 25, 2024

For the past five high-tourism seasons, university students from Brazil to Malaysia came to work at Ouray Grocery on work exchange visas. Owner Tom Fedel hired his international employees through the ...

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Mexican eatery adds second location in county

Five years after debuting in Ridgway, El Agave Azul opens in Ouray

By By Chloe Kiparsky Plaindealer intern

December 25, 2024

Editor's note: The interview for this business feature was conducted in Spanish and translated by Chloe Kiparsky. A new taste of Mexico came to Ouray earlier this month, when El Agave Azul opened a ne...

Remote-triggered avalanche in San Juan Mountains

First responders receive first COVID-19 vaccines