By News Staff 
June 21, 2023
Ridgway band Smutdolly opened for Paco Versailles at the Mountain Air Music Series on June 15 in Fellin Park in Ouray. Pictured here, from left to right, are guitarist Derek Jones, lead vocalist Polly...
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By Mike Wiggins 
June 21, 2023
The rubber ducks will return to Rollans Park this weekend, but for a hunt rather than a race. And better leave those discount store inner tubes at home. When revelers gather along the Uncompahgre Rive...
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By Erin McIntyre 
June 14, 2023
Dave Conrad jokes that he got the recessive gene for music. His mother, a concert violinist, is the one in the family who got the musical talent, he tells people. But music has always played an impor...
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By Katie Langford 
June 14, 2023
Cara Fandel spent 32 years viewing the world through her camera lens before she turned to a different kind of art. Though she enjoyed work as a professional photographer, Fandel said there were aspect...
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By Daniel Schmidt 
June 14, 2023
Editor's note: This is the first installment in our new, occasional feature called "burning questions." We thought this one would be a great one to start with, given the celebration of Flag Day this ...
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By Mike Wiggins 
May 31, 2023
One aspect of theater John Kissingford loves most is that it creates conversations. And here comes a production, adapted from an ancient Greek play and updated for modern times, that explores power dy...
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By Katie Langford 
May 31, 2023
You can spot a piece of Kellie Day’s artwork long before you’re close enough to the canvas to see her signature. Soft pastel shades and vibrant jewel tones come together to form lush bouquets, sweepin...
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By Mike Wiggins 
May 31, 2023
To understand Craig Hinkson’s passion for building, you have to flip the pages of history back to the early 1970s, when the mines above Ouray were still pumping out precious metals, residents burned c...
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By Liz Teitz 
May 24, 2023
Heather Smith knows what many kids hear as their families walk up and down Main Street, popping in and out of shops. “By the time they get here, they’ve been told a hundred times, 'Don’t touch, don’t...
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By Erin McIntyre 
May 24, 2023
Harlan Schoonover was driving home late one night from work when he saw it. One of the industrial buildings he passed on the highway didn't have any camper trailers out front anymore. It's the type o...
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By Katie Langford 
May 24, 2023
Second Chance Humane Society’s Board of Directors has hired new Executive Director Nick Gilman on a nine-month contract, with board leadership describing the nonprofit’s next phase as “an exciting res...
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By Plaindealer Staff Report 
May 17, 2023
Admit it: It's a rough time right now. Inflation is taking a big bite out of your pocketbook. Who knows what's happening with the economy? And we won't even mention those property value assessments th...
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By Erin McIntyre 
May 10, 2023
The free-spirited, mischievous character who didn't want to grow up takes the stage this week in "Peter Pan," performed by Weehawken Dance at the Montrose Pavilion. Pirates, pixie dust and swashbuckli...
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By Liz Teitz 
May 3, 2023
She stands by the side of the road sometimes, where passing drivers stop and stare. They have nothing to fear – she only spits when startled, really. She'll even pose for pictures, cocking her head a...
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By Katie Langford 
May 3, 2023
Lisa Issenberg is in the business of taking a significant moment in a person’s life and crafting it into a memory they can hold in their hands. Out of her Ridgway workshop on Clinton Street, Issenberg...
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NEIGHBORS AND HELPERS
Daily dedication of Ouray County's weather observers helps sustain decades of data, inform region's climate history
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
September 4, 2024
Every morning, Karen Risch drinks a cup of coffee, puts on a sun, rain or snow hat and heads to her yard. She checks eight different instruments to collect weather data: gathering temperature highs an...
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Backers of Ridgway soccer field, track and field space have raised $1.8M of $3.3M project cost
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
September 4, 2024
When Ridgway Secondary School students returned to class last week, they did so once again without a soccer field outside the back door of the school or a publicly available track within 30 miles. But...
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Wood alleges city violated free speech, due process rights
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
September 4, 2024
Former Ouray Police Chief Jeff Wood plans to sue the city of Ouray, alleging city leaders violated Wood’s constitutional rights when then-City Administrator Silas Clarke fired Wood in June. In a notic...
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State, real estate professionals disagree about town's projected growth
By Deb Hurley Brobst Special to the Plaindealer 
September 4, 2024
The Ridgway Planning Commission is envisioning what the town should look like in the future. The commission is looking at the economic implications of Ridgway’s land use mix: housing that is sorely ne...
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By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
September 4, 2024
Silas Clarke left his job as the Ouray city administrator this week, but he will consult city leaders on certain issues through the end of this year. The Ouray City Council unanimously approved an agr...
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