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By News Staff

March 11, 2020

Dear Editor: The firing of Ouray School Superintendent Scott Pankow has created a window of opportunity for our county. I know this is a volatile topic, but we should seize the opportunity to ask the ...

LOOKING BACK

By News Staff

March 9, 2020

50 YEARS AGO March 5, 1970 - The East Riverside snow slide claimed another victim this week, just one day short of the date seven years ago when a minister and his two daughters from Ridgway were kill...

Ridgway boys basketball

By News Staff

March 5, 2020

Ridgway senior Kaden Forrest (35) zeroes in on a shot over Telluride’s Marcus Leyva (right) during the 2A-District 3 Tournament’s third-place game on Feb. 29, inside neutral Montezuma-Cortez H.S. Gymn...

Ridgway boys basketball

By News Staff

March 5, 2020

Cade Norwood (33) ponders a put-back of an offensive rebound while guarded by Telluride’s Tony Ordonez (20) during the 2A-District 3 Tournament’s third-place game on Feb. 29, inside neutral Montezuma-...

A good winter day for raptors

By Sue Hirshman

March 5, 2020

By Sue Hirshman One of the most wonderful sights In winter are the Raptors –Enos Mills On a cold, windy day, Feb. 8, my friend and I went birding. We hesitated, thinking it would not be a good birding...

Thatâs the way the cookie comes together

By Carolina Brown News@ouraynews.com

February 27, 2020

Locals now have someone to call when they want specialty cookies delivered for any occasion. Aimee Vann, a local mom of five, programs director at the Ouray Public Library and Ouray School Board memb...

Poets’ Corner: Carol Keeney

By Carol Keeney

February 27, 2020

This month it is my pleasure to share with readers a poem by Carol Keeney. Carol was a bilingual teacher and community organizer in California for 25 years who recently retired to Montrose. As an avid...

Laundromat back in the fold

By Mike Wiggins Mike@ouraynews.com

February 27, 2020

Jason and Amber Perkins have wanted to open a laundromat to the public since they bought the Ouray RV Park and Cabins in 2015. But city officials at the time interpreted the municipal code in such a w...

Local reggae band Niceness featured at Sherbino

By Special To The Plaindealer Plaindealer@ouraynews

February 27, 2020

The Sherbino invites the community out for a night of fun and dancing with a longtime local favorite, Niceness, on March 6. Niceness is rooted in the traditional sounds of island reggae; seamlessly in...

A hug for the principal, a curse upon the mean girl

By News Staff

February 20, 2020

Editor’s note: We hope you enjoy the first column from our newest contributor, Willie Richardson of Ridgway. Willie is a natural storyteller who has translated his ability to mesmerize audiences by a ...

Ouray Basketball

By News Staff

February 19, 2020

Above, Ouray’s Jackson Leo flies past Ignacio’s Brady McCaw for a close-range shot during 2A/1A San Juan Basin League road action on Feb. 15. Leo netted an eye-opening 23 points, but the No. 10 [1A] ...

Sketch comedy finds humor in everyday life

By Mike Wiggins

February 19, 2020

Mom was a total buzzkill. You’d be tearing down the cul-de-sac on your bike, ignoring the blind curve at the end of the street. Or climbing the tree and scooting out onto that really-skinny-but-I’m-su...

Looking Back

By News Staff

February 19, 2020

50 YEARS AGO February 19, 1970 - Planning and engineering are reportedly underway in this area for a year-around recreational development, with a 600 unit condominium complex planned by 1973 and about...

County website addresses recall questions

By News Staff

February 19, 2020

Dear Editor: While collecting signatures for the sheriff recall effort, I have been asked numerous times about the process for the recall. I suspect that there are many other people who have the same ...

What kind of country do we want to be?

By News Staff

February 19, 2020

Dear Editor: As a fiscal conservative, constitutionalist libertarian, I am going to do something I never would have done in the past. In Colorado, we can vote in any primary as long as we choose to be...

From the Publisher: Our Best of Ouray County Contest

By Erin McIntyre

February 14, 2020

Officer finds new career in familiar place

By Mike Wiggins

February 12, 2020

Everywhere he looked — in the classroom, out on the driving course, at the shooting range — Casey Canfield saw youth. Not that he was some over-the-hill trainee who didn’t belong. Not by any means. B...

State: Feeding big-game wildlife selfish, illegal

By Special To The Plaindealer

February 12, 2020

Colorado Parks and Wildlife reminds citizens that big-game wildlife does not need our help to get through a winter and that feeding them is not only illegal, but does more harm than good. The annual r...

Looking Back

By News Staff

February 12, 2020

50 YEARS AGO February 12, 1970 - Editorial: Is there any real good reason the gigantic trucks should continue to come ripping through town at speeds greatly in excess of the posted limit? Coming from ...

Thanks to volunteers

By News Staff

February 12, 2020

Dear Editor: A big thank you to Sara Woodward with The Real Estate Store and Jeremy Tilton with the Full Tilt Saloon for their time, effort and great organization of this year's Beer Garden at the 202...

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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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SUITE DREAMS ON STAGE

December 18, 2024

Dancer Ruby Noel, pictured at the center, reacts with the rest of the snowfl ake ballerinas during a scene. The dance program included more than 100 young dancers from across the region.

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Ridgway carried Padgett to victory

County voters' favor for Democratic candidates stronger than ever

By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com

December 18, 2024

Just like four years ago, Democrat Lynn Padgett has Ridgway-area voters primarily to thank for lifting her to victory and securing a second four-year term as a Ouray County commissioner. Padgett won 5...

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County mulls bolstering weapons ban

Commissioners weigh options with new state law that prohibits firearms in "sensitive spaces"

By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com

December 18, 2024

Ouray County leaders are considering more stringent rules prompted by a new state law which prohibits firearms in “sensitive spaces” like local government buildings where the county commissioners have...

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Ridgway athletic complex near full funding threshold

Commitments to soccer field, track now just $300K shy of $3.6M

By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com

December 18, 2024

If advocates for a new athletic complex behind Ridgway Secondary School were running a 5-kilometer race to raise the funding needed for the project, they’d now be approaching mile marker 3. The finish...

Remote-triggered avalanche in San Juan Mountains

First responders receive first COVID-19 vaccines