By Mike Wiggins 
July 31, 2019
Alyssa Preston moved nine times in four years as she and her husband Dan scraped together a living while he worked as a cabinet maker and studied to become a pastor. She went back to college in her...
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By News Staff 
July 31, 2019
Editor’s note: The Ouray County Plaindealer is supporting Beth Paulson’s goal of making poetry more accessible to all during her tenure as poet laureate. Therefore, you’ll see poems regularly featur...
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By News Staff 
July 31, 2019
By Sue Hirshman The presence of birds in a Juniper tree is always magical --Anonymous— When I lived in Indiana, one of my favorite birds was the Eastern Tufted Titmouse that came to my feeders and hun...
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By News Staff 
July 24, 2019
The Artists’ Alpine Holiday is celebrating its 59th year and art show at the Ouray Community Center and debuts area artists’ watercolors, pastels, oil and acrylic paintings, sculptures, photography ...
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By News Staff 
July 24, 2019
From the Ouray County Herald and Ouray County Plaindealer: 50 Years Ago July 24, 1969 - There's been trouble in the camp, and it finally erupted Monday night, resulting in resignation of the entire th...
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By News Staff 
July 24, 2019
By Karen Risch Deep in the dog days of summer, the Southwest Monsoon typically blesses the San Juans with a welcome series of cooler days and nights as clouds and rain from the northern highlands of M...
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By News Staff 
July 24, 2019
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor, There is no housing “problem” for the governments of Ouray/Ridgway or Ouray County to “fix” (other than reducing taxes and regulations for new construction). It is no...
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By News Staff 
July 24, 2019
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor, We oppose the planned PUD with the Twin Peaks Hotel. We all live and/or work in Ouray, and most of us have been here for many years or even a lifetime. We love it her...
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By News Staff 
July 18, 2019
THURSDAY, JULY 18 KID ACTIVITY - Girls in STEM for girls entering fourth through eighth grade at Ouray Public Library, 4 p.m. LECTURE - Mountain SAR Search and Rescue: Tales from the Front Lines with ...
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By News Staff 
July 17, 2019
Shakespeare the way the bard intended it - that's the way audiences will see "A Midsummer Night's Dream" performed this week at the Wright Opera House. It's not about elaborate sets, fancy spotlights ...
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By News Staff 
July 17, 2019
Back in my corporate day, and even as a small business owner in Ouray County, any time there was a plan hatched to spend more money on something there had to be a corresponding move to spend less else...
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By News Staff 
July 17, 2019
From the Ouray County Herald and Ouray County Plaindealer: 50 Years Ago July 17, 1969 - Editorial: It all began with a surprise haircutting party planned for four longish-haired newcomers resident in ...
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By News Staff 
July 17, 2019
Dear Editor: Thank you for putting the “Don’t Hurt Dogs” article in the paper a few weeks ago. It is an honor to be in the paper. Since we were last in the paper we have raised $372 to raise a total o...
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By News Staff 
July 17, 2019
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor, The results of conditions of migrants at our southern border were released by the Inspector General for the Department of Homeland Security in May. The report reveal...
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By News Staff 
July 13, 2019
To submit your own calendar event for consideration in the next edition, email calendar@plaindealer.com . Deadline is noon Monday for that week's publication.
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July 11, 2019
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor, As the professional association representing Montrose, Ouray and Ridgway Realtors, we were dismayed to read Tim Menger’s recent letter to the editor. He’s absolutely...
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Main, News...
September 19, 2024
This unusually colored fawn pictured here with its twin is called a piebald deer, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife terrestrial biologist Alyssa Kircher. The white pattern is a result of a gene...
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Calendar & Events, Feature...
Sept. 19-Oct. 3 , 2024
By Erin 
September 19, 2024
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 POETRY READING: Literary Living Room presents Jeanine Renee at 7:30 p.m. at the Sherbino Theater, 604 Clinton St. Free. PRINTMAKING CLASS: Printmaking 101 for ages 12+, free, fr...
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Main, News...
Oak Street project could break ground in spring
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
September 18, 2024
The Ouray City Council unanimously agreed Monday to donate $100,000 toward an affordable housing project on Oak Street, boosting the chances it will break ground next spring. The money will go to the ...
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County will weigh cost savings against impacts to Whispering Pines
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
September 18, 2024
Ouray County commissioners are considering a proposal from the road and bridge superintendent for a gravel crushing operation across from the Whispering Pines subdivision that could create around a mo...
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News
Ridgway council rebuffs Wetterhorn exemption request because improvements weren't approved
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
September 18, 2024
The Ridgway Town Council has rejected a request from a Wetterhorn affordable housing project homeowner to sell her home for more than the allowed sale price. This is the latest in a series of firsts f...
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