Medical professionals deal with protocols, challenges amid COVID-19 pandemic - gallery

Healthcare providers and first responders Avery MacKenzie, Drew Yeowell, Kerstin May-Michelich, Alexis Garza, Kim Mitchell, Ruth Stewart, Greg Noland, Katie Hughes, Sara Forrest, Rebekah Stewart and Katy Majors-Foley stand in Ridgway by the banner installed by a group of medical professionals' families recognizing their work. Photo courtesy Jeff Dunbar

By Samantha Tisdel Wright on May 14, 2020

Medical professionals deal with protocols, challenges amid COVID-19 pandemic – gallery

: Healthcare providers and first responders Avery MacKenzie, Drew Yeowell, Kerstin May-Michelich, Alexis Garza, Kim Mitchell, Ruth Stewart, Greg Noland, Katie Hughes, Sa...

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Pushback grows over road plowing

Landowners seeking wintertime motorized access increasingly encountering opposition

By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com

April 2, 2025

Outrage over wintertime wheeled access on public county roads is resurging as Ouray County residents scorn new requests from private landowners to plow public roads and argue the county’s snow-protect...

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County mulls stipend for planning commission

By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com

April 2, 2025

Ouray County commissioners are debating whether to offer planning commissioners a stipend after about a month of struggling to recruit replacements for four openings on the commission. Four planning c...

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Ridgway stands toe-to-toe with larger school

By By Matt Meyer Special to the Plaindealer

April 2, 2025

Editor's note: The Plaindealer is trying something new – publishing a sports column with information about local high school sports during the seasons for those sports. We don't have the resources to ...

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School improvements slated for summer

By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com

April 2, 2025

The areas where Ridgway School District students gather to socialize, eat, study and host musical and theatrical performances will receive roughly $1 million of improvements this summer. Work at Ridgw...

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7th District to receive additional judge

By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com

April 2, 2025

The 7th Judicial District, which includes Ouray County, will receive a sixth district court judge next year, after Gov. Jared Polis signed a Senate spending bill into law last week. The bill adds 15 d...

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A favorite new haunt: Ghost Ranch, New Mexico

By Tim Spangler Special to the Plaindealer

April 2, 2025

Editor's note: Log Hill resident Tim Spangler submitted our latest feature in an occasional series called "Road Trip," meant to highlight places and fun things to do within driving distance of Ouray C...

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Trump administration releases $3.2B in federal funds for Colorado electric co-ops

Funding includes $9.8M for San Miguel Power solar facility in Montrose County

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The Trump administration has released $3.2 billion in funds for six Colorado rural electric cooperatives and the Tri-State Generation Transmission Association after a two-month freeze — with perhaps a...

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Public shouldn’t pay lawyer fees

April 2, 2025

Dear Editor: I don't believe that Lynn Padgett deserves to have Ouray County pay her attorney fees, but if it will stop her Trump-like whining about how unfairly she has been treated I guess I am OK w...

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