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Ouray County Plaindealer
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Ouray County Plaindealer
@ocplaindealer
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- More than 100 people attended the meet-and-greet for @laurenboebert in #Ouray County on Saturday. Story from @mikewiggins76 here: ow.ly/bRDR50ASqEH
- We're thrilled to announce that the Plaindealer earned 16 @colorado_press association awards for our work in 2021. @LizTeitz w/@Report4America really cleaned up – sweeping the investigative reporting category for our class. Here's a 🧵with what won awards:
- A @ColoradoDOT worker looks on as incredible amounts of snow are removed from in front of and inside the snowshed on US 550 Red Mountain Pass. CDOT hosted a tour of the indefinitely-closed Red Mountain Pass earlier this afternoon. For the full story, pick up Thursday's paper.
- We're thrilled to announce we earned 13 awards at the @SPJCOLO Top of the Rockies regional competition! Congrats to @mikewiggins76, @erinmcwriter, @LizTeitz w/@Report4America and Carolina Brown for being recognized for their hard work. ouraynews.com/news/plaindeal…
- We haven't been on here much lately. But we've upgraded our website and the paywall is down while we fix bugs, so check it out - if you like it, please support our work – subscribe at ouraynews.com:
- NEW: Democrat Scott Yates is entering the 3rd CD race, vowing to fight #daylightsavingtime. @scodtt #copolitics ouraynews.com/news/3rd-cd-ca…
- We were honored to win 19 awards at the @SPJCOLO #topoftherockies last weekend. Here's a rundown of the work we had recognized in the 4-state competition: ouraynews.com/news/plaindeal…
- It's Plaindealer Day! Here's a rundown of some local news stories we have this week. This is #newsCOneeds: 🧵
- This incredible story about how @ColoradoDOT workers saved a man whose car went off Red Mountain Pass earned @mikewiggins76 🥇for breaking news reporting: ouraynews.com/index.php/news…
- #Ridgway is the third community #Colorado to receive #darksky designation from @IDADarkSky with commitment to protect skies and reduce light pollution. ouraynews.com/news/ridgway-r…
- Democracy dies in darkness. Read this from our co-publisher:Transparency is so important for journalism and democracy. We couldn’t do what we do at @ocplaindealer without help from @CoFOIC. Here are some examples: 🧵
- ICYMI, co-publisher @erinmcwriter 's column about a longtime Colorado newspaperman who gave her the chance to publish her first byline. A tribute to Gene Thomas: ow.ly/pPTw50CC6h3
- We're proud to participate in this project #COVID-19 with @co_mediaproject. Our article featuring @AdoptMtPetsCO is one of several about the kind of grit and ingenuity we Coloradans have used to get through this. Click here to read the COVID-19 diaries. ow.ly/YeKk50zoQCd
