Videos Login Subscribe Renew E-edition
logo
ePaper
coogle_play
app_store
  • News
  • Features
  • Opinion
    • Columns
    • Letters
  • Obituaries
  • Classifieds
    • Place a Classified
  • Advertise
  • Contact us
  • Legal Notices
    • Read Statewide Legal Notices
  • Archives
    • News
    • Features
    • Opinion
      • Columns
      • Letters
    • Obituaries
    • Classifieds
      • Place a Classified
    • Advertise
    • Contact us
    • Legal Notices
      • Read Statewide Legal Notices
    • Archives

Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com

Main, News
Town water system faces pricey repair
Ridgway is under an extended emergency disaster order after heavy rain earlier this month destroyed the Beaver Creek diversion system, which feeds int...
August 21, 2024
News
County to conduct own analysis of Crystal Reservoir
Ouray County leaders voted on Tuesday to hire a consultant to study issues with Crystal Reservoir. The U.S. Forest Service, which owns the dam, has sa...
August 21, 2024
News
RIDGWAY NEWS BRIEFS
Ridgway hires town planner  After a more than three-year hiring search, Ridgway has hired a new in-house town planner. Angela Kemp started her job as ...
August 21, 2024
News
Ridgway shifts solar park plan again
After rehashing a new plan for Ridgway’s Green Street Sustainability Park, a majority of town leaders agreed last week to key revisions, including inc...
August 21, 2024
News
Ridgway under emergency disaster order
Ridgway is under an extended emergency disaster order after extreme rain over the weekend destroyed the Beaver Creek diversion system which feeds into...
August 16, 2024
News
Nonprofit offers wildfire mitigation certification
As wildfire risk spreads and insurance companies scrimp on coverage in response, the Ridgway-based West Region Wildfire Council is offering a certific...
August 14, 2024
LLAMAS AT LARGE
Main, News
LLAMAS AT LARGE
It’s day 13 of hide and seek in the San Juan Mountains and so far llamas Clavio and Cisneros are winning. The two animals escaped from experienced lla...
August 7, 2024
Main, News
Fire agencies consider idea of merging
The fire departments in Ouray and Ridgway are exploring the idea of combining the county’s five emergency response entities into one.Right now the cou...
August 7, 2024
Latest ride brings deputy to Ridgway
Feature
Latest ride brings deputy to Ridgway
When it comes to protecting the public, it’s not Ridgway Marshal's Office Deputy Brannon Hasler’s first rodeo. The newest deputy made a career out of ...
August 7, 2024
Man accused of sex assault, gun threat
News
Man accused of sex assault, gun threat
A Ridgway man has been arrested on allegations he sexually assaulted a woman and threatened her with a shotgun at her home on Log Hill Mesa last week....
August 7, 2024
  • 1
  • …
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
ePaper
coogle_play
app_store
ePaper
coogle_play
app_store
Editor Picks
UPDATE: Body of Ridgway man found in Chaffee County
Main, News...
UPDATE: Body of Ridgway man found in Chaffee County
By Mike 
October 28, 2026
The bodies of a college student from Ridgway and another man were found Wednesday afternoon in Chaffee County, five days after they left for a weekend hiking trip and got caught in a snowstorm. Kaden ...
this is a test
A well-deserved honor
Main, News...
A well-deserved honor
By Erin McIntyre 
October 28, 2026
The Telluride Foundation is honoring Williams with its 2026 Volunteer of the Year award. Williams, who moved to Ouray in 1975, is a longtime volunteer and former Ouray city councilor. Her experience i...
this is a test
News
Cow Creek project fight heads to key hearing
By Chart Riggall 
October 28, 2026
A Colorado judge will consider next week whether regional water managers have enough ground to stand on to pursue a plan to divert water from Cow Creek into Ridgway Reservoir, as a long-running battle...
this is a test
News
SMPA proposes fifth consecutive rate hike
Trio of increases would raise access charge 27%
By Chart Riggall 
October 28, 2026
San Miguel Power Association has proposed to hike its base monthly access charge for the vast majority of its customers from $33 to $42, marking the fifth straight year the power provider has sought a...
this is a test
News
Agency warns of ongoing flood threats in burn scar
By Chart Riggall 
October 28, 2026
A U.S. Forest Service survey of the Gold Mountain Fire says flooding and debris flows will likely continue to be dangers within the most severely scorched areas of the burn scar. A report released thi...
this is a test
Facebook

Remote-triggered avalanche in San Juan Mountains

First responders receive first COVID-19 vaccines

Ouray County Plaindealer
Office address:

195 S Lena St. Unit D
Ridgway, Colorado 81432
970-325-4412

Mailing address:
PO Box 529
Ridgway CO 81432

This site complies with ADA requirements

© 2023 Ouray County Plaindealer

  • Contact
  • Advertise
  • Accessibility Policy