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[tecnavia_gallery slug='a-new-chapter-for-ouray-library-gallery' view='carousel']Every other week, first responders and policy makers from around Oura...

March 18, 2021

Covid

One shot vaccine arrives

Ouray County Public Health Agency has received and started administering 600 doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to eligible resident...

March 11, 2021

News

County settles public records lawsuit

Ouray County will pay $7,500 to settle a case involving a public records request from the Plaindealer, after filing suit against the newspaper’s co-pu...

March 11, 2021

Covid

County receives 600 one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccines

Ouray County Public Health Agency has received 600 doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, which eligible people will begin receiving ne...

March 4, 2021

Covid

Vaccine priority phases change again

Colorado announced more changes to its vaccination prioritization phases last week, cutting down the number of people who will become eligible whe...

March 4, 2021

News

District wonât donate land for housing

The Telluride Foundation is looking elsewhere for land for its affordable housing initiative, after the Ridgway School District decided not to donate ...

March 4, 2021

Covid

No shutdown âa small miracleâ

[tecnavia_gallery slug='no-shutdown-a%c2%80%c2%98a-small-miraclea%c2%80%c2%99-gallery' view='carousel']Craig Spearman sat in his garage, bundled up in...

March 4, 2021

Covid

Grocery workers, 60-plus and high-risk Coloradans up next for vaccines

Colorado announced more changes to its vaccination prioritization phases Friday, cutting down the number of people who will become eligible when the n...

February 26, 2021

Covid

Move to fewer restrictions delayed

Ouray County’s move to a lower level of pandemic restrictions has been delayed by a spike in positive cases and a decrease in testing, pushing the rat...

February 24, 2021

News

Town OKs key Space to Create agreements

The Ridgway Town Council voted on Feb. io to approve key agreements for the Space to Create development, in what Town Manager Preston Neill called a “...

February 24, 2021

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August 20, 2025

News

City retains lawyer in light of sewer problems

Mayor says he doesn't think the city will take legal action, but firm will review potential defect claims

By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com

August 20, 2025

The city of Ouray will hire an attorney who could help potentially pursue legal claims against the contractors who built and equipped the city’s new $17 million wastewater treatment plant, which has b...

News

Ridgway opens door for tourism marketing

Town follows through on plan to seek bids for services; chamber to seek to keep contract

By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com

August 20, 2025

The town of Ridgway is opening up a competitive process for its tourism and marketing services after years of handing the task to the Ridgway Area Chamber of Commerce. The shift toward a competitive p...

Letters

Time to lower the speed limit on U.S. 550

August 20, 2025

Dear Editor: Hardly a week goes by without another fatal accident on U.S. Highway 550, it seems. Or am I just imagining things? Winter or summer, events conspire, someone dies and the road is closed f...

Letters

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Revisiting postal history

August 20, 2025

Dear Editor: I read with interest Ms. Snowbarger’s column, “The West’s Unsung Heroes? Post Offices” in the Aug. 7, 2025, issue of the Plaindealer. Postal history, particularly that of Ouray County and...

Liz Teitz

Remote-triggered avalanche in San Juan Mountains

First responders receive first COVID-19 vaccines