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For five years, Carolyn Snowbarger watched as her Thanksgiving dinner grew, adding more chairs around the table. Last year, 37 people gathered at her ...

November 19, 2020

Covid

Ridgway rides out quarantine

Shawnn Row waited by his computer Tuesday morning, a Zoom window open and ready for students to pop in with questions. Instead of walking up to his de...

November 19, 2020

Covid

Governments rush to spend relief funds

Ouray County officials are working to spend more than $400,000 in federal coronavirus relief funds, including purchasing body cameras, technology and ...

November 12, 2020

Covid

With virus, more questions than answers

The day before I flew to Colorado in May, I spent a long evening at my grandma’s house, wearing a mask and talking from across the room, trying to fig...

September 30, 2020

Covid

Market through the roof

[tecnavia_gallery slug='market-through-the-roof-gallery' view='carousel']For years, Dana and Andy Rodes talked about retiring in Colorado. A Colorado ...

September 28, 2020

Covid

Rally calls for civility, features exchanges

A group of about 30 people gathered Saturday at Ridgway’s Hartwell Park for a “Freedom Rally,” many waving American flags and signs supporting Preside...

September 24, 2020

News

Housing project inches ahead

Ridgway’s long-awaited Space to Create apartment building, the first affordable housing project in the county, is expected to break ground this spring...

September 24, 2020

Covid

RETURNING TO HIS ROOTS

A few months before the coronavirus pandemic halted international travel, Anthony Disser was flying frequently to China and Saudi Arabia, consulting f...

September 17, 2020

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Structures draw complaints, probe

An assortment of tiny homes and other non-conforming structures in Elk Meadows has drawn the attention of Ouray County after complaints from neighbors...

September 17, 2020

Covid

This is how he rolls

[tecnavia_gallery slug='this-is-how-he-rolls-gallery' view='carousel']Superintendent Tod Lokey brought a short yellow school bus to a stop on Whisperi...

September 3, 2020

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A weekend full of pride

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