Dear Editor: We are fortunate, here in the San Juans, to have a great many non-motorized trails that hikers, mountain bikers and horse riders can choo...
April 21, 2021
News
A small landslide northeast of Ridgway Thursday afternoon damaged a drainage ditch, leading to flooding and damage to a pair of county roads, accordin...
April 15, 2021
Obituaries
Gail passed away of natural causes unexpectedly. She was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, to Edward Tafoya & Maryjane Gann. She was the 4th child of 6 ...
April 14, 2021
News
Ouray police confiscated two movie-prop hundred dollar bills after a Texas man tried to pay with one at the Goldbelt Bar & Grill on March 21, Chi...
April 14, 2021
News
Ouray County has agreed to join hundreds of other businesses, local governments and private individuals in obtaining its electricity from 100 percent ...
April 14, 2021
News
Snowmelt is starting to fill the Uncompahgre River. And there’s a reward for you if you can correctly predict the date and time it’ll reach its maximu...
April 14, 2021
News
GUNNISON Western Colorado University’s Board of Trustees kicked off a listening tour Monday with a session to hear from faculty. During the hourlong m...
April 14, 2021
Covid
The pandemic has brought an influx of homebuyers to Ouray County, elevating sales and prices and reducing inventory to historically low levels. A look...
April 14, 2021
50 YEARS AGO April 15, 1971 - Raymond Young, 21, of Delta was picked up with his brother, Butch Young, 23, by Sheriff Tom Gilmore of Montrose and Sher...
April 14, 2021
Dear Editor: In the April 8 issue of the Plaindealer, Carolyn Snowbarger states that the Ouray County Water Users Association “manages” water in Ouray...
April 14, 2021
Main, News...
Colorado is on track for its warmest year ever. Source flows are diminishing or at historic lows. So why has only one water provider in Ouray County ordered cutbacks this summer?
September 9, 2026
In the early days of summer, it remained a matter of some debate where the drought of 2026 ranked in the annals of long, hot Colorado summers. For Cary Denison, Ouray County’s representative on the Co...
Main
September 9, 2026
Move frees up federal relief money President Donald Trump approved a major disaster declaration for the Gold Mountain and Aspen Acres fires, unlocking millions of dollars in Federal Emergency Manageme...
News
Operation part of state program to reclaim abandoned sites
September 9, 2026
It’s not what you think. A towering steel drill that’s been perched along the side of U.S. Highway 550 in recent weeks isn’t probing for gas, or oil, or even a route to the Far East. The operation is ...
News
September 9, 2026
Officials cite concerns about safety, health at Tuffy's Corner A highway pullout popular for overnight camper parking north of Ouray has been empty in recent weeks since ‘no camping’ signs were instal...
