Dear Editor: Please remove a ll mask mandates for Ouray County. Stand up for our citizens' rights of freedom. The mask mandates from the state of Colo...
September 3, 2020
Dear Editor: In the Aug. 20 edition of The Plaindealer equestrian Sarah McConnell expressed her support for a new Miller Mesa Recreation Trail in her ...
September 3, 2020
Dear Editor: On Aug. 25, 2020, we expressed our concerns to Ouray County commissioners about conditions of our alpine access roads and alpine zones. O...
September 3, 2020
Dear Editor: I would like to state, for the record, that I am against any mandates for Ouray County, Colorado. Our county, state, and country is being...
September 3, 2020
Dear Editor: I don't understand the anti-maskers. Don't they believe in the germ theory of disease? I'm not going to recite all the numbers about why ...
September 3, 2020
News
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3, but registered voters in Colorado will receive mail-in ballots after Oct. 9. Vote-by-mail began for the entire state ...
September 1, 2020
News
GUNNISON It appears that Gunnison County may be headed out of the woods — for now. For the first time in almost a month, the test positivity for COVID...
August 27, 2020
News
Melvin Dunn of Ridgway was surprised by a parade for his 97th birthday on Saturday, organized by family members Doug and Janette Toney of Montrose. Hi...
August 27, 2020
Opinion
50 YEARS AGO August 27, 1970 - Ouray will have one-hour parking limits for the same four-block distance on the west side of Main Street as presently e...
August 27, 2020
Covid
By Helene "H" Disco, Center for Mental Health As schools open across our nation, we have been seeing that things are going to look different in ever...
August 27, 2020
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...
