Dear Editor: All Lives Matter Oh, to have the people that have come out with that phrase believe it in their hearts. Then that beautiful phrase, “...t...
July 8, 2020
Dear Editor: You already know that you live in one of the most beautiful places in the United States, but did you know you are likely the friendliest ...
July 8, 2020
Dear Editor: As a public figure, I recognize that I have a somewhat reduced expectation of privacy than does a private citizen; therefore, I would lik...
July 8, 2020
Dear Editor: After reading about Dr Sims and his belligerent attitude when asked to wear a mask in many shops in Ouray, two things occurred to me. Fir...
July 8, 2020
Dear Editor: Mammals and birds are thought to host 1.7 million undiscovered types of viruses which may be waiting for their chance on the world stage,...
July 8, 2020
Dear Editor: You have been doing such an outstanding job rejuvenating the Plaindealer, I subscribed and even donated to your Report for America projec...
July 8, 2020
Dear Editor: We’d like to thank the Plaindealer for their excellent reporting on the “To mask or not to mask” article last week and the BOCC for promp...
July 8, 2020
Obituaries
Edmund Kenneth von Delden went home to be with his Lord and Savior on July 3, 2010, at age 87, at the University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora, Color...
July 8, 2020
Obituaries
Marcy Grace MacKintosh was born Dec. 14, 1922 in Jacksonville, Fla. and passed June 13, 2020 in Ridgway, Colorado. Her parents were John MacKintosh an...
July 8, 2020
News
Ridgway is the latest addition to the list of officially designated “dark sky” communities, as of this week. The International Dark Sky Association aw...
July 8, 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...
