Dear Editor: Hello Ouray County Citizens, I hope you are all well, in good health and you are surviving this COVID-19 pandemic. It has been a difficul...
June 4, 2020
Dear Editor: I would like to thank Mike and Erin of the Plaindealer for their support of the graduating Class of zozo and me. Their kind doings have r...
June 4, 2020
Dear Editor: Last week the Plaindealer wrote a lengthy article about City Council. I’d like to address only what referred to myself. I don’t speak up ...
June 4, 2020
News
GUNNISON It’s still too early for Western Colorado University officials to determine the exact amount of financial loss caused by the COVID-19 pandemi...
May 28, 2020
Covid
Joshua Kinne, left, plays the guitar while his 9-year-old son, Samuel, plays the hand drums during an impromptu parade in Ridgway’s River Park subdivi...
May 28, 2020
Ridgway resident Cat Lichtenbelt sews custom fabric masks for people in her mobile sewing studio — a travel trailer she set up next to the Ridgway Fir...
May 28, 2020
Opinion
Dear Editor, How do we find the truth in times like these? (COVID-19) Certainly not the “Main Stream Media” or our government. Logic is about clear an...
May 28, 2020
Opinion
50 YEARS AGO May 28,1970 - The ability to squeeze significantly more snow and rain out of mountain winter storm clouds in now an accepted fact. Work o...
May 28, 2020
Opinion
Dear Editor: One of the candidates for sheriff seems to have a wink and a nod, good-ole-boy attitude towards law abidance. Candidate Ted Wolfe has fla...
May 28, 2020
Opinion
Dear Editor: I would like to thank three members of the Ouray City Council for stepping up and forgoing their salaries for the rest of their terms in ...
May 28, 2020
Main, News...
County manager insists on controlling rodents despite pushback from commissioner
June 17, 2026
Ouray County will control the prairie dog population at the 4-H Event Center and Fairgrounds. Ouray County Manager Antonio Mendez said he has yet to decide on a method, but that the end goal is contro...
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City cites structural issues, will pursue short-term fix
June 17, 2026
The sudden removal of most of the free weights from the fitness center at the Ouray Hot Springs Pool has angered members who say the city eliminated one of the primary reasons they work out there. Cit...
News
June 17, 2026
The Ridgway Town Council has decided it’s willing to take a chance on a grant-funded public process in pursuit of an all-electric building code for new construction. Councilors unanimously voted on Ju...
News
June 17, 2026
Ridgway town councilors voted last week to fly the pride flag at Ridgway Town Hall for the remainder of Pride Month, after deciding not to last year. At a June 10 meeting, Councilor Polly Kroger reque...
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State agency says local buy-in will improve chances of grant; council to consider funding request during fall budget talks
June 17, 2026
The Ouray Library District has asked the city of Ouray to contribute $100,000 toward its expansion, hoping to pair it with other funding from local and state governments. In a June 2 letter, which als...
