Dear Editor: Reciting the Pledge of Allegiance is a relatively new addition to council meetings initiated by a close vote by a recent council and subj...
January 29, 2020
Dear Editor: Last week’s Plaindealer contained an opinion from Mr. Scott Clifford regarding Ouray council member Ethan Funk and the Pledge of Allegian...
January 29, 2020
Obituaries
Robert Baca left his family and friends long before he wanted. He still had places to go and lots to do, but weakened health closed this life chapter ...
January 29, 2020
News
GUNNISON Hundreds of Gunnison County residents were summoned for jury selection this week in the trial of a woman accused in the 2017 deaths of two yo...
January 22, 2020
News
An article headlined "'It's the right thing to do': GOP leaders vote to pursue recall" on Page 1 of the Jan. 16 edition of the Plaindealer incorrectly...
January 22, 2020
Vann chosen for NEA arts review committee Chris Vann of Ouray, who serves as programming and development director for Palm Arts and the Michael D. Pal...
January 22, 2020
Opinion
President Ronald Reagan signed a bill marking the third Monday of January as Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 1983, and for years the Ridgway School Dist...
January 22, 2020
Opinion
Janus, the two-faced Roman god of doors who sees both past and future, might be the most appropriate symbol for this third decade of the 21st Century....
January 22, 2020
Opinion
New organizations in Colorado will soon get some much-needed extra legal firepower to fight wrongful denials of access to government records and proce...
January 22, 2020
Opinion
FROM THE PUBLISHER Getting to the bottom of a story often means locating a public record, or some piece of paper documenting what happened. Sometimes ...
January 22, 2020
News
Another officer resigns from police department, leaving sergeant and administrative assistant
February 2, 2026
The Ouray County Sheriff’s Office has assumed full responsibility for law enforcement services in the city of Ouray after City Administrator Michelle Metteer reassigned the police department’s two rem...
Main, News...
January 28, 2026
Editor's note: This article has been corrected to reflect that Ridgway Lodge LLC is the owner of MTN Lodge. Ridgway retains attorney after MTN Lodge owners say they won't pay taxes on long-term worker...
Main, News...
January 28, 2026
Manager: Looking for ways to avoid cutting employees Ouray County leaders have loosely settled on wanting to cut $500,000 from the county’s 2026 budget, anticipating they will have more unexpected exp...
News
January 28, 2026
Ouray County's coroner is seeking help finding friends of a man who was estranged from his family and died at a Ouray hotel. Quality Inn staff found William Curio Jr., who went by Billy, in his hotel ...
