Dear Editor: We are writing to support and thank the Ouray library co-directors for hosting the drag queen story hour. As parents of two, we are prote...
August 24, 2022
Obituaries
Michael Bazin passed away surrounded by family on August 6, 2022 at the age of 75. Mike was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and friend. He coul...
August 24, 2022
News
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Every Friday and Saturday morning at 9 a.m. and every Wednesday night at 5:30 p.m. at St. Daniel’s Church, 614 Fifth St., Ouray....
August 24, 2022
News
SILVERTON The town of Silverton purchased 1.2 acres of land on Aug. 10 that will be dedicated for affordable housing. Lifetime residents of Silverton,...
August 24, 2022
News
[tecnavia_gallery slug='off-to-a-running-start-gallery' view='carousel']Left: Brighton Reinert runs his 5k at the Boggy Draw Invitational cross countr...
August 24, 2022
Opinion
Summer is vanishing. Sunny days grow perceptibly shorter, nights cooler and longer, outdoor chores clamor for attention, school days begin. Rain and f...
August 24, 2022
A reader once told us he loved buying a Plaindealer out of the newspaper rack because it felt to him like he was winning something, like dropping coin...
August 18, 2022
Dear Editor, We would like to give a sincere thank you to Ouray County sheriff's deputy Luis Perez for assisting us when our vehicle broke down Sunday...
August 18, 2022
Dear Editor: I hope some of the road crews are reading the Plaindealer so I can thank them for the awesome new paving and striping, and such smooth, q...
August 18, 2022
News
GUNNISON On Aug. 9, the Gunnison Watershed School District Board unanimously voted to proceed with asking voters to approve a $95 million bond measure...
August 18, 2022
News
Reclamation part of orphaned and abandoned well program
September 4, 2026
It’s not what you think. A towering steel drill rig 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...
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September 4, 2026
President Donald Trump has signed off on a major disaster declaration for the Gold Mountain and Aspen Acres fires that unlocks millions of dollars in Federal Emergency Management Agency relief funds f...
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Senator tours flood-damaged areas, surveys planned fire mitigation efforts
September 2, 2026
U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper said Friday he was optimistic the Trump administration will declare the Gold Mountain Fire a federal disaster, arguing Congress “wouldn’t settle for” the White House withho...
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EMS paramedic, deputy emergency manager sent home days after fire started
September 2, 2026
Ouray County has had two emergency-related employees on paid administrative leave since the early days of the Gold Mountain Fire. A third employee, Road and Bridge Superintendent Ty Barger, was placed...
News
'You guys are in crisis,' Hickenlooper tells proprietors wrestling with aftermath of Gold Mountain Fire
September 2, 2026
Ouray County business owners bent the ear of U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper on Friday, sharing stories of declining profits and mass cancellations in the wake of the Gold Mountain Fire in the hopes the D...
