Dear Editor: Ouray residents, thank you so very much for spending time to look at the correct excise tax facts straight from the assessor's office ins...
November 24, 2021
Dear Editor: On behalf of the Ouray Public Library, I want to extend my heartfelt thanks to the community for its overwhelming support of our ballot m...
November 24, 2021
News
Ouray County has another destination recognized for top stargazing potential and a dedication to preserving the night sky. Top of the Pines open space...
November 23, 2021
Covid
A Ouray County man in his 60s died Nov. 12 at Montrose Regional Health after testing positive for COVID-19, Emergency Manager Glenn Boyd announced Thu...
November 18, 2021
Obituaries
Dennis O’Leary of Ouray, Colorado passed away suddenly on October 27 at Montrose Memorial Hospital. He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts to William...
November 18, 2021
News
ART SHOW: Ouray County Community Art Show at the Ridgway Library during normal hours. Nov. 12 through Jan. 12. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Every Friday and ...
November 18, 2021
News
GUNNISON A Gunnison judge on Tuesday denied a request by three parents and a community member to block the Gunnison Watershed School District’s mask m...
November 18, 2021
Editor's note: The Ouray County Plaindealer is featuring nonprofit organizations which are based in Ouray County and serve Ouray County in a series of...
November 18, 2021
[tecnavia_gallery slug='ouray-trail-group-gallery' view='carousel']Editor's note: The Ouray County Plaindealer is featuring nonprofit organizations wh...
November 18, 2021
Opinion
50 YEARS AGO November 18, 1971 - It was anything but relaxing and certainly a very different kind of “wilderness experience” for those who attended th...
November 18, 2021
Main
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...
