Dear Readers, We understand you are concerned about the COVID-19 novel coronavirus. It’s not here yet officially, but we all want to know how to be better prepared. Information is part of that. We hav...

“The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow / Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below” ("Twas the Night Before Christmas" by Clement Clarke Moore) is not likely to be Ouray’s 2019 Christmas Eve...

From the Ouray County Herald and Ouray County Plaindealer: 50 Years Ago August 21, 1969 - If owners do not remove their junk cars and/or trailers left parked in Ouray on side streets, the city will. C...

By Susan Lacy, Ridgway School District Superintendent The Ridgway School District begins the year with exciting elementary campus improvements. The front parking area and playground blacktop has been ...

Planet Earth, the only home most of us and our descendants will ever know, needs our help. July 2019 was the hottest month in recorded history. “July has rewritten climate history, with dozens of new ...

  Welcome back to another exciting year at Ouray School District! Upon your return one of the first things you will notice is our newly renovated playground. This will be a centerpiece not only for th...

From the Ouray County Herald and Ouray County Plaindealer: 50 Years Ago August 7, 1969 - Just because it's still summer, you shouldn't get the idea that car thieves are taking vacations, the National ...

A century has passed since the end of “the war to end all wars." Wishful thinking, to be sure, but it’s old hat. Yesterday’s news. Dead history. Or is it? But if we were to ask John or Jane Doe to tal...

From the Ouray County Herald and Ouray County Plaindealer: 50 Years Ago July 31, 1969 - When we oldtimers mention "baby bathtubs" to the kids here today, it is hard for them to understand we are talki...

“Now the turmoil…normally hidden from view…is hitting home.” ~The Guardian, June 21, 2019 The article called to my attention was not about immigration or abortion (a.k.a., “reproductive rights”). Not ...

From the Ouray County Herald and Ouray County Plaindealer: 50 Years Ago July 10, 1969 - It has been about 18 years since the Galloping Goose wheezed up and over Lizard Head Pass, traversing high mount...

By Erin McIntyre and Mike Wiggins As new owners of the Ouray County Plaindealer, we were fully aware of affordable housing issues prior to moving to the area. Some folks assume we’re commuting from Gr...