Columns, Opinion...
May 31, 2023
50 YEARS AGO May 31, 1973 - H.C McNulty, well-known Ouray resident, was killed last Thursday as he was en route to check the upper spring on his property south of Ouray, just off the Camp Bird Road. A...
Columns, Opinion...
May 24, 2023
50 YEARS AGO May 24, 1973 - The Plaindealer has obtained reports of the amount of snowfall this winter from the Camp Bird Mine. At the Camp Bird, snow this year measured 404 inches, which is 80 to 90 ...
Columns, Feature...
May 24, 2023
Occasionally one finds A bird That has it all! – Anonymous Editor's note: Birds of Ouray County columnist Sue Hirshman has decided to continue writing her column when inspiration strikes, instead of m...
Columns, Opinion...
May 17, 2023
50 YEARS AGO May 17, 1973 - Editorial: Ma Bell’s gone around the bend again, to the point where there’s no living with her. The decline has become too severe. Every week there’s a new aberration. A fe...
Columns, Opinion...
May 10, 2023
50 YEARS AGO May 10, 1973 - Postal Service Week was commemorated at the Ouray Post Office this past week by honoring a uniquely outstanding postal customer: Dora S. Merling, who has used the Postal Se...
Columns, Opinion...
May 3, 2023
50 YEARS AGO May 3, 1973 - Bob Larson, an engineer at Idarado Mining Company in Ouray, was injured Tuesday when an estimated five tons of rock fell on and around him. Larson was working in the 2254 st...
Columns
April 26, 2023
50 YEARS AGO April 26, 1973 - Late spring and early summer is a tragic time for wildlife “rescued” by well-meaning humans who fail to understand that nature must take care of its own. Too often we kil...
Columns
April 19, 2023
50 YEARS AGO April 19, 1973 - Monday of this week, Chief Miller and his deputy borrowed radar equipment from the Montrose Police Department and conducted a survey on Main Street. In the space of appro...
Columns, Feature...
April 19, 2023
The little Bufflehead “sits high in the water.” Bobbing up and down like a yellow rubber duckie in the bathtub — Richard Crossley The month of March was almost like a repeat of February, with very col...
Columns
April 13, 2023
In the 1880s the mines in the northern San Juan Mountains were thriving. People, equipment and supplies were heading up daily to those high-altitude camps, and the mines were sending tons of ore down ...
Main, News...
Ouray to retain on-call model, offer raises to officers, while sheriff leads hiring, training efforts
May 20, 2026
The city of Ouray will retain and rebuild its own independent police department but rely on Ouray County Sheriff Justin Perry to lead the hiring and training of its officers until a new police chief c...
Main, News...
Ridgway's Hessler, Ouray's Skoloda win 3200-meter races; Demon girls finish second
May 20, 2026
LAKEWOOD — Both runners had established new personal bests and school records during the regular season. Both entered the state track and field championship ranked No. 1 in their respective classifica...
News
Charges for treatment, transport to increase for first time since 2018
May 20, 2026
Ouray County commissioners plan to raise fees for treatment and ambulance transports from Ouray County Emergency Medical Services starting in June. Commissioners reviewed proposed fee increases prepar...
News
Half-day event features volunteers feigning injuries, refusing to leave and generally creating chaos — in the name of training for a real emergency
May 20, 2026
At 9:28 a.m., Amy Clewell and her two pretend siblings gathered in her driveway in Elk Meadows, debating whether it was time to call for help. They watched a stream of law enforcement vehicles and fir...
News
At least 14 people sent letters to council urging vote against Gulde appointment
May 20, 2026
Former Ouray City Councilor Tamara Gulde ran into an organized effort to keep her from returning to public office earlier this year after she lost the November race for mayor, then sought to fill a va...
