Year established as a nonprofit: 1896 What does your organization do for Ouray County? Our lodge gives to the community in the form of grants and scholarships and through events for the veterans and c...

Editor’s note: The Ouray County Plaindealer started publishing profiles of nonprofits between Thanksgiving and New Year’s in 2020 as a community service. The purpose of these profiles is to highlight ...

Editor’s note: The Ouray County Plaindealer started publishing profiles of nonprofits between Thanksgiving and New Year’s in 2020 as a community service. The purpose of these profiles is to highlight ...

Year established as a nonprofit: 2012 What does your organization do for Ouray County? We provide food to nutritionally underserved residents of Ouray County What do you list as your greatest accompli...

Editor’s note: The Ouray County Plaindealer started publishing profiles of nonprofits between Thanksgiving and New Year’s in 2020 as a community service. The purpose of these profiles is to highlight ...

CALENDAR & EVENTS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14 LEGAL CLINIC: A free legal clinic for paties who have no attorney. Volunteer attorneys answer questions by phone. Ouray Library, 320 6th Ave. 2-5 p.m. Call 970-...

December 13, 1973 - The Ouray County Chamber of Commerce has passed a resolution to request a change in Ouray zoning which would allow larger signs than the zoning ordinance presently provides. A mont...

Francis (Frank) Carney was born in County Fermanagh, Ireland, in 1846. After emigrating to the United States in 1859, he completed schooling in Corning and Watkins, New York. The family moved to New Y...

Year established as a nonprofit: 1994 What does your organization do for Ouray County? Second Chance Humane Society speaks on behalf of animals in Ouray, Montrose and San Miguel counties. We accept st...

SEASON OF SHARING Editor’s note: The Ouray County Plaindealer started publishing profiles of nonprofits between Thanksgiving and New Year’s in 2020 as a community service. The purpose of these profile...

Editor’s note: The Ouray County Plaindealer started publishing profiles of nonprofits between Thanksgiving and New Year’s in 2020 as a community service. The purpose of these profiles is to highlight ...

Editor’s note: The Ouray County Plaindealer started publishing profiles of nonprofits between Thanksgiving and New Year’s in 2020 as a community service. The purpose of these profiles is to highlight ...

For observant drivers traversing U.S. Highway 550, Ouray’s red door has been an oddity without rhyme or reason for years. Framed by the cliffs just south of Rotary Park, it seemingly leads to the hear...

OURAY COUNTY December 6, 1973 - EDITORIAL: At times during Monday night’s city council meeting, some gentlemen on the council seemed to have been thrown into panic resulting in tunnel vision, followin...

Year established as a nonprofit: 2021 What does your organization do for Ouray County? In a county where the median cost of a single family home is $875,000, our work is critical to the future of our ...

SEASON OF SHARING Editor’s note: The Ouray County Plaindealer started publishing profiles of nonprofits between Thanksgiving and New Year’s in 2020 as a community service. The purpose of these profile...

Court named after legendary hoops coach Steve Hill As Steve Hill sat surrounded by friends and family on Ridgway Secondary School’s bleachers Saturday, overwhelming pride washed over him once he saw h...

From the recliner in front of his living room picture window, Carl Dismant sees the wild turkeys strutting across his yard and visitors coming up the sidewalk. He's set a timer to make sure he wakes u...

SEASON OF SHARING Editor’s note: The Ouray County Plaindealer started publishing profiles of nonprofits between Thanksgiving and New Year’s in 2020 as a community service. The purpose of these profile...

When Lynne Stovicek opened Lucky Find Consignments after working at The Market grocery store in Ridgway, she felt a sense of fear. It was December 2016, nearly a year after a different consignment sho...