Ouray city leaders moved swiftly this week to ban all personal fireworks in the city, days after homes near Lee’s Ski Hill were shot with a barrage of pyrotechnics on Sunday night that ignited multipl...

Artist Yulia Avgustinovich works on the mural she was commissioned to paint on the southeast side of the Space to Create building in Ridgway on Monday. Avgustinovich, who has been a professional mural...

A judge has sentenced a Ridgway man to three years in prison for sexually assaulting a 28-year-old woman in 2023 after he claimed he was drunk and thought she was his wife. Brian Scranton, 49, hugged ...

She spent three months carefully itemizing everything they lost in the fire, trying to remember what was in kitchen drawers and closets. Every piece of silverware, furniture, clothing, appliances and ...

Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect that the West Region Wildfire Council received $7,184.63 donations from individuals in 2023. The Plaindealer received this information from the no...

For residents of Ouray’s Swiss Village Mobile Home Park, pulling together everything that’s needed to buy the land underneath their homes is like assembling a giant jigsaw puzzle. After spending nearl...

LAKEWOOD — Ariel and Natasha Hessler didn’t have the same level of confidence during the final baton pass for the Ridgway High School’s 4x800-meter relay team last week. Ariel expected to see Heritage...

A Ouray woman’s claim that she was attacked by a bear last weekend is prompting wildlife and law enforcement officers to remind residents and business owners to take steps to prevent future encounters...

The city of Ouray is prepared to raise rates again at the Ouray Hot Springs Pool and Fitness Center, claiming the additional money is needed to fund capital improvements at the pool. Daily admission, ...

The trial of one of three men accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl in the former police chief's home could be postponed and moved out of Ouray County. Cindy Hyatt, one of the attorneys fo...

The warning lights have been blinking for months. The city of Ouray postponed its annual Cabin Fever Day in mid-February for lack of snow on Lee’s Ski Hill, then moved the event to Fellin Park on Marc...

It’s been planted in Antarctica, held up in the Himalayas and waved by conservationist Jane Goodall at a rally in New York City. But Ridgway could be the world's first place to formally adopt and fly ...

For the first time since their release in Colorado nearly 18 months ago, gray wolves have crossed into Ouray County. A Colorado Parks and Wildlife map tracing wolf movement between March 25 and April ...

On any other day — except Sunday, of course — they would flood her counter, a constant stream of people entrusting her with greeting cards for loved ones, seeking her help finding missing packages, st...

A series of proposed changes in how the state of Colorado funds K-12 education is expected to hit the Ridgway School District harder than the Ouray School District over the next few years due to formu...

Ouray County taxpayers won’t foot Commissioner Lynn Padgett’s nearly $11,000 legal bill after commissioners Jake Niece and Michelle Nauer voted against her reimbursement request on Tuesday. Padgett an...

SILVERTHORNE — When Adolfo Román García-Ramírez walks home in the evening from his shift at a grocery store in this central Colorado mountain town, sometimes he thinks back on his childhood in Nicarag...