In the waning weeks of the 2019 ice climbing season, a 27-year-old Tres Barbatelli stood at the bottom of the Uncompahgre Gorge wondering what he’d just done. Minutes before, he’d rappelled down into ...

The city of Ouray terminated the sole employee of its police department and turned over its police services to the Ouray County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday, officially dissolving a stand-alone law enf...

A paramedic for Ouray County Emergency Medical Services, who has been on administrative leave since the Gold Mountain Fire, was fired last week after a meeting with county administration went awry. Jo...

Ouray County’s draft budget for next year proposes five staff reductions from general fund departments – all of which are currently vacant positions. The positions are from administration, the assesso...

After resolving concerns about an intergovernmental agreement with San Miguel County, Ouray County commissioners approved a new partnership last week that will transport veterans to medical appointmen...

The Emergency Watershed Protection project to mitigate debris flows below the Gold Mountain Fire burn area has received a 45-day extension with a new completion date of Nov. 17. Most construction is s...

Compiled from the files of The Ouray County Herald, The Ridgway Sun, and The Ouray County Plaindealer 60 Years Ago October 20, 1966 A parent-teacher day was introduced into Ouray schools Oct. 14. This...

Ouray County commissioners have unresolved concerns with the Ouray County Emergency Medical Services budget that raise questions about the viability of the plan to consolidate EMS under the Ridgway Fi...

Ouray County voters will decide next month whether to raise the county’s sales tax by 0.5% to fund relief efforts for future disasters, a measure county officials argue is needed to prepare for fires,...

Alec Lindeman wasn’t planning to run for the Colorado House of Representatives this year. Neither was Susannah Smith, a Ridgway resident who volunteered to be a placeholder candidate in the Democratic...

As Ouray County approaches the renewal of its lease of a slice of Ridgway Reservoir’s water supply, county officials are making noises that they want the local water users to put their names on the do...

Colorado voters will decide in November whether to require state and local law enforcement to work more closely with federal immigration authorities. Amendment 81, brought by a conservative political ...

Colorado voters will decide in November whether to require that people convicted of child sex trafficking be sentenced to prison for life, without any chance of parole, by passing Proposition 133. The...

Colorado voters will decide in November whether to give K-12 public schools billions more dollars using money that taxpayers would otherwise get back in state refunds through the Taxpayer’s Bill of Ri...

Editor's note: Welcome to the first edition of Peak Living, a special section in the Plaindealer. We hope to gain enough support for this feature to bring it to you monthly, but initially we're trying...

A new program for older residents starts next week in Ouray County, offering exercise classes, guest speakers and activities. Organizers want to help fight loneliness and keep residents connected and ...

Colorado’s vote next month on whether to amend the state Constitution by codifying the right to hunt and fish has intensified debate among hunters, conservationists and legal experts over exactly who ...

The city of Ouray faces another lawsuit from an ex-employee of the police department. In a complaint filed last week in district court, former Ouray Police Department administrative assistant Lucy Ree...

Ouray County commissioners approved a revised contract Tuesday that would make the Ouray County Sheriff’s Office the full-time provider of police services in the city of Ouray — but at a higher cost t...

Ouray County Commissioner Lynn Padgett will take a voluntary 10% salary reduction next year in a show of solidarity with other departments that took cuts for the 2027 budget. Padgett said budget reduc...