As the stay-at-home order continues and non-essential businesses remain closed, workers and business owners in Ouray County are wondering how long their savings can keep them going. When Gov. Jared Po...

A pandemic, weeks of uncertainty, a frantic move-out and a nonstop cross-country road trip were not what Rosalind Greisz had in mind for her junior year of college. Colleges and universities across t...

Here's one bright spot to the coronavirus crisis. Ouray County residents impacted by the coronavirus pandemic who need to find temporary housing outside of their own home now have a free place to stay...

Last month’s sudden cancellation of recycling services by Bruin Waste Management has left Ridgway residents with a choice: Let plastic bottles, cans, paper and cardboard languish in a landfill - or in...

Students in Ouray County won't be returning to school in-person for the remainder of the school year. Ouray and Ridgway school district leaders announced they would continue to suspend face-to-face le...

Students in Ouray County won’t be returning to school in-person for the remainder of the school year. Leaders of both Ouray and Ridgway school districts made the announcement they would continue to su...

When Gay Leachman put her first batch of nine cotton face masks in a box by her house, she was surprised to find they were gone the same day. The massage therapist and Ridgway resident began making m...

In these bleak times of canceled classes, a scuttled prom and uncertainty around high school graduation, social distancing has led to inevitable feelings of isolation. But Weehawken dance and theater ...

        Inside the door of St. Daniel’s Catholic Church, a table of palm fronds sits in the middle of the aisle between pews. The fronds have dried slightly since last Sunday, Palm Sunday, when Father...

Pews packed with worshippers and chapels filled with song have been replaced by single devotees dotting empty sanctuaries and families huddling around computer screens. Instead of warm embraces and fi...

Erin Eddy didn’t feel that bad, really, at first. And he didn’t have the symptoms qualifying him for a coronavirus test when he first checked with the doctor’s office. But he knows he has it now. Eddy...

Ouray County reported its first COVID-19 death on Wednesday — an 81-year-old man who was the second confirmed local case. Authorities were still investigating the source of the man's contagion when he...

Mountain Medical has announced it has another confirmed case of COVID-19 here in Ouray County – a man in his 70s. The man was tested more than a week ago on March 30, according to clinic staff. As of ...

This was supposed to be a column celebrating our one-year anniversary owning the Plaindealer. A year ago, Mike and I sold the house we remodeled in Grand Junction, I gave away my backyard flock of chi...

Story updated at 2:30 p.m.: Ouray Brewery owner Erin Eddy announced this afternoon he tested positive for COVID-19. Eddy is the first Ouray County resident to test positive for the virus. His positive...

After listening to recommendations from medical experts, Ouray Country commissioners decided not to pursue a request from an anonymous citizens who offered to put a payment plan to cover more than $20...