Ouray leaders figure it’s a matter of time before the city’s revenue balloon, inflated to record levels in back to back years by pandemic-fueled tourism, begins to lose some air. It just so happens th...

After more than a year of planning, the roof was removed from the old jail in Ridgway on Friday, the first step in taking apart and relocating the building. The jail, which was built in 1908, will be ...

GUNNISON After voting against placing an $83.4 million bond on the ballot in 2021, the Gunnison Watershed School District board is planning to bring the initiative back to voters in the upcoming Novem...

Ridgway Elementary is making preparations for major renovations over the summer and into next year. Several members of the architectural, design and construction teams met at a work session with the R...

Stalled plans to remodel the pavilion at Top of the Pines, an open space preserve off of County Road 5 near Ridgway, are back in motion after a significant financial contribution from a private indivi...

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Every Friday and Saturday morning at 9 a.m. and every Wednesday night at 5:30 p.m. at St. Daniel’s Church, 614 Fifth St., Ouray. Every Thursday and Sunday at 7 p.m. in the sanctu...

Ouray County has extended its moratorium on marijuana licenses again, a year after first halting its acceptance of new applications. The commissioners adopted another extension on April 5 before holdi...

Ouray County businesses, nonprofits and government organizations are invited to inform local students about employment, community service and career options at the April 27 Ridgway Youth Volunteer and...

GUNNISON Although it is likely the fire district will continue to operate without additional funding for a new facility this year, a decision to include the city into the district’s boundaries may hel...

The San Miguel Power Association is tentatively proposing to close U.S. Highway 550 over Red Mountain Pass the first two weeks of May so it can finish clearing trees and other vegetation around its po...

Editor's note: David Gottorff was arrested again on May 12, on a warrant for alleged felony stalking. The case involves the neighbors who obtained the permanent protection order preventing Gottorff f...

Left, Kharis Weller of Silverton slings the discus at the Frank Woodburn Invitational track meet on April 9 in Grand Junction. She set a personal record in the 1600-meter run at the meet. Right, Vinn...

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Every Friday and Saturday morning at 9 a.m. and every Wednesday night at 5:30 p.m. at St. Daniel’s Church, 614 Fifth St., Ouray. Every Thursday and Sunday at 7 p.m. in the sanctu...

The owner of a Ouray guide service and the operators of the Ouray Via Ferrata are butting heads over new regulations that will boost the level of certifications commercial guides must possess if they ...

The city of Ouray has collected more than $16,000 in fines and back taxes from three illegal short-term rental operators, and is working to collect payment from two additional owners, including a San ...

The Ouray County Plaindealer won 13 awards in the four-state Society of Professional Journalists' Top of the Rockies contest last weekend. The Plaindealer, competing in the "small newsroom" category ...

A citizen-driven initiative to ask voters to raise property taxes for the Ouray County Sheriff's Office has been proposed to county commissioners. Log Hill residents Richard Wojciechowski and John Nel...

From the side door of his home on Moffat Street, John Clark hands a laptop to a customer and begins explaining his work. He replaced the battery, he says, and updated some software, and while it won’t...

A state mobile vaccine bus will be in Ouray on April 16, returning to provide COVID-19 vaccines and booster shots to newly eligible groups. Second booster shots are now available for immunocompromised...