As far as beginnings go, it’s not how Peter O’Neil would have scripted it. High temperatures reaching the 50s and overnight lows hovering in the 30s deep into November in Ouray simply don’t allow for...

Motorists brave enough to try to navigate U.S. Highway 550 over Red Mountain Pass today should expect several hours' worth of delays. The Colorado Department of Transportation announced just before 8 ...

Ouray County will add four new full-time employees in 2022, in the annual budget approved unanimously by commissioners on Tuesday. With increased projected revenues from both property and sales taxes,...

Ouray will continue to allow local workers to camp in recreational vehicles in the city through next November, though only one employer used the program last summer. The City Council voted unanimously...

ART SHOW: Ouray County Community Art Show at the Ridgway Library during normal hours. Nov. 12 through Jan. 12. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Every Friday and Saturday morning at 9 a.m. and every Wednesday nig...

A newly sworn-in and reconfigured Ouray City Council was immediately confronted with a sizable challenge Monday: the skyrocketing cost of the new wastewater treatment plant. City Administrator Silas ...

After nearly a week with only one new COVID case, Ouray County reported eight new cases Monday, which Public Health Director Tanner Kingery attributed to Thanksgiving festivities. “This may be just th...

GUNNISON Gunnison County commissioners plan to rely heavily on grant funding to take on 16 infrastructure projects in 2022, including the completion of a new terminal at the Gunnison-Crested Butte Air...

Editor's note: The Ouray County Plaindealer is publishing this story about mental health issues as part of the Colorado News Collaborative, or COLab, the nonprofit that unites more than 160 communiti...

Two law enforcement officers were assaulted on Thanksgiving by a transient who is accused of refusing to leave private property. Shaine Herrin, 31, was arrested after he attacked and injured Ouray Cou...

The Ridgway Planning Commission voted Tuesday to recommend approval of six new townhouses on Charles Street after two lengthy discussions about design and density. The preliminary plat for the RidgSix...

GUNNISON The results of a study commissioned by the Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport put numbers to the throne of Coloradans and Texans who come to the valley during peak tourist seasons. Using...

Hot lunches are on a bit of a hiatus at Ridgway schools and are likely going to be limited this semester. The district announced the hot lunch schedule changes to parents this week, letting families k...

Ouray County is hitting the reset button on its fair board, after years of dysfunction, state open meetings laws violations and noncompliance with state laws governing when county fairs can be held. C...

The Board of County Commissioners met with County Administrator Connie Hunt last week to discuss their goals for 2022 as well as the draft budget. The budget is scheduled to be adopted at a hearing ne...

John Randolph will never forget the sound. Just minutes after letting his dogs out into the yard in Ridgway on the morning of Nov. 23, he heard Moses, the 3-year-old chocolate lab, wailing in pain. “...

Ridgway Animal Hospital is advising its clients to check whether their dogs need a vaccine booster after a dog in Ouray County recently tested positive for leptospirosis. Leptospirosis in dogs is a ba...

When Craig Jackman purchased much of this unincorporated town on the northern edge of Ouray County, he had a vision of a hip little community. There would be a coffee shop, a restaurant, preserved hi...

Ouray County residents who need help paying their energy bills this winter can apply for assistance through a federally funded program. The Ouray County Department of Human Services is now accepting L...

Two performing arts venues in Ouray County have split on requirements for attendees as local COVID case numbers remain high: Ouray’s Wright Opera House will encourage but not require masks, while the ...