State health officials are expected to announce surface water has infiltrated the city of Ouray’s drinking water, a determination that will likely force the city to spend millions of dollars to more r...

GUNNISON Recent storms have helped the Gunnison Basin’s snowpack pull out of a nosedive, but longrange forecasts through the end of the winter remain dismal. This dry outlook has begun to worry Gunnis...

Former Ouray County Sheriff Lance FitzGerald was arrested for suspected driving under the influence again and is also facing prosecution in his last DUI case, after allegedly failing to complete the t...

Ouray County’s public health director and emergency manager were disciplined and put on a performance improvement plan for working too many hours during the pandemic, according to records they provid...

A Ridgway man has been found in violation of a restraining order prohibiting him from harassing or contacting a local brewpub, its owners employees, a county court judge decided this week After more t...

The Ridgway School Board heard varying opinions from citizens on a proposal by the Telluride Foundation to build affordable housing on the district’s old baseball field during the public comment porti...

Months in the making the Economic Resiliency Plan commissioned by local officials advised improving communication with residents and businesses, forming a countywide economic development organization ...

UPDATE, 3:38 p.m. U.S. Highway 550 over Red Mountain Pass will remain closed the rest of the night, as adverse weather conditions have made avalanche mitigation operations impossible to perform, accor...

Former Ouray County Sheriff Lance FitzGerald was arrested for alleged DUI late Thursday, and faces his third DUI case in four years. He was arrested by the Colorado State Patrol late Thursday night an...

Ouray County Public Health announced another COVID-19 outbreak in the City of Ouray offices Thursday, where two confirmed positive cases have been identified.  The workplace outbreak, which is defined...

Several Ouray businesses are hosting donation jars to raise money for Ouray School athletics to make up for revenue lost due to the pandemic. The school receives gate and concession revenue from baske...

A proposal to build a 30-unit apartment complex for Ouray Silver Mines employees hit a potential road block Tuesday when the Ouray Planning Commission recommended the city deny a minor subdivision for...

A district court judge will decide whether the public has access to disciplinary records for two Ouray County employees who have been at the helm of the COVID-19 pandemic response. In response to noti...

GUNNISON Cuts and investments are being planned for many of Western Colorado University’s academic programs. If accepted, the changes will take place during the 2021-22 school year. Among other things...

Hundreds of Ouray residents were left without power and Internet service for hours on Feb. 5 after a private contractor working to remove snow hit an overhead power and communications line. The accide...

The Colorado Department of Transportation has plans to extend its Bustang Outrider bus route in July with five-day-a-week round trips from Telluride to Grand Junction, stopping in Ridgway among other ...

A group of seven backcountry skiers who triggered a fatal avalanche in the San Juans were warned of significant avalanche activity and checked the forecast before the accident, according to a report r...

Ouray County plans to align its regulations of off-highway vehicles with those of neighboring counties, in the hope of reducing confusion for those operating OHVs in the backcountry when they cross co...

UPDATE: Teachers began receiving vaccines on Saturday. Look for an update in this week's edition of the Plaindealer. Ouray County Public Health Director Tanner Kingery hopes the county can return to l...

UPDATE: Avalanche warning in effect for Tuesday morning. Read more here.   Deputy Monty English parked his patrol SUV on Red Mountain Pass, just past the San Juan-Ouray County border, and approached ...