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 ...

Ouray County commissioners heard two proposals for addressing the longstanding shortage of affordable housing on Tuesday, with two entities making pitches for donated land to develop. The Telluride Fo...

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...

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

A large pile of snow sits on the corner of Cora and Clinton streets in Ridgway, where Colorado Boy customers spent the summer eating pizza, drinking beer and taking advantage of the weather. Outdoor s...

The question seems funny now. When Rich and Karen Avery bought Box Canyon Lodge & Hot Springs, someone asked them what sort of experience they had in the hospitality industry. “Our experience was we h...

Ouray County has reported 36 new COVID-19 cases in the last two weeks, the largest spike in cases since the November surge. Ouray School quarantined three groups of students and Ridgway Elementary Sch...

The Telluride Foundation is asking the Ridgway School District and Ouray County to hand over an old baseball field in Ridgway for its new affordable housing initiative, where the foundation hopes to b...

The Ouray City Council’s first step toward revising the city’s noise ordinance involved cranking up the volume outdoors, in a hotel parking lot on a chilly winter afternoon. Councilors who are intent ...

A coalition of Colorado congressmen has introduced the Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act, which would protect more than 400,000 acres of public land in the state and establish new wilderness...

A group of backcountry skiers were caught in an avalanche Monday in an area near Ophir Pass, called “the Nose,” at approximately 11,500 feet in elevation. On Wednesday afternoon, rescue teams were sti...

In the last few weeks, Daniel Wolf made time to help his eldest daughter with a new project. He helped India shovel through frozen dirt buried beneath the snow, unearthing peony rhizomes and planting ...

Ridgway parents are pleased with the way the district has handled recent quarantines, including one involving the whole sixth grade class. Transitions to virtual learning went smoothly, communication ...

A contract with the county’s interim road and bridge superintendent has been extended and the search continues for a permanent hire after a “wrinkle in the recruitment process,” Board of County Commis...

In the short-term, the pandemic was viewed as a major spoiler for this year’s Ouray Ice Festival, a buzzkill for an event thriving on throngs of people piling into the Uncompahgre Gorge to cheer on th...

GUNNISON Millions of dollars, thousands of cattle and ranches converted to development — these would be among the costs in the Gunnison Valley should drought prompt water restrictions under the Colora...

A third grade class at Ridgway Elementary School has been instructed to quarantine for the next week after being exposed to a staff member who tested positive for COVID-19.  Superintendent Susan Lacy ...

Coloradans over 65, educators and childcare workers can begin receiving COVID-19 vaccines Feb. 8, under a new phased approach announced by Gov. Jared Polis Friday.  Vaccines are currently only availab...