Ouray County commissioners met with representatives of the Trust for Land Restoration and the Ouray County Historical Society recently to address immediate needs and long-term solutions to problems re...

Ridgway Elementary School has selected a new principal — Heidi Hanssen. Hanssen was selected from a panel of four finalists this week, after interviews with students and staff, and a resume review fro...

Ouray County leaped down two places on the state’s reopening color dial in two days - skipping from orange to yellow to blue - triggering looser restrictions for events, entertainment and pretty much ...

Jim Duncan is enjoying his retirement from stressful city policing as the new part-time deputy marshal in Ridgway after a nearly 40-year career in law enforcement. He and his wife moved to Montrose to...

He’s still here, in some ways. In the shot glass poured with a drink for him on the bar at the Ouray Elks Lodge. In the bottles of the lavender oil he distilled and distributed to friends as a cure-al...

Ouray County will pay $7,500 to settle a case involving a public records request from the Plaindealer, after filing suit against the newspaper’s co-publisher. The county filed suit against Erin McInty...

Only two days after moving to level yellow on the state's color dial for reopening during the pandemic, Ouray County will move to the "blue" caution level this afternoon. Less than a week ago, Ouray C...

Ouray County Public Health Agency has received 600 doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, which eligible people will begin receiving next week.  The doses of the new vaccine, which was autho...

Ouray County residents are invited to submit original poetry for an anthology of local literary writing that focuses on what life is like in this region and is scheduled to publish later this year. Th...

A former Ouray District ranger has returned to the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests as the agency’s new public services staff officer. Tammy Randall-Parker rejoined the GMUG at th...

    Colorado announced more changes to its vaccination prioritization phases last week, cutting down the number of people who will become eligible when the next phase starts on Friday. Grocery and agr...

Housing Resources of Western Colorado has received a $47,000 federal grant aimed at helping residents in Montrose, Ouray and San Miguel counties with housing and human services needs. The funding from...

A judge has ordered a Ridgway man found in contempt of court to pay a $2,500 fine for not following the court’s orders and continuing to harass a local business. Ouray County Judge Kurt Beckenhauer ru...

The Telluride Foundation is looking elsewhere for land for its affordable housing initiative, after the Ridgway School District decided not to donate its field for the project. The foundation had pitc...

The Ouray County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a break-in at the Cedar Hill Cemetery in which more than $2,000 in tools were stolen sometime late last month. Michelle Nauer, chairwoman of the ceme...

GUNNISON Western Colorado University faculty will vote on whether President Greg Salsbury should keep his job after the Faculty Senate approved putting a statement “in support of new leadership at Wes...

While most of Ouray County slept, Mark Villegas navigated one of the most treacherous roads in the country early on the morning of Feb. 25. Red Mountain Pass demands a driver’s full attention on a su...

A chimney fire is believed to be the cause of this blaze, which destroyed a home on County Road 5 Friday night. The Ridgway Fire Department was paged to the fire at 7:20 p.m. Friday, about two miles p...

Ridgway School District has already narrowed the search for a new elementary principal down to four candidates to be interviewed this week. Elementary Principal Trish Greenwood is retiring this year. ...

Craig Spearman sat in his garage, bundled up in a jacket as he explained to his students their next assignment. He had escaped to meet with his students without interruption from his 1- and 3-year-ol...