The COVID-19 outbreak at the Ouray Silver Mines has increased to five cases. A man in his 60s, who was tested on Nov. 2, has tested positive for the virus, according to county officials. All the emplo...

Democrat Barbara McLachlan won a third term representing House District 59, defeating Republican challenger Marilyn Harris, according to unofficial election results. The Durango resident received 29,1...

Ouray County voters overwhelmingly supported Amendment B to the Colorado Constitution in Tuesday’s election, with 65 percent of voters in the county opting to repeal the Gallagher Amendment. The measu...

Concerns over proposed changes to traffic lanes of U.S. Highway 55o at Colona to make it easier for customers to access a proposed recreational marijuana store led county commissioners to continue the...

Ouray County voters have approved a measure to continue subsidizing a primary care practice in the county. The Regional Service Authority ballot issue narrowly passed with 53 percent of the vote, or 1...

UPDATE as of Friday, Nov. 6 at 2 p.m.: Four new confirmed cases of the virus have been announced as part of the mine outbreak today , and four new "probable" cases are also being investigated as part ...

Ouray County will likely return to more restrictive COVID-19 protocols next week in response to one outbreak, a suspected outbreak and increased virus cases. In a meeting Wednesday afternoon, county h...

Democrats swept the Ouray County commissioners’ races Tuesday, claiming the term-limited Republican chairman’s seat and defeating an unaffiliated incumbent. In races peppered with negative campaign ad...

The young — and young at heart —turned out en masse to trick-or-treat on Main Street in Ouray on Saturday. Buoyed by unusually warm weather, dozens of costumed characters wandered from store to store...

The Ouray County Clerk’s office survived its fifth election of the year, amid a pandemic, election anxiety from concerned voters and record turnout. Ouray County showed up in force for the election, c...

Ouray residents likely will see another rate increase on their utility bills next year, as the city undertakes a pair of major infrastructure projects. The Ouray City Council on Monday approved on fir...

Ouray city residents overwhelmingly agreed to continue paying a property tax for projects designed to protect homes and businesses from flood damage. Final, unofficial results Tuesday night showed vot...

GUNNISON Law enforcement officers believe a body found in the Black Canyon is of missing Western Colorado University student Walter “Kent” Jackson, 18. Officers found the body Friday, Oct. 23, along w...

A part-time Colorado resident who documents his disrespect for public lands on social media learned Friday what happens when defendants try to go toe-to-toe with a federal judge. After agreeing to a c...

Editor's note: This is a developing story and will be updated in the next edition of the Plaindealer. Ouray County may return to a more restrictive stage of reopening after several positive COVID-19 t...

Four employees of the Ouray Silver Mines have tested positive for COVID-19, in the first workplace outbreak of the virus in Ouray County. The positive cases were confirmed through workplace testing, a...

By Michelle Nauer Ouray County Clerk and Recorder Though some parts of the country are new to mail ballots and are using them for the first time due to the pandemic, Colorado has been using mail ballo...

Ouray County has four new confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported today, according to county officials. Health officials are investigating the four cases as a possible outbreak. More details were not ava...

The state health department has amended its limits on personal gatherings for counties in the “safer at home” category, including Ouray County. Citing concerns about increased infection rates, the Col...

A wildfire burning west of Silverton was fully contained Tuesday, aided by this week’s winter storm that dropped a foot of snow in some areas of the San Juan Mountains. The Ice Fire had burned 596 acr...