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...

Local mine operator Ouray Silver Mines Inc. reached a milestone in its five-year quest to revive the historic Revenue Mine last week when its Canadian parent company, Aurcana Silver Corp., secured a ...

Ouray County Public Health Director Tanner Kingery was pleased to report the hiring of a full-time nurse to the Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday. The county has previously only had a nurse one...

The Ouray School District is working to improve in four areas after a COVID-19 safety audit found gaps in the school’s protective measures. The four areas of weakness found by auditing company H2 Manu...

GUNNISON Discussions surrounding accessory dwelling units in Gunnison residential areas have dissolved following a report that found the city’s outdated infrastructure would be unable to accommodate i...

Ouray County voters will be able to vote on the possible retention of four local judges in the 7th Judicial District in this year’s election. Three district court judges and a county court judge are ...

The firm hired to develop the Ridgway School District’s master plan to address infrastructure needs within the district’s two schools will unveil several options to the public during a web-based open ...

With less than a week to go before the election, Ouray County voters have returned ballots in record numbers. As of Wednesday morning, Ouray County’s elections office had received 2,814 ballots, a 64....

Ouray County's newest confirmed cases of COVID-19 involve a woman in her 30s and her infant. The two were tested at Montrose Memorial Hospital and were confirmed to have positive tests, reported to th...

Both school districts in Ouray County have closed for school today. Ridgway announced a snow day closure for K-12 this morning. A reported 9 inches of snow fell overnight in the area. Ouray School Dis...