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 ...

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 ...