Some Ouray County employers have asked workers to get coronavirus antibody tests in order to return to work, against the advice of medical experts who question the tests’ value and accuracy. In the la...

Colorado is rolling out a new ad campaign to encourage visitors to socially distance and wear masks if they decide to vacation here, asking tourists to be responsible. Gov. Jared Polis debuted the edu...

The Ouray City Council has granted a special noise permit to the owners of Goldbelt Bar and Grill that will allow them to have live music on select dates this summer. Councilors unanimously approved t...

Colorado is bracing for a long, hot summer and more than 80 percent of the state is already in abnormally dry to drought conditions, according to information from the state climatologist’s office this...

The Ouray Hot Springs Pool reopened Monday with limited guests and facilities, more than three months after closing. Instead of the hundreds of people who would typically visit on a warm June day, th...

The candidates seeking to replace Sheriff Lance FitzGerald have raised three times as much in campaign contributions as the race in which he was elected in 2018. Together, the candidates hoping to uns...

Local governments across Colorado saw their sales tax revenue crater in June in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, but in Ouray County the results were decidedly mixed. The city of Ouray reported a 27...

Ouray County has submitted a request to the state to allow pools to admit 200 people or 75 percent of capacity. County commissioners, acting as the Board of Health, approved the variance request to be...

One by one, masked congregants walked up to a small altar at the United Church of the San Juans, weaving carefully between sets of chairs arranged 6 feet apart. They each selected a plate holding a Co...

Editor's Note: To watch a video about the Ouray and Ridgway protests, click here.   For the second time in as many weeks, locals gathered to join national calls for police reform and justice for Geor...

Ted Wolfe and Justin Perry, the candidates seeking to replace Ouray County Sheriff Lance FitzGerald in a June 3o recall election, offered differing answers to questions posed during a June 11 forum. H...

Editor’s note: The Plaindealer asked several questions of the two candidates running for sheriff in the June 30 recall election: Republican Ted Wolfe and unaffiliated Justin Perry. Their responses wer...

A 50-year-old woman who lives in Ouray County and works in a neighboring county is the latest confirmed local case of COVID-19. Ouray County Public Health Department Director Tanner Kingery said he re...

Ouray County’s 4-H Events Center will reopen for church services after being closed for months due to COVID-19 restrictions. Grace Community Church will be the first group to hold events at the facili...

The city of Ouray plans to reopen the Hot Springs Pool and fitness center early next week, more than three months after the facilities were shut down in the early stages of the COVID-i9 pandemic. Acti...

By Robert Stoufer Editor's Note: This column was printed in this week's edition of the Plaindealer as part of a special section from the Ouray County Historical Society. Please pick up a copy to read...

By P. Balaram Editor's Note: This article was printed as part of a special section for the Ouray County Historical Society in the Plaindealer this week. Please pick up a copy of the paper to read more...

The Ouray County Fair isn’t canceled – but it’s definitely going to look different this year due to COVID-19. There won’t be any indoor exhibits, no pie-baking contest, no jellies and jams awarded rib...

Editor's note: This article was published as part of a special section for the Ouray County Historical Society in this week's edition of the Plaindealer. Please pick up a copy to learn more about how ...

By Don Paulson Editor's note: This column was printed in the Plaindealer as part of a special section for the Ouray County Historical Society. Please pick up a copy of this week's paper to learn more ...