It should perhaps come as no surprise that, as a retired high school teacher, state Rep. Barbara McLachlan is focused primarily on education issues this legislative session. The package of bills intro...

Time is running out for owners of short-term rentals to obtain a license from the city of Ouray. City officials will begin conducting code enforcement on properties leased for fewer than 30 days start...

Local wedding planner honored with award A Ouray event and wedding planner has received an award from The Knot, earned from high ratings and recommendations from those who have used her services and a...

A recall petition to remove Ouray County Sheriff Lance FitzGerald from office has been approved. Petition circulators now have 60 days to gather signatures to move forward with an election where count...

A warming climate will shorten the ice climbing season in Ouray County and is already shrinking or eliminating climbing routes around the world, a panel of climbers and weather experts said Sunday nig...

The voices asking Ouray County Sheriff Lance FitzGerald to resign now include his own staff. A Jan. 21 letter from a staff member to FitzGerald expressed embarrassment, disgust and a request for him t...

The Bureau of Land Management is in the final stages of an Environmental Impact Statement to assess domestic sheep grazing on nine grazing allotments in Ouray, Hinsdale and Gunnison counties. The allo...

An unusually large crowd of teachers and community members gathered for a meeting of the Ridgway School Board on Jan. 23 to give public input on school funding and hear the board approve a resolution ...

The Ouray City Council on Tuesday signed off on a plan to expand the historic Columbus Building, with a series of changes the owner says is necessary to cover soaring restoration costs. Councilors una...

GUNNISON Hundreds of Gunnison County residents were summoned for jury selection this week in the trial of a woman accused in the 2017 deaths of two young sisters. Madani Ceus was originally charged in...

Jeff Skoloda’s relationship with the Ouray Ice Park dates back several years, back to when he began fashioning trophies for competition winners during the annual Ouray Ice Festival and performed ice c...

Ouray County will hit the pause button on being part of a housing advisory committee with the Town of Ridgway and City of Ouray, but will ramp up its internal efforts to examine opportunities for affo...

An article headlined "'It's the right thing to do': GOP leaders vote to pursue recall" on Page 1 of the Jan. 16 edition of the Plaindealer incorrectly reported what would happen if Sheriff Lance FitzG...

Ouray Democratic Party leaders have joined the effort to remove Sheriff Lance FitzGerald from office, following the lead of GOP leadership which voted last week to pursue a recall election. "Sheriff F...

The Ouray Planning Commission is considering relaxing some land-use and development regulations in an effort to create more housing that residents and workers can afford. Planning commissioners discus...

After interviewing three candidates last week, the Ouray School Board voted unanimously Tuesday, Jan. 21 to approve Kate Kissingford to fill a seat vacated in November when Nicole Skoloda resigned fro...

Van Le Little arrived in Ouray last week quiet and timid, in a place unfamiliar to her and surrounded by women she didn’t know. The 44-year-old data analyst for a Seattle financial data and software ...

An ice climber who was swept down into the bottom of the Uncompahgre Gorge is the first avalanche victim of 2020 in Ouray County. The woman was not climbing at the time but was untethered. Ouray Count...

A joint meeting between Ouray County, the Town of Ridgway and the City of Ouray is scheduled next week to determine next steps for an advisory board focused on affordable housing. The Town of Ridgway’...

Colt Califano knew he was in a precarious position. The 15-year-old was finishing his usual chores at the family’s horse ranch off County Road 1 on the evening of Dec. 27. His older brother, Luke, was...