Continuing a theme of change, the Ouray City Council will have a new mayor pro tem in 2020. In a split vote, city councilors agreed Monday night to appoint John Wood to the position, removing Glenn ...

SILVERTON - Town staff has begun winter grooming efforts for the non-motorized Nordic trails maintained at Memorial Park, Kendall Mountain Ski Area, and Silverton School. These trails are open for wal...

Don’t panic. On Wednesday, around dinner time, you’ll likely receive an emergency alert on your phone. That is, if it’s registered to receive CodeRED emergency alerts in Ouray County. County Emergency...

OURAY COUNTY A family searching for their beloved dogs for more than a month is growing desperate to find them. The Johnsons posted flyers far and wide, advertising their missing pets, but so far have...

  Second Chance Humane Society is well-known for adopting pets to forever homes, rehabilitating pets who have unique medical needs or rescuing those that have suffered abuse, and for sheltering pets w...

  After years of work, Ouray County has a new set of rules requiring new homes to be more wildfire-resistant. The Ouray County commissioners unanimously approved the new land-use codes governing wildf...

  Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials will host meetings in Montrose and Gunnison next week to explain a new program that will reward anglers who catch smaller lake trout at Blue Mesa Reservoir. The...

  When Sue Hirshman first came to Ouray, she had no idea a little, dark canyon and its inhabitants would become the center of her world. There, behind the waterfall, in the nooks and crannies of Box C...

  The future of Ouray’s marketing organization is in limbo, as the Ouray Tourism Office remains without an executive director while it waits to see how much a new city council shakes up the city’s app...

The Ridgway boys' soccer team has received the sort of accolades befitting a state champion. Weeks after winning the team's first state soccer title, Demons' coach Jon Kornbluh and senior midfielder R...

  Ouray County Administrator Connie Hunt has been awarded the 2019 Administrator of the Year Award from the Association of Colorado County Administrators. The award was presented to a surprised Hunt a...

By Olivia Exstrum, special to the Plaindealer The secret to cleaning up old mine waste might be in beer. Well, the waste from making beer, that is. A new environmental group is putting that theory to ...

  Two years after voters approved a 1 percent sales tax to help pay for capital expenses, the city of Ouray is ready to put some of that money to work. The City Council on Monday approved a $10.1 mill...

  A second public hearing on a Ouray County land-use code amendment regarding wildfire regulations was continued again last month, but county commissioners expect the next hearing on Dec. 10 to be sho...

  The Ouray County sheriff was arrested by one of his own deputies on suspicion of driving under the influence last week, after he was found to have a breath-alcohol level almost twice the legal limit...

  After bidding farewell Ouray School Board President Kentee Pasek, who leaves the board after eight years of service, newly elected Ouray School Board members were sworn in and officers were elected ...

SILVERTON - The Town of Silverton is gearing up for an early opening at Kendall Mountain Ski Area. The chair lift will start spinning at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7. "With recent storms and more snow ...

  Plans to build a three-story culinary arts campus, including housing, eateries and garden spaces in the heart of Ridgway, are one step closer to fruition. Ridgway Planning Commission members unanimo...

  If you were looking for the perfect dress for this weekend’s social event, Dee Hilton would not only help you pick it out, she’d offer you an honest opinion about how you looked, not simply tell you...