Between reserve and active duty, Mike Hakola spent 43 years serving his country in the U.S. Army, including two tours in Vietnam. Now, believing the city of Ouray is at a crossroads, he’s ready to s...

  The West Region Wildfire Council is hosting a community chipping and slash management program on Log Hill Mesa this week as part of a fuels reduction program. The deadline to register online is Sund...

  Ouray County is trying to standardize the way it maintains gravel roads, including the width of those roads and the goals for achieving a certain slope and drainage on the roads. Road and Bridge Sup...

A trans-Atlantic trio of musicians will present Irish and American folk music on Saturday at the Wright Opera House in Ouray. One for the Foxes, which includes Coloradan Johanna Hyde of Denver, will t...

By Olivia Exstrum, Special to the Plaindealer As a lieutenant with the Dallas Police Department, Jim Lewis was a part of a department of nearly 4,000 officers. As a commander in the Charles County, Ma...

  When Ridgway Public Library officials moved out of a downtown location and built a new facility on Charles Street 15 years ago, they figured the building might ultimately prove to be a little small...

WESTERN COLORADO Colorado Parks and Wildlife will be conducting mandatory chronic wasting disease testing during the 2019 hunting season in some areas as part of the effort to control the spread of CW...

OURAY COUNTY A member of U.S. Senator Michael Bennet's staff will be available to meet with residents today, Oct. 3, in Ridgway. Janet Wolf, a constituent advocate for the Democratic senator, will hos...

By Mike Wiggins & Erin McIntyre Val Szwarc figures the residents of both coasts of the United States have rarely, if ever, seen the Milky Way, washed out by the light pollution generated by the sprawl...

  Ouray County commissioners are discussing the adoption of 2018 federal building codes to avoid the risk it wouldn’t receive help from the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the event of a crisis...

WESTERN COLORADO The Bureau of Land Management Southwest Colorado Fire and Aviation Management Unit will continue vegetation treatments on public lands managed by the BLM in Montrose County through 20...

  The town of Ridgway is fundraising to try to match a generous, anonymous donor’s offer to pay for a new pavilion at the athletic park. The fundraising campaign, called “Perk up the Park,” has a goal...

  The percentage of medically uninsured people has grown in the six-county region including Ouray and Ridgway since 2017, while the percentage of people receiving insurance from employers has dropped,...

  This is a summary of cases the Ridgway Marshal's Office handled from Sept. 3 - 23, 2019. Anyone with information about these cases can contact the marshal's office at 970-626-5196. One welfare check...

  Enrollment in Ouray Schools this fall hasn’t dipped as much as Superintendent Scott Pankow estimated it would, but a continued decline still has school board members nervous and wondering when they ...

  Before she joined the Ouray City Council, Dawn Glanc clawed and scrambled like so many local residents to try to make ends meet Her love of ice climbing drew her to Ouray in the winter of 2005, but ...

  Rigging for Rescue instructor Kevin Koprek has pulled out of the Ouray City Council race, citing “recent events” with his family. The former manager of the Ouray Ice Park had been one of six candida...

  Ridgway has an aggressive schedule for the hiring process of a new town manager. Plans are to have the candidate selected by Nov. 12 and the role filled by early December. To help with the logistics...

The first nip of fall in the air and the autumnal equinox have arrived, heralding the arrival of fall colors. The colors are expected to peak a little later this year, partially because of the abundan...

  Results recently made available from state testing last spring show both school districts in Ouray County are “accredited with distinction,” meaning the schools scored above the 74 percent threshold...