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...

Ouray County Republican leaders voted at their quarterly meeting Tuesday night to pursue a recall election to remove Sheriff Lance FitzGerald from office, saying they feel he is unfit to continue in h...

Police investigated an alcohol-fueled disturbance involving Ouray County Sheriff Lance FitzGerald during a law enforcement convention in Loveland last week. According to records from the City of Lovel...

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...

After updating Ouray County’s land use code to create new regulations to mitigate wildfire risk around homes and buildings — a project that took 18 months to complete — the Planning Commission is eage...

Bob Risch grew up scrambling around the cliffs encircling Ouray, becoming intimately familiar with the game and mining trails above town. So it means a little something extra to him when the Ouray Tr...

Ride the Rockies will come through Ridgway again in 2020, and organizers have promised the cycling event will go better than it did when the community last hosted it. Ride the Rockies Director Deirdre...

Trails within Box Cañon Falls Park will receive some sprucing up just in time for the park’s 100th birthday this summer. Great Outdoors Colorado recently awarded $14,600 to the city of Ouray through t...

A Ouray man with a lengthy arrest history was arrested on Jan. 12 after he allegedly broke into Ouray Liquors and stole a bottle of vodka. Lawrence David Hammett, 37, could face a felony charge of sec...

The Board of County Commissioners, Ouray County Water Users Association and Tri-County Water Conservancy District have filed an application with the state for conditional water rights which would allo...

Ouray School District to interview candidates The Ouray School District will interview three candidates for an opening on the board, created when board Vice President Nicole Skoloda resigned after the...

The Ouray Planning Commission on Tuesday recommended approval of an amendment to plans to renovate the historic Columbus Building that would allow for an enlargement of the rear of the building and ex...

The San Miguel Power Association board of directors has approved the return of $1.5 million in member dividends to customers. In a typical year, SMPA has money left over after paying its expenses. The...

With a new three-year contract in hand to market the city of Ouray to tourists and manage its visitor center, the Ouray Tourism Office has turned its attention to finding someone who can lead those ef...

A story in the Dec. 24 edition of the Plaindealer about the response to the Cow Creek Fire should have indicated some local officials thought they heard that federal officials were directing them to r...

More than half of Ridgway's Town Council is up for election this spring. The election is scheduled for April 7 but will only take place if five or more candidates step forward and turn in their petiti...

GUNNISON The stigma of drug use and addiction often has led to silence about the struggles of substance abuse. That’s something the Gunnison County Consortium wants to change. In fact, the newly forme...

For the first time in 20 years, Colorado voters will participate in a presidential primary election this spring and unaffiliated voters can participate. On March 3, commonly known as “Super Tuesday,” ...