Editor's note: This story has been corrected to reflect the correct amount of money Tri-County Water Conservancy District is paid to operate and manage Ouray County’s water lease. As Ouray County appr...

Colorado voters will decide in November whether to require state and local law enforcement to work more closely with federal immigration authorities. Amendment 81, brought by a conservative political ...

Colorado voters will decide in November whether to require that people convicted of child sex trafficking be sentenced to prison for life, without any chance of parole, by passing Proposition 133. The...

Colorado voters will decide in November whether to give K-12 public schools billions more dollars using money that taxpayers would otherwise get back in state refunds through the Taxpayer’s Bill of Ri...

Editor's note: Welcome to the first edition of Peak Living, a special section in the Plaindealer. We hope to gain enough support for this feature to bring it to you monthly, but initially we're trying...

A new program for older residents starts next week in Ouray County, offering exercise classes, guest speakers and activities. Organizers want to help fight loneliness and keep residents connected and ...

Colorado’s vote next month on whether to amend the state Constitution by codifying the right to hunt and fish has intensified debate among hunters, conservationists and legal experts over exactly who ...

The city of Ouray faces another lawsuit from an ex-employee of the police department. In a complaint filed last week in district court, former Ouray Police Department administrative assistant Lucy Ree...

Ouray County commissioners approved a revised contract Tuesday that would make the Ouray County Sheriff’s Office the full-time provider of police services in the city of Ouray — but at a higher cost t...

Ouray County Commissioner Lynn Padgett will take a voluntary 10% salary reduction next year in a show of solidarity with other departments that took cuts for the 2027 budget. Padgett said budget reduc...

The Ridgway School Board plans to sell the school district’s last affordable housing unit and rejected a land donation that could have been used to build more housing at a board meeting Oct. 8. No sta...

An article in the Oct. 8-14 edition, “Ridgway seeks input on water supply plan,” misstated the date that the Ridgway Town Council is expected to vote on the water supply element of its master plan. Th...

Ouray County and the city of Ouray are hammering out the details of an agreement that would enlist the Ouray County Sheriff’s Office to provide full law enforcement services to the city for potentiall...

Federal legislation to transfer ownership of Crystal Reservoir to the city of Ouray cleared the U.S. Senate last week, sending the bill to the House of Representatives as the clock winds down for Cong...

San Miguel Power Association has joined three other southwest Colorado electricity providers in throwing their weight behind a sprawling solar facility near Cortez that could meet up to 40% of their c...

The Ouray City Council dropped funding from the proposed 2027 budget for the city’s free in-town shuttle and contributions to the OurWay bus that runs between Montrose and Ouray. The in-town Ouray shu...

The Ouray City Council got its first glimpse of the draft 2027 budget last week, a plan that projects little or no growth in city revenue. The budget doesn’t include pay raises for staff, paving proje...

Compiled from the files of The Ouray County Herald, The Ridgway Sun, and The Ouray County Plaindealer 60 Years Ago October 6, 1966 Five young Denver toughs appeared in court Monday in Ouray. The boys,...

The Ouray City Council is looking for community feedback about whether to continue Fourth of July fireworks or to provide alternative entertainment that evening. The city is asking for input on firewo...