Check the weather and the road conditions. If heavy rain is forecast or happened recently, you should consider postponing. I also suspect avoiding the heat of summer will be also important as there is...

Voyager Youth Program launched after-school care in Ridgway for children as young as 3 last week, expanding their offerings and responding to a child care need in the community. The organization recei...

State health officials say they are preparing to start assessing fines against the city of Ouray for drinking water violations, a potential enforcement action that shocked city leaders who claim the s...

Recent storms dumped wet snow on the high country and helped build snowpack, something water managers keep a close eye on this time of year. These snows aren't just for skiers to enjoy – mountain snow...

The 28th annual Ouray Ice Festival could look much like the event did before COVID struck, with the most sponsors since the pandemic started, a packed schedule including indoor events and more clinics...

Editor's note: The Ouray County Plaindealer is pleased to feature local artists in an occasional feature, "Spotlight on the Arts." This is the latest installation of this new feature, which has a goal...

I’ve been to Mesa Verde many times, to Canyons of the Ancients west of Cortez, to Bears Ears National Monument, Canyon de Chelly and to Hovenweep National Monument. They're all very interesting but I...

Update: As of 10:10 p.m., the highway is now open, the Ouray County Sheriff's Office said. Original story: Highway 550 is currently closed due to a fatal, multi-vehicle accident about two miles south ...

Work is expected to begin next year on an estimated $13.5 million project on U.S Highway 550, which will include a wildlife underpass and fencing near the Billy Creek State Wildlife Area and a southbo...

The city of Ouray’s crackdown on property owners for failing to clear snow from their sidewalks in a timely manner has elicited a mixture of public praise and criticism. City officials mailed 38 lette...

Ouray County Attorney Leo Caselli earned near-perfect scores from commissioners on his first annual performance review, which was approved by the board on Monday. He was scored on 17 categories that e...

The spectators who gather this weekend to watch the San Juan Skijoring competition in Ridgway likely have no idea how much work went into putting the event together. Skijoring is a somewhat new sport,...

Vehicle registration fees in Colorado now include a $29 charge for the new “Keep Colorado Wild” pass, which is intended to generate funding for state parks and outdoor-related initiatives and will gra...

Days before Barbara Peterson died in 2013, her manicurist who had become a good friend came to her bedside and painted her fingernails. She was unconscious, and would soon succumb to the metastatic br...

Ridgway State Park is taking a step toward becoming an International Dark Sky Place by participating in a mentorship program that will help officials, who hope the park will be certified within two ye...

When Michelle Nauer told Deputy Clerk Cristy Sulewski she wanted to run for county commissioner, Sulewski started crying. They weren’t tears of sadness, or happiness, she said, but for a moment, “it f...

The Ouray Planning Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the sketch plan for the Waterview Planned Unit Development, an affordable housing development with up to 70 homes on the north end of...

If elk could walk over the horizontal bands that mark the mountains surrounding Ouray, maybe people could too, a young Bob Risch thought. The idea would eventually spark the creation of one of the cit...