EDITOR'S NOTE:  Nearly three years after the Cow Creek Fire torched about 850 acres of forest land east of Ridgway — and after denying Plaindealer requests for information for more than two years — t...

GUNNISON Western Colorado University has published the 2022 fall census report. The data reflects minor declines in overall enrollment since last year and a post-pandemic “market correction,” accordin...

Andrew Plagans had no idea his life would change so much in February, when he went to the doctor to get checked out. The 39-year-old mountain guide hadn't been feeling right. It was getting so bad he ...

The Ridgway Planning Commission turned down a proposed mixed-use development northeast of the stoplight for the second time in four months, this time outright rejecting the plans for the property. Dev...

Ouray business owners and entrepreneurs can apply for funding through a new city grant program aimed at providing a financial boost to small businesses with “shovel-ready” projects. The city’s Communi...

After a three-month slide, sales activity picked up in July in Ouray, providing a boost during what’s traditionally the biggest tourism month of the year. Most other forms of revenue dropped compared ...

The Ouray City Council voted unanimously to contribute $100,000 toward the Home Trust of Ouray County’s purchase of a six-unit apartment building, while the Board of County Commissioners delayed decis...

The Ridgway Town Council approved an updated plan for the Visitor Center and Heritage Park, a project expected to cost more than $2 million over a four-year span. At a meeting last Wednesday, Communit...

Ouray County’s first affordable housing projects are scheduled for completion this fall, with a triplex and a 30-unit apartment building both expected to be ready for residents to move in soon. There...

For the third year in a row, the Ouray County Plaindealer has earned the Colorado Press Association's 'public service' award for reporting and serving the community. It was one of 16 awards the local ...

Driving the “Beat Boebert Buggy” around Colorado, Adam Frisch said he has received about 45 thumbs ups and 20 middle fingers. The congressional candidate hopes this ratio will be repeated in November ...

Ouray County has about $880,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funds to spend, and earlier this month each county department had the opportunity to tell commissioners how it would like to use the money. ...

Railroad Days this weekend The Ridgway Railroad Museum is hosting the annual Railroad Days on Saturday and Sunday, with free history events, guided tours and rides on the Galloping Goose #4, the RGS M...

RIDGWAY MARSHAL The following is a summary of cases the Ridgway Marshal's Office handled from Sept. 5-18. If you have information on any of the below active cases or of any other incident that you hav...

Ouray city leaders are preparing to crack down on residents and business owners who fail to clear snow and ice from their sidewalks, adding specificity and teeth to rules that historically haven’t bee...

50 YEARS AGO September 14, 1972 - Mining of the extensive Tongue Mesa coal fields is more than a remote possibility here, as exploration is stepped up. Rumors that a large coal plant may be constructe...

Don Fehd had a quirky, genuine way with the visitors who climbed into his Jeep. He’d ask them where they were from. And then, before they could finish saying their hometown, he’d exclaim, “I was from...

OURAY SHERIFF The following is an excerpt of cases handled by the Ouray County Sheriff's Office from Sept. 5-11: SEPT. 5 Deputy responded to an agency assist in Ridgway. Deputy conducted a traffic sto...

High-speed fiber internet is coming to around 700 homes in the North Log Hill, Idlewild and Elk Meadows neighborhoods of Ouray County. Clearnetworx, the sister company of Deeply Digital, which install...