RIDGWAY MARSHAL The following is a summary of cases the Ridgway Marshal's Office handled from Dec. 19-Jan. 1. If you have information on any of the below active cases or of any other incident that you...

Death can be tragic, but for Colleen Hollenbeck it has also been a teacher and, somewhat ironically, a harbinger of hope in humanity. Hollenbeck will retire next week as Ouray County’s coroner after n...

Man formally charged in child porn case Prosecutors have formally charged a Ridgway man who was arrested in November on suspicion of possessing hundreds of images of child pornography. Brandon William...

When the Simms Fire burned out of control last May, the Montrose County Sheriff’s Posse was one of the most helpful resources Ouray County Sheriff Justin Perry counted on to provide security coverage ...

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Every Friday and Saturday morning at 9 a.m. and every Wednesday night at 5:30 p.m. at St. Daniel’s Church, 614 Fifth St., Ouray. Every Thursday and Sunday at 7 p.m. in the sanctu...

A former funeral home operator who sold whole bodies and body parts in a scheme defrauding families who trusted her with final arrangements was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison on Tuesday afte...

A part that failed within the city of Ouray's water distribution system created a sudden water pressure surge that wreaked havoc with some hot water heaters on Wednesday, causing minor flooding in som...

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Every Friday and Saturday morning at 9 a.m. and every Wednesday night at 5:30 p.m. at St. Daniel’s Church, 614 Fifth St., Ouray. Every Thursday and Sunday at 7 p.m. in the sanctu...

Ouray Silver Mines had high hopes for 2022: After commissioning its mill in 2021, its plans were to be in full production this year. Instead, the company defaulted on a loan, went into receivership, a...

One project has been years in the making, necessitated by aging, overtaxed infrastructure. The other was not planned at all, sprung on the city by strict federal environmental regulations. In 2022, th...

As both a Jeep tour driver and human being, Don Fehd was careful, caring and conscientious. He was the sort of driver who scouted the backcountry ahead of a tour, who referred clients to more experien...

What do you do when the Ouray Hot Springs Pool isn’t living up to its name? City officials began trying to answer that thorny question in 2022. The pool, fed by naturally heated, sulphur-free geotherm...

Stories about the shortage of affordable housing, particularly for the local workforce, have been appearing in the Plaindealer for more than two decades. But 2022 saw some of the most substantial prog...

Voters in the Ridgway Fire Protection District, the largest and busiest in Ouray County, approved the district’s first tax increase since 2000 by a nearly three to one margin in November, more than do...

TOP STORIES OF THE YEAR: COUNTY REVISES MARIJUANA REGS After an 18-month moratorium on grow licenses, dozens of complaints, over 10 workshops, hundreds of pages of public comments, a lawsuit and nearl...

While most COVID-19 restrictions and precautions have now been removed in Ouray County, there were almost 500 cases of the virus locally in 2022, almost half of which came during the January surge of ...

Three structures and more than 300 acres were burned in May when a prescribed burn ignited by the U.S. Forest Service rapidly grew out of control, angering residents who questioned why the fire was st...

The city of Ouray’s budget is projected to soar to an all-time high of $36.6 million in 2023, fueled by a pair of major infrastructure projects in new sewer and water treatment plants and some onetime...

For years, residents of Ouray County have pointed to Ridgway as the inevitable place for growth to happen. Unlike Ouray, boxed in by the canyon walls, and unlike the unincorporated county, where zonin...

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Every Friday and Saturday morning at 9 a.m. and every Wednesday night at 5:30 p.m. at St. Daniel’s Church, 614 Fifth St., Ouray. Every Thursday and Sunday at 7 p.m. in the sanctu...