The recent opening of a gift shop inside the Ouray Visitor Center is drawing backlash from at least one local business owner who claims the city is directly competing with them and potentially harming...

For more than an hour Tuesday afternoon the voice of a British robot filled the commission room at the Ouray County Courthouse, reading aloud a 16-page ordinance governing marijuana grow facilities th...

The following is an excerpt of cases handled by the Ouray County Sheriff's Office from Aug. 8-14: OURAY SHERIFF AUG. 8 Deputy assisted a citizen on Engineer Pass. Deputy responded to a traffic complai...

Ridgway will stop accepting applications for new developments as they work to revise the town’s planning and zoning code. The town council voted unanimously Aug. 10 to approve a moratorium on acceptin...

OURAY SHERIFF The following is an excerpt of cases handled by the Ouray County Sheriff's Office from Aug. 1-7: AUG. 1 Deputy conducted two traffic stops on County Road 1 at mile marker 10. Deputy assi...

Roughly 100 artists from all over the country, makers and sellers of everything from jewelry, photographs, ceramics and woodwork to fiber arts, metal and glass, will be there. So, too, will a variety ...

A contractor’s guaranteed maximum price for Ouray’s new wastewater treatment plant is about $1 million higher than expected, prompting city leaders to explore whether another contractor can beat the p...

You don't have to know the difference between Brahms or Beethoven to enjoy classical music. You can just be someone who appreciates listening to talented musicians in beautiful settings. That's one of...

Before Colin Kraft became a Chang Chavkin scholar, he told his dad he might not go to college. As he neared graduating from high school, he worried about paying for school, about digging a hole he wo...

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...

GUNNISON Partnered with the Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska, Gunnison’s primary electricity provider, city staff are continuing to take steps to reach their goal of supplying Gunnison with 100% re...

The Ouray Planning Commission on Tuesday unanimously approved four variances for a five-townhome project near Fellin Park. Crandall Bates and his son, Cuentin Bates, told the board they want to build ...

When Alexandra Perez and her husband, Daniel Castillo, decided to invest in a marijuana cultivation facility on Log Hill Mesa, she said she thought the county would be a nice place to start a family....

Construction could begin as early as this week on Ridgway's newest affordable housing project, after the town council unanimously approved it Aug. 3 with some variations from the town code, and agreed...

Editor’s Note: This story was not published in the Aug. 4 Plaindealer because the agenda for the Aug. 10 Town Council meeting was published on Aug. 8.  Ridgway Town Council will consider three major d...

The Ouray City Council is split on whether to pursue purchasing a tract of land for affordable housing, but agreed to initiate the appraisal process to find out how much it would cost. Under a 2008 de...

The stronger-than-normal summer monsoon has been a blessing for many in Ouray County — for lawns and gardens and golf courses, for farmers and ranchers. But for Ouray County Road and Bridge crews, it’...

An engineer has presented city officials with four options to boost flagging water temperatures in the Ouray Hot Springs Pool, all of which are estimated to cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. City...

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...