Editor's note: The Plaindealer has learned Mark Hartman submitted a letter of resignation on Thursday morning, the day after this article was written. The special meeting and election for the Fairway ...

With the clock ticking on an 18-month moratorium on marijuana grow licenses ending Oct. 5, Ouray County commissioners are hoping to enact new rules at the last minute. The board began a first reading ...

A hammock sways in the breeze outside the old Fairway Pines clubhouse, an old stair climber sits on a covered porch and at night, hanging lights illuminate an empty parking lot and porch. The building...

Ava Sales, age 1, enjoys eating chips and wearing her Log Hill Volunteer Fire Department Junior Firefighter hat at National Night Out Tuesday. Her mom, Anna Sales, brought Ava and her brother and sist...

Ouray County officials plan to reopen County Road 361 later today (Thursday) following mudslides that buried and damaged the popular high-country road leading to Yankee Boy Basin on Wednesday. The dec...

The following is an excerpt of cases handled by the Ouray Police Department from July 20-26: JULY 20 Officer found a parking problem in the 400 block of Main Street. Officer responded to a report of l...

Ouray County plans to spend up to $60,000 of federal COVID-19 relief funds on a master plan process, and an undetermined amount of money on future facility planning and site preparation. They also dis...

The following is a summary of cases the Ridgway Marshal's Office handled from June 27-July 24. If you have information on any of the below active cases or of any other incident that you have informati...

Think you make the best pie? Want to show off that complicated cross-stitch project that took you all winter to finish? Maybe you're more of a woodworker, or you grow the most beautiful roses. Or perh...

Above: Bluegrass singer Sierra Hull performs for the crowd at Ridgway's Hartwell Park on July 21. Below: Ridgway Mayor John Clark, center, cheers on the performance in front of the stage. The annual ...

GUNNISON After voting against placing an $83.4 million bond on the ballot in 2021, the Gunnison Watershed School District Board has continued to make adjustments to the proposal, as it prepares to bri...

Sometimes we need a wake-up call, something that makes us sit up and pay attention — an artistic production that pushes us to question a societal convention or seek to right an injustice. And sometime...

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 County commissioners are still hedging whether to submit a ballot question that would fund more sheriff's deputies, after Log Hill Mesa resident Richard Wojciechowski withdrew his citizen-propos...

Voyager Youth Program is considering expanding to serve younger children, and moving activities for teenagers away from the Teen Center in Ridgway. The organization currently serves children ages 5 to...

Photo by Denise Jones — Special to the Plaindealer This young bear decided to hang out in a cottonwood tree at Ridgway’s Hartwell Park on Saturday while families played in the park. Ridgway Marshal Sh...

A new draft ordinance laying out Ouray County’s rules for marijuana growers on unincorporated territory would still allow facilities on Log Hill Mesa, but provides more detailed direction on controver...

Ridgway voters may be asked this fall if they want to earmark a portion of lodging tax revenue for affordable housing projects. The town council agreed at its July 13 meeting to notify the county cler...

The following is an excerpt of cases handled by the Ouray County Sheriff's Office from July 11-17: JULY 11 Deputy did a VIN inspection in the 200 block of Gold Dust Lane. Deputy did a VIN inspection i...