Going into the primary season, Montrose-based Democratic organizer Kevin Kuns had an idea in his head of someone who could win Colorado House District 58. He was looking for the kind of person who gre...

An autopsy of a Jeep tour driver who died along with two others in a backcountry accident last month found no evidence of a medical event preceding the accident, nor any drugs or alcohol in his system...

GUNNISON The end — or a new building — is in sight for the EMS crew at Gunnison Valley Health Paramedics. Seconds Save Lives, GVH’s capital campaign that launched in June of 2022, has accrued $8.5 mil...

A Ridgway man has been found not guilty of felony stalking and misdemeanor criminal mischief in a case stemming from neighbors' accusations that he repeatedly harassed and damaged their home. A 12-per...

Forest Service employees told investigators they were confident the Simms Mesa prescribed burn was contained and controlled, despite high winds, when they left the site just an hour before neighbors r...

County sets date for budget hearing County commissioners voted Tuesday to set a budget hearing for Dec. 6 after Administrator Connie Hunt presented a draft budget for 2023. It was the same draft prese...

Log Hill Mesa marijuana grow facility MS Support will need to hire at least two outside consultants and comply with a checklist of Ouray County stipulations before reopening one of its greenhouses, wh...

The city of Ouray will pass on the opportunity to purchase a tract of land at the northwest end of town for affordable housing, instead turning its attention to a larger piece of property it already o...

OURAY POLICE The following is an excerpt of cases handled by the Ouray Police Department from Sept. 28-Oct. 3 SEPT. 28 Officer found a parking violation in the 200 block of Seventh Avenue. Officer res...

After a tense meeting in which Ouray County commissioners accused each other of “hostile negotiation,” “casting shade” and disregarding previous discussions, two commissioners voted to approve a $100,...

October 5, 1972 - EDITORIAL: If you intended to get to the Ouray city council meeting when the budget is being put together, forget it. It’s all over. The council apparently didn’t learn much from the...

The Ridgway Public Library Board of Trustees violated state law when it hired new library Director Amy Baer last month, as it failed to notify the public beforehand that she was the sole finalist for ...

It was a bad dream that roused 14-year-old Conner Scott before dawn. It was an even worse reality that sent him and his 9-year-old brother, Teagan, scrambling from their bunk bed. A rockslide sent bo...

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 In a unanimous vote, Gunnison City Council appointed city Finance Director Ben Cowan to serve as interim city manager during a regular meeting Sept. 27. Russ Forrest, the current city manager...

By Susan Greene/COLab Colorado’s new Behavioral Health Administration shut down part of the Western Slope’s only psychiatric hospital on Sept. 28 in response to complaints about the quality and safety...

As Ouray County officials begin crafting a budget for 2023, department heads are looking for seven new full-time positions, which would cost more than $360,000 to hire. Commissioners and staff took a ...

In more than 30 years of being Ouray County's top elections official, Michelle Nauer didn't receive any elections-related public records requests from outside entities seeking information. But during ...

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...