Columns, Opinion...
By News Staff 
May 31, 2023
50 YEARS AGO May 31, 1973 - H.C McNulty, well-known Ouray resident, was killed last Thursday as he was en route to check the upper spring on his property south of Ouray, just off the Camp Bird Road. A...
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Columns, Opinion...
By News Staff 
May 24, 2023
50 YEARS AGO May 24, 1973 - The Plaindealer has obtained reports of the amount of snowfall this winter from the Camp Bird Mine. At the Camp Bird, snow this year measured 404 inches, which is 80 to 90 ...
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Opinion
By Karen Risch 
May 24, 2023
Spring finally showed up this merry month of May, bringing some of the changeable weather normally associated with March and April. A months-old pattern of below-normal temperatures continues, with Ma...
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Columns, Opinion...
By News Staff 
May 17, 2023
50 YEARS AGO May 17, 1973 - Editorial: Ma Bell’s gone around the bend again, to the point where there’s no living with her. The decline has become too severe. Every week there’s a new aberration. A fe...
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Columns, Opinion...
By News Staff 
May 10, 2023
50 YEARS AGO May 10, 1973 - Postal Service Week was commemorated at the Ouray Post Office this past week by honoring a uniquely outstanding postal customer: Dora S. Merling, who has used the Postal Se...
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Feature, Opinion...
By Carolyn Snowbarger 
May 10, 2023
As you’re making your summer plans, don’t forget Creede. Located on Colorado’s Silver Thread, Highway 149, it’s a place where you can still see into the past. The Utes knew this land well. They had hu...
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Opinion
By Erin McIntyre 
May 3, 2023
It seems the only constant is change, doesn't it? We're about to have some of that here at the Plaindealer I wanted to let you know about. I'll warn you, it's bittersweet news. Liz Teitz, who has repo...
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Columns, Opinion...
By Plaindealer editorial 
March 2, 2026
A newly appointed Ouray city councilor who has attended just half of the board's meetings in person this year has asked fellow councilors to relax rules requiring councilors to attend meetings in pers...
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Main, News...
Two years after launch, OurWay ridership has doubled. It’s unclear if grant money and matching local funds will help it keep running
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
February 25, 2026
Georgia Evans greeted the bus driver with jugs of milk and water in her hands and boarded the 11-seater OurWay shuttle, headed home from work in Ridgway to Montrose. She noticed it was a different bus...
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Main, News...
County to shut off portion of Yankee Boy Basin to vehicles this summer due to environmental damage
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
February 25, 2026
Ouray County commissioners on Tuesday directed staff to pursue closing an upper section of Yankee Boy Basin this summer to motorized traffic, in response to a resident’s request to reduce environmenta...
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News
Doherty claims job keeps him out of town; council to decide whether to change cap on remote participation
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
February 25, 2026
A newly appointed Ouray city councilor who has attended just half of the city council’s meetings in person so far this year has asked the council to relax an attendance policy and allow him to govern ...
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News
After spending more than $100K on branding, design and fabrication, council halts wayfinding initiative that could have cost up to $800K
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
February 25, 2026
Large maroon wayfinding signs installed on Main Street in Ouray last summer, triggering protests from residents and business owners detesting their appearance and size, will soon be gone like they wer...
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