The Ridgway-Ouray Girls Basketball team. Top from left to right: Assistant Coach T.J. Burr, Kaitlyn Winkelmann, Elle Borsari, Sara Messer, Ali Sauer, Hannah Freed and Coach Phil Winkelmann. Bottom fr...

One-year-old Nina Jones of Ouray watches as bigger kids tell Santa what they want for Christmas at Noel Night in Ridgway on Dec. 3. The event attracted celebrating crowds who were glad to have Noel Ni...

Editor's note: The Ouray County Plaindealer is featuring nonprofit organizations which are based in Ouray County and serve Ouray County in a series of profiles titled Season of Sharing. The purpose of...

Water is the most Important element For life – Anonymous Don Marsh, an excellent local birder, was out birding at the viewpoint near the marina in Ridgway State Park on Nov. 17 when he spotted a large...

50 YEARS AGO December 2, 1971 - NOTICE: One of the rope blocks from the ski tow is missing and the tow cannot be operated without it. No questions will be asked if it is returned. A work party is sche...

Editor's note: The Ouray County Plaindealer is featuring nonprofit organizations which are based in Ouray County and serve Ouray County in a series of profiles titled Season of Sharing. The purpose of...

Editor's note: The Ouray County Plaindealer is featuring nonprofit organizations which are based in Ouray County and serve Ouray County in a series of profiles titled Season of Sharing. The purpose of...

Editor's note: The Ouray County Plaindealer is featuring nonprofit organizations which are based in Ouray County and serve Ouray County in a series of profiles titled Season of Sharing. The purpose of...

The recent balmy weather in Ouray County is more Second Summer than Jack Frost, but the Ridgway Area Chamber of Commerce and the city of Ouray nevertheless hope to instill some winter spirit with a pa...

Dear Editor: The FBI recently reported that hate crimes have reached the highest levels in 12 years with a 25% increase in racebased violence last year. Crimes against black people increased by 43% an...

Dear Editor: Holding public office was never, in and of itself, one of those life goals for me. My native space of service has always been more utilitarian: designing electronics for commercial and ae...

50 YEARS AGO November 25, 1971 - Intended For Last Week: Your reporter could not cover City Council Meeting Nov. 15. She was caught in a storm. Make that two reporters and two storms. One in Grand Jun...

Bill Leo always assumed longtime employee Tricia Eischied would one day take over his 23-year-old business, Ouray Mountain Sports. That belief finally became reality at the beginning of November, when...

Holiday favorites and familiar tunes are on the schedule this Saturday in a concert with violinist Jeff Leigh, at United Church of the San Juans in Ridgway. The concert, presented by the Ouray County ...

Dear Editor: Ouray residents, thank you so very much for spending time to look at the correct excise tax facts straight from the assessor's office instead of large anti-excise tax ads from a small sho...

Dear Editor: On behalf of the Ouray Public Library, I want to extend my heartfelt thanks to the community for its overwhelming support of our ballot measure. Your vote mattered! Passage of Ouray Libra...

In 2018, a cat showed up in our courtyard. He sat by the door meowing. Sandy opened the door and he marched in like he owned the place. We explained to him that we didn't want cat hair on our Sunday-g...

Editor's note: The Ouray County Plaindealer is featuring nonprofit organizations which are based in Ouray County and serve Ouray County in a series of profiles titled Season of Sharing. The purpose of...

Editor's note: The Ouray County Plaindealer is featuring nonprofit organizations which are based in Ouray County and serve Ouray County in a series of profiles titled Season of Sharing. The purpose o...

Deer and elk populations are within or nearing target levels in and around Ouray County, Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials told Ouray County commissioners during a recent work session. CPW Area Wi...