Dear Editor: Recently, Cedar Hill Cemetery was offered a gift of a white vinyl fence to be placed along the front of the cemetery. While the cemetery board turned the offer down for various reasons, i...

Dear Editor: What an honor to serve as a Ouray City Council member the past eight years. Thank you to those citizens that put their trust in me with their vote and allowed me to serve the city. Thanks...

In the final quarter of the 19th century, Dave Wood was the supply chain guru for the Western Slope of Colorado. His local endeavors included freighting, roadbuilding, stage line operator, ranching, w...

All good things are wild and free – Henry David Thoreau I am always amazed and fascinated when I see the Rough-legged Hawk. This hawk is so different than other hawks. This beauty was seen on Oct. 24 ...

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...

Variety is the spice of the Ridgway Independent Film Festival again this year, with 27 short films presented across two nights at the Sherbino Theater. Film buffs who want to see the eclectic collect...

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...

Dear Editor: I had the chance to watch the public utilities team in action Friday afternoon and until late at night. The water line on south Pinecrest broke just past my house at about 2:30 p.m. and i...

Dear Editor: I am amazed that in this day and age that someone would want to erect a plastic fence — made from oil-based materials, even if recycled — around the Cedar Hill Cemetery or anywhere, for t...

Dear Editor: The members of the Citizens for Ridgway R-2 campaign committee would like to thank the voters of the Ridgway School District for the approval of ballot initiatives 4A and 4B. We are all i...

Dear Editor: We support the Cedar Hill Cemetery Board decision to not accept the vinyl fence project. So many reasons: no plastic please, keep the natural setting, love the tree barrier, and we have a...

For the past 14 years, our family has engaged in the traditional act of hunting for elk. We are not trophy hunters. We only hunt to put meat in the freezer. Our grown kids return to the ranch to put h...

The team finished the season last weekend at the state meet in Colorado Springs, placing 13th overall out of 20 teams. There were 133 individual runners, and six local boys competed at the state meet ...

Dear Editor: We are so fortunate in Ouray County to have a first-class small-town paper in the form of the Plaindealer! Sadly many communities are losing their small-town papers every year. A small-to...

Dear Editor: There’s one week left to comment on the draft plan for the Grand Mesa-Uncompahgre-Gunnison (GMUG) National Forest. Whether you are a business owner, livestock producer, wildlife watcher, ...

Dear Editor: I represent the Perotti/Janes/ Dalpez families who have proposed to the Cedar Hill Cemetery Board to have a 5-foot white vinyl fence installed in front of the cemetery. Cost of the materi...

Halloween events are happening this year in a more normal style with in-person theater performances in both Ridgway and Ouray. This year's offerings include two live performances – one in Ridgway and ...

Residents who know Ashley Perkins’ friendly face from her time as a customer service agent at the Ridgway branch of Alpine Bank can now look for her in her new position as the executive director of th...

Ridgway's coworking space has new owners, and they're hoping to foster a sense of community, connection and entrepreneurship in the newly branded Alt Space. Formerly called Proximity Space, Alt Space ...