Dear Editor: Sheriff FitzGerald: Please let me first preface this by saying I have never had the pleasure of meeting you. I most likely would not know you if I saw you on the street out of uniform. Wh...

Dear Editor: Reciting the Pledge of Allegiance is a relatively new addition to council meetings initiated by a close vote by a recent council and subject to change by the existing or a future council ...

Dear Editor: Last week’s Plaindealer contained an opinion from Mr. Scott Clifford regarding Ouray council member Ethan Funk and the Pledge of Allegiance. While others likely hold Mr. Clifford’s opinio...

The Ouray Ice Fest has certainly grown from its humble beginnings, when a leak in the penstocks to the hydroelectric plant first built ice that beckoned climbers in the Uncompahgre Gorge. Unique stor...

Fans of deeply meaningful human stories can choose from two showings of UpstART Theater's first production of the season – "Tiny Beautiful Things" – next weekend at Ridgway's Sherbino Theater or the W...

Vann chosen for NEA arts review committee Chris Vann of Ouray, who serves as programming and development director for Palm Arts and the Michael D. Palm Theatre in Telluride, was recently a “5 Minutes ...

Justin Hofmann doesn’t just see ice farming as a way to ensure a good ice climb, but as a creative outlet. He’s a builder during the warmer months of the year, and during the winter, he appreciates th...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: In a recent letter, Stephen Baum wrote that decorated Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman confirmed that the transcript was an accurate depiction of the Trump-Zelensky c...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: The much talked about Ouray County sheriff recall petition is not a partisan issue. It is an issue that everyone in the county should be concerned with. Yes, I too ha...

50 YEARS AGO January 15, 1970 - The Ouray County School Planning committee met last Thursday, January 8, in another step toward eventual consolidation of the two school districts of Ouray and Ridgway....

Whether you’re into live music, lectures or film festivals, the Sherbino Theater is hosting a series of events appealing to a wide audience in the next week. It starts tonight, Jan. 16, with the AJ Fu...

In the late 1800s, when Red Mountain Town and Red Mountain City fought for supremacy in the mining district just south of Ouray, Bart Young made a name for himself in a fight all his own. Young, alrea...

50 YEARS AGO January 15, 1970 - The Ouray County School Planning committee met last Thursday, January 8, in another step toward eventual consolidation of the two school districts of Ouray and Ridgway....

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: A recent letter to the editor concerning President Trump's impeachment began with several statements that the writer claimed were "the facts we know." Many were false...

Feeling blue? Need a little positive assurance that “you are enough”? A new crossing signal at the convergence of sidewalks at Hartwell Park can provide that with the push of a button. Public Art Ridg...

A sampling of short films shown at the 2019 Sun-dance Film Festival has been touring the country for months and will make a stop in Ridgway tonight, Jan. 9. The 96-minute theatrical program of seven s...

Usually the Weber Ranch uses heavy machinery for harvesting hay. But this week, two front-end loaders and two backhoes were scraping up snow from the fields, loading it into dump trucks and trucking i...

POET'S CORNER It is my pleasure this month to introduce readers to a poem by Kelvin Kent. Kelvin has led a varied and adventurous life involving three careers and says he has lived or traveled through...

50 YEARS AGO January 8, 1970 - “Your percentages aren’t important; we just don’t want even one more inch of snow than nature will give us.” That remark was the consensus here before the cloudseeding m...

BIRDS OF OURAY COUNTY The late 1800’s marked the “age of the extermination” in which birds were being shot and killed for sport, but bison herds were being decimated by what was called a “generation o...