LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor, It has come to my attention that there is a movement underway to stop the building of a new motel in Ouray. The City Council and Chamber have for many years reached ...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor, Please vote no on the upcoming Road and Bridge massive tax increase ballot measure even if you agree additional funding is needed. There are better ways to raise roa...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor, There is one assumption concerning the funding for Ouray County roads that has not been adequately discussed: What does “improvement” mean? Generally, “improvement” ...

Dear Editor, Last week, Congressman Scott Tipton held a listening session in Ouray to discuss his draft public lands proposal, the Colorado Recreation Enhancement Conservation Act (REC Act). I attende...

Dear Editor, I am writing in support of the candidacy of Aimee Vann for the upcoming position on the Ouray School Board. As the mother of five children, all of whom have either graduated from Ouray Sc...

Though Elevate Wellness Spa in Ouray has a new owner, she has a familiar face to customers who have been coming for years. Jayne Johnson worked there as a licensed esthetician and massage technician f...

Colin Lacy is the kind of guy who wants to leave things better than he found them. He left Ridgway after graduating from high school in 2003 and always had his eye on coming back. So that’s what he di...

Ridgway Adventure Sports is expanding its offerings and its space, within a few months of celebrating its one-year anniversary of opening for business. The sporting goods store started renting electri...

As part of its ongoing effort to become greener, San Miguel Power Association has launched a new program that allows customers to obtain electricity from 100 percent renewable sources for anywhere fro...

Joshua and Von Bruno saw something missing in Ridgway – a donut shop – and they’ve made it their mission to fill that void with their made-from-scratch treats at the Hippie Mermaid, which opened last ...

Runners compete in the Sweitzer Lake Invitational on Sept. 27 in Delta. High school runners from Ouray, Ridgway and Silverton will next compete at the Delta Confluence Park Pantherfest and the Chris S...

  For 30 years, the long, heavy metal cylinder wasted away. It was the first tank respirator used in South Dakota, purchased with funds raised by a local American Legion chapter and donated to the ho...

Karen Risch's column on Page 5 in the Sept. 26 edition contained two typographical errors. The average daily temperature in Ouray from 1980-1989 was 56.5 degrees, not 51.5. And the yearly average temp...

From the Ouray County Herald and Ouray County Plaindealer: 50 Years Ago October 2, 1969 - Wilbert W. Jennings, 37, was killed at about 1:30 p.m., Monday, when the locomotive he was operating at the Bl...

The Department of Education assesses how well our students and schools are performing in two ways. First, students are measured through achievement exams called the Colorado Measurement of Academic Ac...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor, I am writing as a concerned citizen whose goal is to further inform residents about the upcoming County Ballot Referendum 1A, a measure to generate additional fundin...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Despite overwhelming evidence from climate scientists, our president and the leaders of the Republican Party are “climate deniers.” They deny climate warming is occurring largely...

From the Ouray County Herald and Ouray County Plaindealer: 50 Years Ago September 25, 1969 - More public opinion poll coupons and letters continue to come into the Plaindealer post office box, all of ...

By Karen Risch May 30 to Sept. 26: Ouray’s 2019 growing season is now 120 glorious days and counting. Today is also the average date of the first fall frost. After a seven and a half month winter that...

Dear Editor, In all my years of attending the 4-H livestock auction at the Ouray County Fairgrounds, I have never seen any representation in the stands from the Ouray County Sheriff's Department. This...