FROM THE PUBLISHER We get a lot of phone calls each week — people wanting to subscribe, change their address, advertise, suggest story ideas or simply shoot the breeze. It’s an encouraging sign of a c...

Brace yourself for what looks like half the residents of Ouray running for the open mayor spot and a few council seats. These must be cushy positions with not much to have to fix, judging by the rush ...

Proposed road tax generates plenty of questions Dear Editor, I am Sam Ewing, disgruntled Ouray County taxpayer. After attending regular commissioner meetings, call to the public, and voicing County Ro...

To submit your event to our calendar, please email details to calendar@ouraynews.com . THURSDAY, AUGUST 8 SUMMER READING - Summer Reading Programs at Ridgway Library. Ages 5-9, 11 a.m.-noon. Ages 10-1...

  Alyssa Preston moved nine times in four years as she and her husband Dan scraped together a living while he worked as a cabinet maker and studied to become a pastor. She went back to college in her...

  Editor’s note: The Ouray County Plaindealer is supporting Beth Paulson’s goal of making poetry more accessible to all during her tenure as poet laureate. Therefore, you’ll see poems regularly featur...

By Sue Hirshman The presence of birds in a Juniper tree is always magical --Anonymous— When I lived in Indiana, one of my favorite birds was the Eastern Tufted Titmouse that came to my feeders and hun...

  The Artists’ Alpine Holiday is celebrating its 59th year and art show at the Ouray Community Center and debuts area artists’ watercolors, pastels, oil and acrylic paintings, sculptures, photography ...

From the Ouray County Herald and Ouray County Plaindealer: 50 Years Ago July 24, 1969 - There's been trouble in the camp, and it finally erupted Monday night, resulting in resignation of the entire th...

By Karen Risch Deep in the dog days of summer, the Southwest Monsoon typically blesses the San Juans with a welcome series of cooler days and nights as clouds and rain from the northern highlands of M...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor, There is no housing “problem” for the governments of Ouray/Ridgway or Ouray County to “fix” (other than reducing taxes and regulations for new construction). It is no...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor, We oppose the planned PUD with the Twin Peaks Hotel. We all live and/or work in Ouray, and most of us have been here for many years or even a lifetime. We love it her...

THURSDAY, JULY 18 KID ACTIVITY - Girls in STEM for girls entering fourth through eighth grade at Ouray Public Library, 4 p.m. LECTURE - Mountain SAR Search and Rescue: Tales from the Front Lines with ...

Shakespeare the way the bard intended it - that's the way audiences will see "A Midsummer Night's Dream" performed this week at the Wright Opera House. It's not about elaborate sets, fancy spotlights ...

Back in my corporate day, and even as a small business owner in Ouray County, any time there was a plan hatched to spend more money on something there had to be a corresponding move to spend less else...

From the Ouray County Herald and Ouray County Plaindealer: 50 Years Ago July 17, 1969 - Editorial: It all began with a surprise haircutting party planned for four longish-haired newcomers resident in ...