50 YEARS AGO September 28, 1972 - A jury of six (four women, two men) awarded $25,000 to be paid by the County of Ouray to Wayland and David Phillips. The damage trial culminates years of arguments ov...

High school girls volleyball has returned to Ouray School, a year after it was cut due to low participation, and strong interest in middle school offers is a promising sign for the program’s future. ...

Dear Editor: A quarter of a century “Big Tobacco,” whose products were killing more than 400,000 Americans a year, appeared to be on the ropes. Cities and states around the country had enacted clean i...

The first men’s section at Michelle Poirier’s Blue Pear store in Ouray was a single apple crate labeled “Men’s Department.” But when dudes headed into the store they went straight for it. Poirier exp...

Earlier this month, Mark Orgren overheard voices as children from nearby Ouray Elementary School on a field trip hiked up the sledding hill in front of his house on Fifth Avenue. "That's a cool house...

Dear Editor: We hope you saw the Great Old Broads for Wilderness paid ad last week on the back page of this publication describing the risk to our native bighorn sheep population from respiratory path...

Dear Editor: As the summer season has come to an end, the Ridgway Library just wanted to take a moment and thank Café a la Mode, Snowbirds and Colorado Boy for participating in our summer reading prog...

Dear Editor: Congratulations to the editor, publisher and entire staff of the Plaindealer on the many awards bestowed on the paper by the Colorado Press Association last week. Our community is extreme...

Dear Editor: We would like to personally thank the Ouray County community for their generous support of the 22nd year of The Mount Sneffels Marathon-Half Marathon-10K and Kids Fun Run. Because of the ...

A back injury nearly 40 years ago forced rancher Mike Simpson to consider a career change. Doctors asked him what else he could do, and he gave them an answer: he could paint. Now, after more than 30 ...

Dear Editor: To the citizens of Ouray, I want to thank you for the kindness shown to my daughter, her sister and brother-in-law after the sideby- side accident on Sept. 5, 2022. I have never seen such...

Dear Editor: Thank you, Robb Austin, for feedback on my public comment for the second reading of the new marijuana ordinance. I appreciate the opportunity to expand upon comments that may have seemed ...

Dear Editor: On behalf of the Fortuna Tierra Club, I’d like to publicly thank the many people who participated and contributed to the success of the 7th Annual Log Hill Hustle on Sunday, Aug. 28: • 40...

Dear Editor: So there’s a plan to get county permission to rebuild the old Fairway Pines golf course clubhouse into refugee housing. Why would anyone want to stick two dozen 20-year-old war-torn refug...

Editor's note: We have continued the tradition of asking new teachers in Ouray and Ridgway to introduce themselves to the community here in the Plaindealer. Here is our last profile, from Alexandros B...

Growing up in Philadelphia, Jim Donini wanted to be an explorer. He pored over books about great adventures provided by his father, a history teacher, but feared everything had already been explored. ...

The combined Ridgway-Ouray-Silverton cross country team hosts the Ramble at the Reservoir on Friday, with the first race at 2:30 p.m.

Dear Editor: I can identify with Alyssa Preston’s habit of “self-censoring” to avoid offending those of her neighbors who do not accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. I appreciate that approac...

Dear Editor: “Do your homework! Follow the money!” we are admonished in Alyssa Preston’s letter to the editor of Sept. 1: “Research shows that funders of the international drag queen story hour have a...