Year formed: 2022 What does your organization do for Ouray County? Minerva West provides performing arts opportunities for any members of the Ouray Co...
December 21, 2022
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...
December 21, 2022
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...
December 21, 2022
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...
December 21, 2022
News
Frustrated Ouray County officials agreed to temporarily extend an agreement for Ouray Silver Mines to maintain Camp Bird Road in the winter on Tuesday...
December 21, 2022
News
Controversy over winter maintenance on the upper portion of County Road 5 is an issue that just won’t die. Over several years, the road section has be...
December 21, 2022
News
When COVID-19 first struck and people started spending more time outside, Ridgway-based contractor Matt McIsaac headed to the town skate park – and fe...
December 21, 2022
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...
December 14, 2022
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...
December 14, 2022
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...
December 14, 2022
Main, News...
Maintenance costs pile up as agency wrestles with delays in replacing patrol cars
December 10, 2025
Gio Mendoza’s coworkers thought he was missing for more than an hour. Emergency dispatchers were scrambling to get in touch with him. They had no idea the Ouray County sheriff’s investigator was stran...
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December 10, 2025
A Ridgway woman is proposing the town give "creative" residents a monthly, unconditional cash payment to encourage them to stay living and working in town. Ridgway resident Tia Mihelarakis proposed a ...
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December 10, 2025
Ouray County Commissioner Lynn Padgett voted against a minor change to the county's new cost-savings policy, citing unclear language as the reason she canceled her attendance at a statewide conference...
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December 10, 2025
Editor’s note: This story has been corrected to accurately reflect the county's disaster fund balance heading into 2026. Ouray County commissioners approved the county's 2026 budget during their regul...
