50 YEARS AGO August 13, 1970 - Editorial: It's high time Ouray asks the Highway Department for assistance with its current traffic problems before som...
August 12, 2020
Dear Editor: Sen. Cory Gardner recently co-sponsored the Great Outdoors Bill to help deal with the maintenance backlog in our National Parks and perma...
August 12, 2020
Dear Editor: I, like most people, was excited to see in last week’s Plaindealer that Lynn Padgett was running for county commissioner. What I remember...
August 12, 2020
Obituaries
Vince Kontny passed away peacefully in his sleep August 9, 2020, at his home on the Centennial Ranch in Ouray County, Colorado, at age 83. Vince, or L...
August 12, 2020
News
Lynn Padgett would have loved to continue her tenure as a county commissioner at the end of her second term, back in 2016. Term limits prevented her f...
August 10, 2020
Covid
The state has granted a variance to Ouray County for increased capacity at both indoor and outdoor pools. The approval came on Wednesday night in an e...
August 6, 2020
News
GUNNISON This isn’t the first pandemic Cattlemen’s Days organizers in Gunnison have faced. And they’re determined not to let this one bring a halt to ...
August 5, 2020
News
Visitor tested positive for virus A woman visiting from Texas back in July is the latest person confirmed to have had coronavirus with a test performe...
August 5, 2020
News
Lynn Padgett would have loved to continue her tenure as a county commissioner at the end of her second term, back in 2016. Term limits prevented her f...
August 5, 2020
50 YEARS AGO August 6,1970 - Dear Editor: The problem of the 930 curfew and its enforcement, if it weren’t so ridiculous, would be funny. If we are to...
August 5, 2020
News
November 15, 2024
The three candidates for the Ouray city administrator job made their pitches Thursday and today for why they should be hired to fill the city’s top job. Daric Harvey, Michelle Metteer and Michael Rees...
Main, News...
Ouray County is wrangling with dual affordable housing and child care crises. Waterview aims to make a dent in both
November 14, 2024
In a first for Ouray County — and maybe the country — the Waterview affordable housing development will attempt to solve two problems under one roof. The first of those problems is providing an afford...
News
Public can meet trio vying for top Ouray job tonight
November 13, 2024
The three finalists for Ouray city administrator run the gamut in terms of their work experience. One is a career law enforcement officer. Another is a current administrator in a Colorado mountain tow...
News
Architect, residents begin thinking about design of new hot springs building
November 13, 2024
A larger, brighter entryway. An overhauled locker room that doesn’t place the showers next to the toilets. More gym space. Those were just a few of the opinions Ouray County residents offered Monday w...
Feature
Running through Sunday, annual event screens 76 films, offers block party, workshops, panel discussions
November 13, 2024
Arielle Bielak thinks of the Ridgway Independent Film Festival as a child. In its infancy, it was a novel, inward-facing event, screening a handful of films for a small audience for a night or two. Th...
