Dear Editor: My wife and I are totally disgusted by the complete lack of U.S. flags being displayed on July 4 in the town of Ridgway! What is wrong wi...
July 8, 2020
Dear Editor: All Lives Matter Oh, to have the people that have come out with that phrase believe it in their hearts. Then that beautiful phrase, “...t...
July 8, 2020
Dear Editor: You already know that you live in one of the most beautiful places in the United States, but did you know you are likely the friendliest ...
July 8, 2020
Dear Editor: As a public figure, I recognize that I have a somewhat reduced expectation of privacy than does a private citizen; therefore, I would lik...
July 8, 2020
Dear Editor: After reading about Dr Sims and his belligerent attitude when asked to wear a mask in many shops in Ouray, two things occurred to me. Fir...
July 8, 2020
Dear Editor: Mammals and birds are thought to host 1.7 million undiscovered types of viruses which may be waiting for their chance on the world stage,...
July 8, 2020
Dear Editor: You have been doing such an outstanding job rejuvenating the Plaindealer, I subscribed and even donated to your Report for America projec...
July 8, 2020
Dear Editor: We’d like to thank the Plaindealer for their excellent reporting on the “To mask or not to mask” article last week and the BOCC for promp...
July 8, 2020
Obituaries
Edmund Kenneth von Delden went home to be with his Lord and Savior on July 3, 2010, at age 87, at the University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora, Color...
July 8, 2020
Obituaries
Marcy Grace MacKintosh was born Dec. 14, 1922 in Jacksonville, Fla. and passed June 13, 2020 in Ridgway, Colorado. Her parents were John MacKintosh an...
July 8, 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...
