Author - News

Covid

Ride The Rockies canceled for 2020

Ouray County won't have more than 2,000 cyclists coming through this summer, as Ride the Rockies' 2020 event has been canceled. Event officials emaile...

April 24, 2020

Covid

County keeps lodging, quarantine orders in place

Ouray County will lift two public health orders requiring the closure of bars, restaurants and non-essential personal services and limiting mass gathe...

April 24, 2020

Covid

County enforces lodging restrictions with a feather, not a fist

By Samantha Tisdel Wright Special to the Plaindealer "Go away." It's a tough message to send out into the world, for a community hard-wired to woo t...

April 23, 2020

Letter: Kudos to newspaper, commissioners

Dear Editor: • Thank you to the Ouray County Plaindealer (their editors) for again calling out a government entity in our county (this time the Ridgwa...

April 23, 2020

Letter: Health order is misguided

Dear Editor: In one fell swoop the pendulum swung from one post to the other earlier this month. At the same time as the Tourism Office's contract wit...

April 23, 2020

Ouray basketball coach scores league honor

[tecnavia_gallery slug='ouray-basketball-coach-scores-league-honor-gallery' view='carousel']By Joel Priest, Special to the Plaindealer By way of a 3...

April 16, 2020

News

GHOST TOWN

Traffic was nonexistent on Ouray's Main Street during a recent spring day, as shown from this aerial photo looking south toward Mt. Abram. Gov. Jared ...

April 16, 2020

News

NEWS BRIEFS

Sheriff pleads not guilty in DUI case Lance FitzGerald has pleaded not guilty in his alleged DUI case, stemming from an incident in November. Seventh ...

April 16, 2020

News

AROUND THE REGION

SILVERTON San Juan County officials on April 3 tightened the public health order prohibiting visi tors and restricting residents' activities as concer...

April 16, 2020

HOP TO IT

Photo courtesy Steven Scheu The Ouray Elks Lodge has hosted an Easter event for children for more than so years, and this year was no exception, even ...

April 16, 2020

Main, News...

A TRIBUTE TO ROSIE

November 20, 2024

Main, News...

It’s official: Electricity rates to rise next year

By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com

November 20, 2024

San Miguel Power Association customers will pay more for power used during peak-demand hours starting in May, and more for access to services starting in January. The association's board of directors ...

Main, News...

Mobile home park sale talks stall

Unable to agree on purchase price, Swiss Village residents seek help from city

By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com

November 20, 2024

The residents of Swiss Village Mobile Home Park in Ouray have reached a stalemate in their effort to buy the land underneath their homes, potentially casting doubt on the future of the park. Swiss Vil...

News

Finalists make pitch for top job

Ouray council could offer administrator post to one of three candidates on Nov. 27

By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com

November 20, 2024

The elevator pitches are done. The jam-covered brie, crackers, fruit and brownies left over from the community reception were eaten up. The 8 a.m. interviews are finished. All that’s left is a decisio...

News

County attorney retains high performance scores

By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com

November 20, 2024

Ouray County Attorney Leo Caselli received a near-perfect annual performance review score from county commissioners for the third year in a row, scoring 98 out of 100 points across 10 characteristics....

News Staff

Remote-triggered avalanche in San Juan Mountains

First responders receive first COVID-19 vaccines