With USDA certification in hand, Ouray Meat & Cheese Market eyes expansion, national market Tony Schmidt’s bratwurst, made from his grandfather’s recipe, is the most popular item at Ouray Meat & Chees...

On its face, “Love Letters” seems like a simple play. Two actors sit across from each other at a table, reading letters written over a lifetime. But as most things in life — and personal relationships...

OURAY COUNTY February 21, 1974 - There was noticeable lack of enthusiasm at the Ouray City Council meeting Monday night for the proposal to close 7th Avenue, between the two present school buildings, ...

Director, actor and new Ouray County property ownerTyler Perry films movie in Ouray, near Ridgway One of Ouray County's most famous new landowners has brought Hollywood to the San Juans. Camera crews ...

People who live in Ouray probably know Sam and Di Rushing as the couple who started and ran Ouray Glassworks and Pottery for 26 years. They might know Sam from his time with the Ouray Mountain Rescue ...

OURAY COUNTY February 14, 1974 - Tuesday morning, the long-awaited dispatching system was begun by the Ouray Police Department in cooperation with the Montrose Office of the Colorado State Patrol. The...

The Ouray Mountain Rescue Team celebrates 50 years of rescue service this coming summer, and while the organization once had to take out a short-term loan from a local bank to purchase the food and su...

OURAY COUNTY February 7, 1974 - OPINION: Dear Ms. Jorgensen: We received our first issue of the Ouray County Plaindealer on Thursday and know we will enjoy our subscription very much. We bought some p...

Winter Wine Festival returns to Wright Opera House Feb. 17 A little more than a year ago, four community members and business leaders sat by the fireplace in the Tavern at the Wright Opera House and a...

Editor's note: The story has been corrected to reflect that Jim Link's wife's name is Katie, not Stephanie. After nearly 30 years, ambulance driver Jim Link is still in a rush to help in the most tryi...

OURAY COUNTY January 31, 1974 - The idea of a domestic rural water system to serve the Uncompahgre Valley between Ridgway and Ouray was put back into play at the annual meeting of Tri-County Water Con...

2020 Pulitzer finalist for drama comes to Ouray this weekend It’s an open secret that theatermakers are, by and large, politically progressive. Kate Kissingford knows this well as a progressive hersel...

Offering memberships and classes, San Juan Potters' Guild carries on legacy of Mountain Dog Arts in Ouray While the opportunity came swiftly and somewhat suddenly, the path to owning her own pottery a...

OURAY COUNTY January 24, 1974 - The Ridgway Garage was broken into last Wednesday night for the second time in two months and burglarized. This time, however, two suspects were apprehended and are now...

Ice Fest features world-class athletes, clinics, fireside chats — and an icy sculpture to be set on fire Peter O’Neil knows interest in the sport of ice climbing has moved beyond the narrow niche of a...

OURAY COUNTY January 17, 1974 - “And above, in the high thin blueness, the Bridge of Heaven on Horsethief Trail. Four hundred years of it – the plunder trail to heart’s desire. So for Coronado’s Spani...

Event combining rodeo and snow sports expands to 3 days, adds novice competition Competitors for this weekend’s San Juan Skijoring competition will come from as far away as Canada to race the course a...

January 10, 1974 - A State Highway Dept. snow plow from the Silverton side was caught and buried in a snowslide Saturday afternoon approximately four miles south of Red Mountain Pass. Guy Lewis of Sil...

Throughout Shea Freedom’s life, timing has been everything for better and for worse. It was everything when his mother passed away right before he was emancipated from foster care and discarded to the...