Emails, texts also reveal response to media frenzy, doubts about Wood staying in job Ouray Police Chief Jeff Wood questioned the credibility of the teenage girl accusing his stepson and two other men ...

A Ridgway business owner who stole nearly 200 copies of the Ouray County Plaindealer from racks in Ridgway and Ouray last month pleaded guilty to a civil infraction last week and was fined $150. Paul ...

With legal costs climbing, commissioners may ask others to take lead on Cow Creek pipeline plan Ouray County commissioners are reconsidering their lead position in a lawsuit involving access to water ...

Ouray County is asking residents to take an online survey to help create an up-to-date, effective evacuation plan for the entire county. The county is also holding public information meetings in the u...

RIDGWAY MARSHAL This is a selected compilation of interesting or noteworthy activity involving local law enforcement. We will not be including information about routine directed patrols or traffic sto...

Leaders push for full demolition of charred Log Hill clubhouse, bid farewell to public health director Ouray County is working to obtain the land that two of the four historic Idarado Houses sit on, s...

Postal workers urge public to comment on proposal to move mail sorting to Denver The U.S. Postal Service is proposing changes that would move mail processing from Grand Junction to Denver, for better ...

Ouray County’s land use, road impact and marijuana fees will change as soon as April 1, so the county recoups the costs it incurs to process and issue permits. The fees, which have not changed in 15 y...

Trial set for Jan. 2025; health officials fail to identify source of taco shop contamination A judge has ordered the two people who sued Taco del Gnar over a parasite they say they contracted from eat...

A photo caption on Page 12 in the Feb. 8-14 edition that accompanied a Colorado Sun story about the closure of the Integrated Insight Community Care clinic in Delta misidentified the person in the pho...

BRECKENRIDGE — To the west of the Alta Verde community’s parking lot, the snow-capped peaks of the Tenmile Range create a natural skyline. The winding Blue River, currently masked by several inches — ...

Health Department director leaving position Ouray County Health Department Director Tanner Kingery is leaving his position, and the county has advertised for the vacancy. Kingery, who told his staff o...

Ouray County residents’ experiences could signal potential tightening of insurance market due to _ire risk By modern real estate standards, Keith and Lyn Meinert’s plan to sell their home at the top o...

Editor's note: This story contains details about an alleged sexual assault. A Ridgway man accused of raping a 28-year-old woman in her home in December claimed he thought she was his wife, who was in ...

Prosecutors have decided to charge the Ouray police chief's stepson as an adult in an alleged sexual assault case. The 7th Judicial District Attorney's Office last week direct filed charges against Na...

A story about local ambulance driver Jim Link on Page 1 in the Feb. 1-7 edition gave the incorrect first name of Link's wife. It is Katie.

State alleges patient safety, financial problems at facility that served Ouray, other counties A troubled multicounty clinic based in Delta that offered physical and mental health services to some of ...

Faced with a projected need to build dozens of housing units in the next decade, Ouray city leaders on Monday began brainstorming potential locations for those homes. A new report from Economic and Pl...

The city of Ouray is exploring the possibility of launching a shuttle service that would ferry visitors and residents from one end of town to the other with stops in between, with the goal of alleviat...

Some residents cite concerns about Red Mountain Alpine Lodge Red Mountain Alpine Lodge will continue operating as a bed-and-breakfast, though it is subject to conditions to ensure it is complying with...