Nearly a year after developers built unpermitted roads and driveways including a road running parallel to County Road 5, Ouray County leaders said they must remove that road, revegetate the area and b...

Regulations for accessory dwelling units in Ridgway may become looser after the Planning Commission recommended changes to the town’s ordinance. If the Ridgway Town Council approves the ordinance at i...

OURAY POLICE The following is an excerpt of cases handled by the Ouray Police Department from Aug. 27-Sept. 2: AUG. 27 Officer responded to a reported disturbance in the 400 block of Fourth Avenue. Of...

OURAY SHERIFF The following is an excerpt of cases handled by the Ouray County Sheriff's Office from Aug. 26-Sept. 1: AUG. 26 Deputy conducted a walk through of Ridgway Elementary and Ouray School. De...

Former Ouray Police Chief Jeff Wood plans to sue the city of Ouray, alleging city leaders violated Wood’s constitutional rights when then-City Administrator Silas Clarke fired Wood in June. In a notic...

Pat O’Leary isn’t here. But his spirit, his fingerprints, are everywhere at the corner of North Lena and Clinton streets in Ridgway. The grand piano in the community event space that he learned to pla...

Gov. Jared Polis issued a verbal executive order declaring a countywide emergency disaster in Ouray County last week, which will be followed by a written declaration within the month detailing the ext...

Ally and Brad Cunningham knew something was amiss when calls flooded in from Realtors from Ridgway to Denver inquiring about their vacant lot in Ouray Vista. That’s because the Cunninghams had no inte...

Ouray County plans to speed up its enforcement of land use and building codes by allowing staff to initiate legal action before receiving permission from county commissioners. The aim is to expedite t...

The Ouray County Plaindealer earned 10 awards at the Colorado Press Association convention last weekend, including two top awards for excellence in its class of newspapers. Judges from the North Carol...

The Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition presented its Jean Otto Friend of Freedom Award to Erin McIntyre and Mike Wiggins, owners and co-publishers of the weekly Ouray County Plaindealer since 2...

Page Cokinos' first impression of Ouray came on a trip with a friend back in 2018, on a trip in an Airstream trailer. They were driving to Telluride but decided to stay in Ouray instead, and that made...

Grocery owners purchase Ouray liquor store The owners of Ouray Grocery have purchased Ouray Liquors, located at 611 Main St. Tom and Alyssa Fedel purchased the grocery store in 2020, just three doors ...

After 45 years in business, Columbine Gifts & Silver will close its doors for the last time this fall. Owner Liz Kuehling has made the decision that it’s time to close her shop permanently. In 1979, s...

The county budgeted another five months and $25,000 to update its master plan, a process which has been going on since February 2023. The county has already paid consulting firm KLJ Engineering $145,0...

Nathan McCullough has been hired to replace Ouray County Emergency Medical Services Chief Kim Mitchell, who plans to leave the position at the end of this year. McCullough officially started the job A...

Ridgway is under an extended emergency disaster order after heavy rain earlier this month destroyed the Beaver Creek diversion system, which feeds into the Ridgway Ditch and ultimately Lake Otonowanda...

Damage to public and private property from a series of thunderstorms that pummeled Ouray County earlier this month stood at $3.5 million this week, a total that is expected to surge as state and local...

Ouray County leaders voted on Tuesday to hire a consultant to study issues with Crystal Reservoir. The U.S. Forest Service, which owns the dam, has said it plans on starting a National Environmental P...

Ouray Public Works Director Joe Coleman will serve as the acting city administrator while the City Council searches for a permanent replacement for outgoing City Administrator Silas Clarke. Councilors...