Ouray County turns into a holiday wonderland this weekend, with free celebrations in both Ridgway and Ouray to kick off the season. Both events promise to make it feel even more like you're tuning int...

Editor’s note: The Ouray County Plaindealer started publishing profiles of nonprofits between Thanksgiving and New Year’s in 2020 as a community service. The purpose of these profiles is to highlight ...

Year established as a nonprofit: 2000 What does your organization do for Ouray County? Ridgway-based Trust for Land Restoration is a specialty land trust that helps communities and local governments c...

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5 MEETING: Ouray County Republican Central Committee monthly meeting, 6 p.m., County Land Use building, 111 Mall Road, Ridgway. More information at ourayrepublicans.com. FILM: Climb...

Editor’s note: The Ouray County Plaindealer started publishing profi les of nonprofits between Thanksgiving and New Year’s in 2020 as a community service. The purpose of these profiles is to highlight...

Editor’s note: The Ouray County Plaindealer started publishing profi les of nonprofits between Thanksgiving and New Year’s in 2020 as a community service. The purpose of these profiles is to highlight...

Editor’s note: The Ouray County Plaindealer started publishing profiles of nonprofits between Thanksgiving and New Year’s in 2020 as a community service. The purpose of these profiles is to highlight ...

Editor’s note: The Ouray County Plaindealer started publishing profi les of nonprofits between Thanksgiving and New Year’s in 2020 as a community service. The purpose of these profiles is to highlight...

A family ranch located near the intersection of Ouray San Miguel and Montrose counties is ground zero for a hopeful geothermal energy project. The 960-acre Good Shepherd Ranch, owned by the Zahniser f...

Gil Kentof didn’t know it at the time, but a car accident when he was 17 put him on a career path that ultimately led him to Ouray. The wreck left him with neck pain — an injury that medication prescr...

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3 LITERARY LIVING ROOM: "Feasting in the Darkness: A soul-nourishing evening of poetry and song" from poet Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer and singer-songwriter Emily Scott Robinson. Entry...

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21 FILM: Little Kid Flicks, favorite short films from the New York International Children's Film Festival 6–7 p.m. The Sherbino, 604 Clinton St., Ridgway. $5/person. Tickets at sher...

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...

Birds typically limit their singing to spring and summer when defending their territories and trying to attract mates. But when the calendar rolls into fall, migratory species travel to warmer climate...

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14 FILM FESTIVAL: 10th Annual Ridgway Independent Film Festival, Nov. 14-17. Festival pass $100. Thursday day passes are $30. Film blocks $20 each. For a full schedule visit ridgway...

COLORADO SPRINGS — Pre-dating Socrates, ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus once proposed,"No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river, and it’s not the same man." That bei...

A new photography exhibit will transport viewers to nature landscapes at the Wright Opera House. Shanda Akin and Betsy Botsford’s photography show, "Scenic Treasures — Nature's Beauty from Colorado an...

Playwright Heidi Schreck earned her college tuition by traveling the country doing speeches on the U.S. Constitution for prize money. Her award-winning play, “What the Constitution Means to Me,” direc...

When the Family Dollar store closed in Ridgway earlier this spring, Ace Hardware saw an opportunity. And the Hill and Fedel families, in turn, saw an opportunity to bring another family-run business i...