After a year of serious drought, anomalously wet weather blew into southwestern Colorado in September and October, riding on moisture-laden winds from several Pacific hurricanes. Raging rivers and flo...

In her first year in high school, Ouray senior Charlotte Vander Ploeg was one of the strong threads that helped Ouray cling to its bare-bones volleyball program guided by then-second-year coach Brian ...

Ouray sophomore Cameron Skoloda (356) pursues Ridgway junior Ariel Hessler (360) during first-mile action Oct. 23 at the Colorado High School Activities Association Class 2A Region 4 Championships in ...

An experienced restaurateur has reopened the Old Firehouse in Ridgway with a farm-to-table menu that honors local food and the late Pat O’Leary’s original vision for the remodeled space. After quietly...

Local philanthropist Barthold Lichtenbelt is the newest member of Citizens State Bank's board of directors. He recently retired as vice president of software for NVIDIA this fall after a decades-long ...

The 126-year-old brick building once used as a bank in Ridgway has been added to the National Register of Historic Places and the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties. Constructed in 1911, t...

One of Ouray County’s longest standing institutions got its start in a room in the Beaumont Hotel, when the Home State Bank of Ouray signed a five-year lease for the space in June 1913. Don’t recogniz...

Thursday, October 29 Cimarron Gathering Place, 9:30 a.m. qigong with Suzie Meade, 11 a.m. wildfire talk with Steve Boyle and Ian Reiling, 12:30 p.m. crafts with Vicki Warner-Huggins. Free, for ages 55...

The patrons approaching the front desk at the Box Cañon Visitor Center have no idea that interacting with Glynn Williams is part of the experience. "I need four seniors, please," one man said as he ap...

You don't have to have everything figured out. That's one of the most important things HopeWest hospice and palliative care staff want you to know, if you aren't sure if you're old enough, sick enough...

Practicing these four habits can add years of life expectancy It’s never too late to improve your health. Small changes make a big difference as we age, according to Dr. Tyson Garfield at the Universi...

Thursday, October 22 "Rocky Horror Picture Show Live Shadow Cast" performance starts at 8 p.m. at the Sherbino Theater, 604 Clinton St. Tickets $30, includes audience props, visit sherbino.org for mor...

THURSDAY OCTOBER 15 Learn to sew, from 1-3 p.m. in the Ridgway Public Library meeting rooms. Free, sign up required at the front desk. "Hiking the Colorado X" with India Wood: One woman's solo adventu...

Friday, October 9 Ridgway Farmers Market, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. in Hartwell Park. Free train rides at the Ridgway Railroad Museum, 200 N. Railroad St. 10 a.m.– 2 p.m. Music Bingo, free to play, doors open at...

Compiled from the files of The Ouray County Herald, The Ridgway Sun, and The Ouray County Plaindealer 60 Years Ago October 6, 1966 At a special meeting of the Ouray City Council on Oct. 4, the mayor o...