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...

Realm Supply will reopen across the county on Ouray’s Main Street after closing its doors in Ridgway this summer. Owner Tia Mihelarakis will take over part of The Blue Pear at 645 Main St. on Nov. 1, ...

Ridgway Pilates' new space within Ridgway’s old bank building is a dream for owner Erica Young, whose old location could barely accommodate her growing clientele. The former Realm Supply location at 5...

The first thing he noticed was how gorgeous she was. It was impossible, of course, to miss the tall brunette in the Minturn Middle School classroom where Andy Dennis and Heidi Hanssen met as teachers ...

The track and field and cross country athletes from Ridgway and Ouray who once were teammates now compete against each other. The split in the teams earlier this year means Ridgway and Ouray student a...

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24 LIVE MUSIC: David Nunn, 5-8 p.m. at the Western Hotel, 210 Seventh Ave. in Ouray. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25 GAME: Murder Mystery Dinner Party: Murder on a Train. Tickets $60 for a speaki...

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17 LIVE MUSIC: David Nunn, 5-8 p.m. at the Western Hotel, 210 Seventh Ave. in Ouray. FILM CLUB: Ouray County Public Library Film Club, 5:30-7 p.m. 400 Seventh Ave. CANDIDATES FORUM: ...

Kristin Kelley’s first weeks as Ouray County’s new public health director tested her forte and favorite part of the job — building up community partnerships and ensuring equal access to care — as she ...

I recently had a chat with my friends Bev and Jorg Angehrn about their longtime work with the Ouray County Food Pantry. Bev started volunteering with the original food pantry, which was under the ausp...

Joel Priest— Special to the Plaindealer Ridgway's Sophia Forrest (21) alertly swipes Telluride setter Lillyann Mahoney's errant pass back over the net for a quick point on Oct. 3, during the teams' se...

OCT. 11, 1974 The contest to design Ouray’s Centennial Flag was being sponsored by the Committee for the Walsh Library Building (City Hall facade) Restoration, as a Centennial-Bicentennial project. Ev...

Do vice presidents leave a legacy? Many historians believe that Vice President George Mifflin Dallas certainly did here in Ouray County. Today you can find a creek, a mountain, a pass, a company and a...

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10 LITERARY LIVING ROOM: Jamie LaRue, author of "On Censorship: A Public Librarian Examines Cancel Culture in the U.S." Doors open at 7 p.m., event starts at 7:30 p.m. at the Sherbin...

The Fortuna Tierra Club's inaugural group of honorees were celebrated at the 2024 Exceptional Women of Ouray County luncheon on Oct. 5. Pictured here from left to right are Robyn Cascade, Irene Stith,...

Ouray middle school cross country runner Mikayla Hirt crests a hill in the race on Oct. 5 in Aspen at the Chris Severy Invitational meet. Hirt finished the race in 18:45.7, placing ninth. The girls’ t...

Ridgway's Brodie Musgrove tries settling the ball while marked by Telluride's Jerry Sharpe (20) on Oct. 3 at Frontier Park during the teams' fi rst of two regular-season meetings. The Demons fell 7-3 ...

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3 MEETING: Ouray County Republican Central Committee monthly meeting, 6 p.m., County Land Use building, 111 Mall Road, Ridgway. More information at ourayrepublicans.com. LIVE MUSIC: ...

How often have you driven to see aspen color in September and been joined by throngs of people doing the same thing? Maybe you tried to go on a backcountry road to get away from all those people, only...

When U-Haul approached Ridgway Hardware manager Stephen Laster a year ago about adding moving and hauling services to the store’s business operations, he gave some thought to the idea. But when Laster...