FRIDAY, AUGUST 23 PROGRAM: "Mountain Search and Rescue" by Ouray Mountain Rescue team member Sean Hart. 7-8:30 p.m. at the Ridgway State Park Visitor Center, Dutch Charlie entrance. Free. SATURDAY, AU...

The 2024 recreational softball league championship trophy went to the Dabbers, who triumphed over the Cluster Ducks, STEPS and Stella teams. Pictured here on the top row are team members Greg Nelson, ...

Ruth Stewart moved to Ouray County as a kid with her family in 1996. She started volunteering at the age of 13, when she walked and fed dogs for Second Chance Humane Society. That was back in the earl...

If one squints at Brittany Stadler’s art, one can get lost forever in the tiny, detailed pen strokes forming animals inside of animals inside of animals. Sixteen of Stadler’s pieces, which are heavily...

Aug. 11, 1974 – Rick Trujillo not only won the Pikes Peak annual marathon but he won it for the second year in a row, and broke his own record in doing so. Rick covered the tough 28.6 mile marathon in...

THURSDAY, AUGUST 15 POETRY READING: Literary Living Room with NYU professor Scott Hightower, 7:30 p.m. at The Sherbino, 604 Clinton St., Ridgway. Free to enter. More info at sherbino.org. FRIDAY, AUGU...

When it comes to protecting the public, it’s not Ridgway Marshal's Office Deputy Brannon Hasler’s first rodeo. The newest deputy made a career out of putting himself in harm's way to serve others, muc...

The annual Ouray County Fair returns this weekend, and the 4-H participants have so many animals to show this year that the barn will be busting at the seams. The Ouray County 4-H Club has grown to 25...

On its face, the Ridgway Rendezvous is an arts and crafts festival. And it is definitely that — in spades. More than 100 juried artists and craftsmen will spread across Ridgway’s Hartwell Park, displa...

The hills will come alive with the sound of music, as they do every year during the San Juan Chamber Music Festival. The annual event, hosted by the Ouray County Performing Arts Guild, brings high-cal...

August 8, 1974 – Over 40 people attended the Ouray City Council meeting Monday night, most of whom opposed the issuance of a new 3.2 beer license in town. After hearing opinions from both sides, the c...

THURSDAY, AUGUST 8 COUNTY FAIR: Open class entries accepted at the 4-H Event Center from 10 a.m. to noon. For categories and rules visit ouracountyco.gov and see fair book. Judging will take place fro...

All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players, according to Shakespeare. This week, the play featuring this famous quote takes to the stage in Ouray. UpstART Theater brings "As You...

August 1, 1974 – The Ouray School Board announced Tuesday morning that the board has hired a new superintendent for Ouray School. Wayne M. Nash will be arriving in Ouray Aug. 1 to take up his duties. ...

THURSDAY, AUGUST 1 MEETING : Ouray County Republican Central Committee monthly meeting, 6 p.m., County Land Use building, 111 Mall Road, Ridgway. More information at ourayrepublicans.com. FRIDAY, AUGU...

Productions about love and relationships are as old as theater itself. But add the mythical element of dragons, a dash of magic and a storyline that jumps between two moments in space and time, and yo...

Over the years, Tracy Mobley has worked in high-end spas in Telluride, Florida and Hawaii, at the kind of places where clients can pay $300 an hour for a luxe experience. Mobley decided it was time to...

THURSDAY, JULY 25 LIVE MUSIC: Kiltro and Pahua, Ridgway Concert Series last concert of 2024, 6 p.m. in Hartwell Park. Free. FRIDAY, JULY 26 THEATER: "Dragon Play" by Jenny Connell Davis, 7 p.m. showti...

Paul McDonald of the Nashville-based alternative rock band Paul McDonald & the Mourning Doves gestures to the crowd during a July 11 concert at Hartwell Park in Ridgway. The 17th annual Ridgway Concer...

THURSDAY, JULY 18 LIBRARY TALK: Ridgway Public Library summer reading program presents Goldie the mini horse from Mighty Mini Horse Therapy, 11 a.m.-noon, 300 Charles St. LIVE MUSIC: Cordovas and Fog ...