Both Ridgway climbing teams traveled to Eagle on Feb. 21 for the Western Slope Regional Championship, with the boys’ team finishing second out of eight teams and the girls’ team finishing fourth out o...

Thursday, February 26 Pasta Bar community dinner fundraiser with the Ouray School Parents and Teachers Together organization, from 5:30-7 p.m. at the Ouray Community Center, 320 Sixth Ave. $20 adults,...

Thursday, February 19 Community book club, noon-1 p.m. at the Ridgway Public Library. Bring lunch and discuss "The Road to Tender Hearts" by Annie Hartnett. Tech Thursday – Get help with quick tech pr...

The fourth annual Ouray Winter Wine Festival just happens to fall on Valentine's Day this year. And that means not only will there be wine — there will be flowers, chocolate and more goodies to help s...

For those of us lucky enough to step onto our decks or open our front doors to a view of the northern San Juans, one silhouette dominates the horizon: Mount Sneffels. Known as the "Queen of the San Ju...

The majority of high school student-athletes in Ouray County are headed on a post-graduation pathway in a career in something other than sports. But for some, their drive to excel extends to a desire ...

Thursday, February 12 Tech Thursday – Get help with quick tech problems from 4-6 p.m. at the Ridgway Public Library, 300 Charles St. Walk-ins welcome. After school Valentine's Day craft time for eleme...

The “Good For You!” page is a place for reader-submitted photos illustrating community, celebrations and more. Want to submit a photo for publication? Here are some guidelines for submissions: - This ...

Sometimes audiences need a whimsical, light performance. And that's what folks can expect from UpstART Theater's next play, "Love Song," timed to lead up to Valentine's Day. The all-local cast of perf...

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 5 Ouray County Republican Central Committee monthly meeting, 6 p.m., Twin Peaks Lodge and Hot Springs Sunshine Room, 50 Third Ave. in Ouray. Sewing class: Tote bags, from 1-3 p.m. at...

Compiled from the files of The Ouray County Herald, The Ridgway Sun, and The Ouray County Plaindealer 60 Years Ago January 27, 1966 In a memorandum to Idarado employees in January, A.C. Hilander, gene...

Dots and other markings cluster in ripples, circles and shapes on canvases of wood, almost as if etched by insects. Altogether, the carvings and glimmering paint washes illustrate larger forms of the ...

Eva Henson knows what it’s like to navigate the challenges of affordable housing as a homeowner, beyond her experience working in housing. Ouray County’s new contracted housing services director spent...

THURSDAY JANUARY 29 After school craft time for elementary school students, 4-4:45 p.m. at the Ouray Public Library, 320 Sixth Ave. Tech Thursday – Get help with quick tech problems from 4-6 p.m. at t...

Anna Pfaff’s choice to move onward and, especially upward, resonates beyond world-class peaks in a locally made film on the elite Ouray-based climber. "Anna" is a 22-minute portrait of Pfaff’s return ...

Ridgway Secondary School guidance counselor Terra Malmstrom gave a presentation during a conference celebrating Rudolf Steiner in December at Harvard Divinity School. Her presentation, "Beyond Surviva...

Thursday, January 22 Tech Thursday – Get help with quick tech problems from 4-6 p.m. at the Ridgway Public Library, 300 Charles St. Walk-ins welcome. Film club: "Famous Last Words," with the Ouray Pub...

Compiled from the files of The Ouray County Herald, The Ridgway Sun, and The Ouray County Plaindealer 60 Years Ago January 20, 1966 Two men, injured Thursday night when their ore truck plunged over a ...

So far this winter we have had a reprieve from icy sidewalks and snow shoveling — a far cry from what Silverton experienced with the legendary "Big Snow” in March 1884. We are complaining about the pe...