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...

Ouray's first wine-tasting room will close at the end of this month, bringing an experiment to a close on Main Street. In July 2022, Sauvage Spectrum opened its tasting room at 480 Main St. on the cor...

After 17 years operating a variety of local storefronts, Ouray business owner Michelle Poirier is closing her most recent venture, home decor store Twig+Feather, a final step in bringing what was thre...

David Emory — Special to the Plaindealer Ouray cross country runner Catcher Latta leads the pack at the Ramble at the Reservoir at Ridgway State Park on Sept. 20. Teammate Jeep Demuth follows closely ...

September 27, 1974 – A Title III grant of $7,079.50 from the Colorado State Department of Education came through to the Ouray School for the remodeling and refurbishing of the school's library. The gr...

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 LIVE MUSIC: David Nunn, 5-8 p.m. at the Western Hotel, 210 Seventh Ave. in Ouray. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 OPERA: Central City Opera presents "Opera on-the-Go: A Central City Showca...

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 POETRY READING: Literary Living Room presents Jeanine Renee at 7:30 p.m. at the Sherbino Theater, 604 Clinton St. Free. PRINTMAKING CLASS: Printmaking 101 for ages 12+, free, fr...