At first glance, the office in the northwest corner of the sprawling industrial building appears empty. It’s dark inside on a quiet Friday at Bluecorn Beeswax. A fiber internet installer climbs a lad...

Year formed: 1994 What does your organization do for Ouray County? “Most simply, we bring pets and people “Most simply, we bring pets and people together to live their best lives,” Executive Director ...

Editor's note: The Ouray County Plaindealer is featuring nonprofit organizations which are based in Ouray County and serve Ouray County in a series of profiles titled Season of Sharing. The purpose of...

From left, Adam Noel and Brandon Scott pose with the gingerbread house they made at the Ouray Elks Lodge the week before Christmas. They won second place in the Elks Lodge contest.

While Mountain Fever Shirts & Gifts in Ouray opened its first outlet store about six years ago, owners Bruce and Tamara Gulde have never had it on their own grounds and never had it open in the off-se...

The Paws for Art Gallery & More has been a traveling show of sorts for three years, popping up at various locations in Ridgway and Telluride. It allowed unique donations of art or antiques that arrive...

Year formed: 1993 What does your organization do for Ouray County? Ridgway-Ouray Community Council (ROCC) works through ten different committees to - as their mission statement reads - “build, nourish...

When I was a little girl, my siblings and I always had our own special ornaments to hang on the Christmas tree. Some were from the years we were born, engraved with our names. We had a rule that you c...

Editor's note: The Ouray County Plaindealer is featuring nonprofit organizations which are based in Ouray County and serve Ouray County in a series of profiles titled Season of Sharing. The purpose of...

Year formed: 1971 What does your organization do for Ouray County? The Ouray County Historical Society works to preserve and interpret the history of Ouray County and the surrounding area. They own an...

Year formed: 1888 What does your organization do for Ouray County? “We like to think of ourselves as a community hub,” Executive Director Alyssa Preston said, with entertainment options for families a...

   

The Silverite-Plaindealer, December 23, 1898 F.J. Hulanski, editor and publisher SOME CHRISTMAS MEMORIES Christmas this year comes on Sunday, and somehow that seems right and proper to me, because it ...

Year formed: 2017 What does your organization do for Ouray County? “UpstART brings professional theater artists to work with local theater artists and create high quality pieces of theater,” Co-founde...

Editor's note: The Ouray County Plaindealer is featuring nonprofit organizations which are based in Ouray County and serve Ouray County in a series of profiles titled Season of Sharing. The purpose of...

Ouray’s Kaden Nelson blocks a layup from Rangely during the game on Dec. 10. The Trojans lost their away non-conference game by a score of 39-20. The boys basketball team is scheduled to host Mancos o...

Editor's note: The Ouray County Plaindealer is featuring nonprofit organizations which are based in Ouray County and serve Ouray County in a series of profiles titled Season of Sharing. The purpose of...

The front page of the Plaindealer today probably got your attention. Good. That was the idea. Sometimes we take things for granted. Your local newspaper is one of those things – it publishes reliably ...

Chipeta, also known as White Singing Bird, was married to Chief Ouray of the Uncompaghre Utes. Ahead of her time, she served as a tribal leader, diplomat and human rights advocate. She was born in 184...

After a year hiatus due to COVID-19, Ridgway's Noel Night and Ouray's Yule Celebration returned on Dec. 3 and 4, respectively, bringing out hundreds of people for an array of family-friendly events A...