Enjoy an early Thanksgiving dinner and help a great cause. The Ouray Elks Lodge No. 492’s annual community Thanksgiving dinner begins at 6 p.m. Friday. The event is free and open to the public, althou...

From the Ouray County Herald and Ouray County Plaindealer: 50 Years Ago November 20, 1969 - The city of Ouray will be about twice as bright at night when lighting is converted from 190,000 to 329,000 ...

In early 1894, Columbus Sikes and William Smeiduh were fast friends, living and working in and around Ridgway. On March 12 of that year, they met for lunch at noon in a roadhouse in Dallas, Ouray Coun...

Dear Editor: The problem with freedom of speech is that you must post, and we have to read things like the letter from Steve in Phoenix about global warming. Obviously, Steve is a transplant to Phoeni...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: I had the great privilege recently to meet with Colorado Congressional staffers in Washington, D.C. and express my ardent support for the Colorado Outdoor Recreation...

Dear Editor: I wish to share my gratitude to the Ridgway community for electing me to a four year school board seat. Once again, in true Ridgway fashion, it took a village and I appreciate the support...

  Ragtime and boogie-woogie pianist Bob Milne will perform Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Wright Opera House in Ouray. Milne has had an extraordinary musical career for 55 years, earning The Library of Congr...

  Local organizers of Operation Christmas Child are asking for the community's help in gathering donations for boys and girls across the world. Ridgway Community Church, 685 W. Sherman St., is a drop-...

  The moment that made them believe — really, truly believe they could pull this off — arrived on Nov. 6. By virtually any measure, it had already been a successful 2019 season for the Ridgway varsit...

  Local performers You Knew Me When will debut some of their new mountain-inspired songs on Saturday, where local audiences will get the first crack at hearing new material. Karisa and Cie Hoover will...

From the Ouray County Herald and Ouray County Plaindealer: 40 Years Ago November 15, 1979 - Cloudseeding operations may begin December 1st in the southwestern San Juan mountains, but important limitat...

The story in The Washington Post grabbed my attention. It was an article about a ranch. I was a graduate student in the swamp called D.C. during much of Richard Nixon’s presidency. Facing impeachment ...

  The recognition given to me first at the Oct. 21 City Council meeting by Mayor Larson and Council members, followed by “Mary Mitchell Day” on Nov. 1 at our Visitor Center hosted by OTO staff, create...

  I would like to thank our community for participating in the recent Ridgway school board election. Thank you as well and congratulations to Brian Patton, Aimee Quadri and Valene Baskfield for your c...

The October 11-13th Old West Fest, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the classic movie "True Grit," wouldn't have left such warm, memorable impressions to many about our town without the generosity ...

  The fifth-annual Ridgway Independent Film Festival is bringing 26 short films to the screen at the Sherbino Theater this week, and audiences will have a chance to see a variety of work. On Friday an...

I am delighted to share a poem this month by Jean Bower. Jean was born in Denver where she was raised, she says, never knowing that she was a child of the Depression and relatively poor. She lives in ...

I apologize for having been away for so long. I had to take some time away to learn to appreciate what I have. The owners of the ranch gifted us with a new house with some significant upgrades. It is ...

  Our move to Ouray County has been a seemingly nonstop series of adjustments, both good and bad. The darkest night skies I've ever seen? Good. The closest Del Taco nearly two hours away? Bad. Panoram...

From the Ouray County Herald and Ouray County Plaindealer: 50 Years Ago November 6, 1969 - Editorial - Halloween in Ouray was relatively damage-free. Aside from a broken window at the Ouray Chalet, da...