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Are you having trouble finding something to read? We've all been there, and we all hate it. My goal is to make your life easier and pick a book for you! I have compiled six reviews of some favorites, all different genres so you'll be sure to find one that you're interested in. Hopefully reading ABOUT books will get you excited to read one.

The view from almost anywhere in the city of Ouray is of trees, a lot of trees, and an alarming number of them dead or dying. If we zoom in very close to one of these dying trees, more often than not we will see colonies of small bugs infesting their bark. These are bark beetles, the nearly invisible destruction of our forests.

Since Ouray attracts many tourists, it is only normal that students would be affected by it. With tourism starting to slow down now, students are eager to vent about their experiences.

The summer of 2021 was a big summer for the entire world. Travel had started to open up and people were able to have summer vacation again, finally. I looked forward to my own summer trip with my dad starting early August. A 2900 mile motorcycle trip at 16 years old.

If you were to walk into the art room, you might see a high schooler concentrating on their final project, you might smell the fresh paint a giddy kindergartener has just finger-painted on a canvas, or you might hear art teacher Melissa Demuth’s contagious laugh.

Fall is in full swing as the shops of Ouray are adorned with orange, browns, and yellows. Even the leaves are showing off their annual color. With all the changes that are happening, many are getting ready for Halloween.

ome students believe salty is the finest snack option, but most have regular hankerings for sweets - especially ice cream. In Ouray, that means a choice: Yankee Girl, which opened this summer at 630 Main St; and Mouse's, which has been around for "24 years," according to co-owner (since 2001) John Weihert. And of course, students are aware of Cafe Ridgway a la Mode, ten miles up the road.

Welcome to the INSIDE THE HOUSE OF TROY, our periodic podcast, hosted by Nate Kissingford. Today, a conversation with Phylis Fagrelius, middle school social studies teacher, who plans to retire in May after a quarter century here at Ouray School.