Every morning, Karen Risch drinks a cup of coffee, puts on a sun, rain or snow hat and heads to her yard. She checks eight different instruments to collect weather data: gathering temperature highs an...

When Ridgway Secondary School students returned to class last week, they did so once again without a soccer field outside the back door of the school or a publicly available track within 30 miles. But...

Former Ouray Police Chief Jeff Wood plans to sue the city of Ouray, alleging city leaders violated Wood’s constitutional rights when then-City Administrator Silas Clarke fired Wood in June. In a notic...

The Ridgway Planning Commission is envisioning what the town should look like in the future. The commission is looking at the economic implications of Ridgway’s land use mix: housing that is sorely ne...

Silas Clarke left his job as the Ouray city administrator this week, but he will consult city leaders on certain issues through the end of this year. The Ouray City Council unanimously approved an agr...

Nearly a year after developers built unpermitted roads and driveways including a road running parallel to County Road 5, Ouray County leaders said they must remove that road, revegetate the area and b...