Author - News

News

Local impact of affordable housing funds still unclear

Millions of dollars for affordable housing efforts will become available to Colorado counties and municipalities later this year, a result of Proposit...

April 13, 2023

News

Ridgway pizzeria rolls up, heads for Delta

John Lynch can easily rattle off the orders of his regulars at Panny’s Pizza: Ouray Police Chief John Wood, for example, orders 10 wings with a side o...

April 13, 2023

News

Ridgway board rejects disputed subdivision

[tecnavia_gallery slug='ridgway-board-rejects-disputed-subdivision-gallery-20230412-1327-390789' view='carousel']The Ridgway Planning Commission voted...

April 5, 2023

News

Local mayors object to housing bill

Local mayors are pushing back against proposed legislation that would make major changes to land use rules in Colorado, though Ridgway and Ouray appea...

April 5, 2023

News

Pool heater sparked clubhouse fire

The fire that destroyed the former Fairway Pines clubhouse in November started in a pool heater in a maintenance room, investigators determined. Accor...

March 30, 2023

News

Builder offers town $500K for housing

The Ridgway Planning Commission will consider a controversial proposed subdivision for the third time next week, but with new conditions: the develope...

March 30, 2023

MAKING THE MUNDANE MAGICAL

When she was deciding on a name for her new store in Ridgway, Tia Mihelarakis wanted something inviting that captured her love of fantasy, but left he...

March 30, 2023

News

Report: Clubhouse fire caused by pool heater

The fire that destroyed the former Fairway Pines clubhouse on Log Hill Mesa in November started in the maintenance room, according to Ouray County She...

March 28, 2023

News

Courthouse HVAC problems escalate

Ouray County is planning to spend more than $60,000 on a forensic engineer to diagnose problems with the heating and cooling system in the courthouse,...

March 22, 2023

News

Ridgway extends building moratorium

The town of Ridgway will continue its moratorium on most new development applications for another four months to allow time to complete revisions to i...

March 15, 2023

News

Smoke blankets Ouray County as wildfires burn in region

By Mike Wiggins

July 11, 2025

Heavy smoke and haze choked Ouray County for a second straight day Friday as a series of wildfires churned through tinder-dry trees and brush in southwestern Colorado and southeastern Utah. The Colora...

Main, News...

Signs of trouble in Ouray

City halts production after public backlash over size, appearance of wayfinding signs

By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com

July 9, 2025

Ouray business owners and residents threw up a symbolic stop sign in front of the city council on Monday, urging city leaders to pause or altogether abandon plans to install dozens of new wayfinding s...

Main, News...

Go Fourth and celebrate

July 9, 2025

The crowd cheers as a fire department tanker truck sprays the wet side of the street during the July 4 parade in Ouray. Ouray Tourism and Destination Marketing Director Kailey Rhoten said cellular dat...

Main, News...

County scrambles to pay for road repairs from rockfall

Leaders pull from multiple sources to cover $300,000 tab, look to replenish emergency fund

By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com

July 9, 2025

Ouray County is scraping together money to pay for emergency repairs on County Road 361 while looking for ways to replenish its emergency fund in anticipation of other disasters. During a work session...

News

Hot Springs moves forward with upgrades

Council OKs bathhouse design contract; pipeline replacement, heat exchange system on tap this fall

By By Lia Salvatierra and Mike Wiggins lia@ouraynews.com mike@ouraynews.com

July 9, 2025

A series of much-anticipated upgrades to the Ouray Hot Springs Pool is coming together, with the city beginning infrastructure replacements this fall and searching for ways to pay for building a new b...

Liz Teitz

Remote-triggered avalanche in San Juan Mountains

First responders receive first COVID-19 vaccines