This pandemic has challenged all of us to varying degrees. Coping with stay-at-home orders, restricted business operations, economic hardship and isol...
April 16, 2020
Covid
Students in Ouray County won’t be returning to school in-person for the remainder of the school year. Leaders of both Ouray and Ridgway school distric...
April 15, 2020
News
Undersheriff Ted Wolfe has announced he is running for sheriff in the recall election to replace Sheriff Lance FitzGerald. With 36 years of law enforc...
April 11, 2020
Obituaries
Judy Fay Holton February 8, 1941 - March 27, 2020 Judy Fay Holton of Montrose died suddenly on Friday morning, March 27. She was the very picture of h...
April 9, 2020
Opinion
Dear Editor: I’ve been thinking about what a challenging time this is for all of us, how stress and close quarters can make us vulnerable to depressio...
April 9, 2020
Dear Editor: Once again, a Ouray County law enforcement officer gets off with a slap on the wrist on an embarrassingly serious felony charge. We refer...
April 9, 2020
Covid
Ouray County reported its first COVID-19 death on Wednesday — an 81-year-old man who was the second confirmed local case. Authorities were still inves...
April 8, 2020
Covid
Mountain Medical has announced it has another confirmed case of COVID-19 here in Ouray County – a man in his 70s. The man was tested more than a week ...
April 6, 2020
Covid
Story updated at 2:30 p.m.: Ouray Brewery owner Erin Eddy announced this afternoon he tested positive for COVID-19. Eddy is the first Ouray County res...
April 3, 2020
News
The town of Ridgway closed the playground at Hartwell Park last week in response to Gov. Jared Polis' stay-at-home order. Mike Wiggins — Ouray County ...
April 2, 2020
Main, News...
Colorado is on track for its warmest year ever. Source flows are diminishing or at historic lows. So why has only one water provider in Ouray County ordered cutbacks this summer?
September 9, 2026
In the early days of summer, it remained a matter of some debate where the drought of 2026 ranked in the annals of long, hot Colorado summers. For Cary Denison, Ouray County’s representative on the Co...
Main
September 9, 2026
Move frees up federal relief money President Donald Trump approved a major disaster declaration for the Gold Mountain and Aspen Acres fires, unlocking millions of dollars in Federal Emergency Manageme...
News
Operation part of state program to reclaim abandoned sites
September 9, 2026
It’s not what you think. A towering steel drill that’s been perched along the side of U.S. Highway 550 in recent weeks isn’t probing for gas, or oil, or even a route to the Far East. The operation is ...
News
September 9, 2026
Officials cite concerns about safety, health at Tuffy's Corner A highway pullout popular for overnight camper parking north of Ouray has been empty in recent weeks since ‘no camping’ signs were instal...
