Dear Editor: I am a member of MEND (Men Ending Rape Culture). MEND is a group of men who believe men have to be involved in ending rape culture since ...
June 23, 2022
Dear Editor: Congratulations to Ridgway for hosting a very successful San Juan Rural Philanthropy Days (RPD) event! On behalf of the Anschutz Family F...
June 23, 2022
Obituaries
Robert (Bob) Ellis Luttrell born November 27, 1927, in Urbana, Illinois to Lloyd Luttrell and Rachel Weaver, peacefully passed away at his home in Pal...
June 23, 2022
News
The city of Ouray has been awarded a $750,000 grant by the Colorado Department of Local Affairs to help pay for a new water treatment plant. City offi...
June 23, 2022
News
As of June 15 the Town of Ridgway, City of Ouray and unincorporated areas of Ouray County are under Stage 1 fire restriction measures until further no...
June 23, 2022
News
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Every Friday and Saturday morning at 9 a.m. and every Wednesday night at 5:30 p.m. at St. Daniel’s Church, 614 Fifth St., Ouray....
June 23, 2022
News
Ouray musician Til Willis performs on Cora Street in Ridgway on Sunday at the Fete de la Musique. Willis, who plays with Steve Faceman in the indie-fo...
June 23, 2022
News
GUNNISON Persistent high winds and dust-on-snow events fueled rapid snowmelt in the Gunnison Valley and across southwestern Colorado this spring — the...
June 23, 2022
News
The following is an excerpt of cases handled from May 30-June 12. If you have information on any of the below active cases or of any other incident th...
June 23, 2022
Actors ranging in age from 7 to 70 grace the stage in Minerva West Theatre Company’s spring production “Shrek the Musical.” The show will run June 23-...
June 23, 2022
News
Reclamation part of orphaned and abandoned well program
September 4, 2026
It’s not what you think. A towering steel drill rig 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...
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September 4, 2026
President Donald Trump has signed off on a major disaster declaration for the Gold Mountain and Aspen Acres fires that unlocks millions of dollars in Federal Emergency Management Agency relief funds f...
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Senator tours flood-damaged areas, surveys planned fire mitigation efforts
September 2, 2026
U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper said Friday he was optimistic the Trump administration will declare the Gold Mountain Fire a federal disaster, arguing Congress “wouldn’t settle for” the White House withho...
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EMS paramedic, deputy emergency manager sent home days after fire started
September 2, 2026
Ouray County has had two emergency-related employees on paid administrative leave since the early days of the Gold Mountain Fire. A third employee, Road and Bridge Superintendent Ty Barger, was placed...
News
'You guys are in crisis,' Hickenlooper tells proprietors wrestling with aftermath of Gold Mountain Fire
September 2, 2026
Ouray County business owners bent the ear of U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper on Friday, sharing stories of declining profits and mass cancellations in the wake of the Gold Mountain Fire in the hopes the D...
