50 YEARS AGO August 19, 1971 - Eight-year-old Lisa Denise Hill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl V. Hill, Route 1, Ridgway, became the first traffic fata...
August 18, 2021
Opinion
In 1983 and 1984, I trained a cutting horse named Sonitas Joy. We won $320,000 in a year and a half. Her owner decided to retire her and breed her. Si...
August 18, 2021
Dear Editor: In response to the Mudges from Mesa, Arizona, who were unclear as to why someone might suggest a “vacant house tax” in Ouray on second ho...
August 18, 2021
Dear Editor: This summer is on track to be another record-breaking wildfire season, Canada experienced a 120-degree heat wave, the floods in Germany w...
August 18, 2021
Dear Editor: On Aug. 10 our family sold our house on Log Hill Village. I am absolutely going to miss this area of Colorado. I'm going to miss True Gri...
August 18, 2021
50 YEARS AGO August 12, 1971 - Robert E. Majors, 31, of Wichita, Kansas, allegedly stole over $600 worth of tools from the Idarado Mining Company wher...
August 11, 2021
Obituaries
James Evan Petersen died Tuesday, July 27, 2021 in Montrose, CO surrounded by his family. Jim was born October 26, 1928 to Evan and Pearl Wright Peter...
August 11, 2021
Covid
As of Wednesday morning, Ouray County reported two new cases of the virus, confirmed with testing at Montrose Memorial Hospital. Both involved women i...
August 11, 2021
News
Interstate 70 in Glenwood Canyon is expected to open Saturday afternoon, according to information provided Wednesday by the Colorado Department of Tra...
August 11, 2021
News
GUNNISON Gunnison County commissioners on Tuesday approved the next steps in a plan that could result in breaking ground on a new affordable housing d...
August 11, 2021
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...
