Dear Editor: As fire chief of the Ouray Fire Department, I wanted to take the opportunity to reach out to the mayor, Ouray City Council and administra...
July 21, 2021
Dear Editor: Since 2006, I have participated as an appointed volunteer for 10 years as a planning commissioner, three years on the Beautification Comm...
July 21, 2021
Dear Editor: “I like bacon but I don’t want to live next to a pig farm.” The analog for many of us living in Ouray County is “I have nothing against m...
July 21, 2021
Dear Editor: I would like to see the city of Ouray limit the number of short-term rentals. Most of the Ouray properties bought in the last year were b...
July 21, 2021
Covid
A woman in her 80s who tested positive for COVID-19 a day before she died is the county's fourth fatality connected with the virus. She had been fully...
July 19, 2021
Obituaries
Paul Nicholas McElrea was born on February 4, 1969 in Christchurch, New Zealand. He was the eldest of three sons of Richard and Rosemary McElrea. Trag...
July 15, 2021
News
Reggae band Mike Love & The Full Circle play a set during the July 8 Ridgway Concert Series at Hartwell Park. The series features free music ever...
July 15, 2021
News
GUNNISON Gunnison Valley Health employees may soon do office work where shoppers recently sought bargains. Gunnison County commissioners on Tuesday ap...
July 15, 2021
Ouray Perimeter Trail architect Bob Risch looks at the new Perimeter Trail sign created by Ouray resident Jeff Skoloda and installed at the recently o...
July 15, 2021
The Ouray County Woman’s Club has awarded its annual award to three women – Maureen O’Driscoll, Aimee Vann and Joanie Gibbs. The award was announced a...
July 15, 2021
Main, News...
Young team blows past competition to hoist Class 2A cross country trophy
November 5, 2025
There isn’t a perfect translation for “hill” in Chinese. That's something Natasha Hessler discovered when she arrived at the famous creek crossing during the Colorado State Cross Country Championship ...
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ELECTION 2025
Hart joins council, which needs to fill two spots
November 5, 2025
Ouray City Councilor Michael Underwood won election to the mayor’s seat Tuesday night, succeeding on a campaign that emphasized fiscal conservatism and a vow to fix what he perceives as a disconnect b...
News
November 5, 2025
Voters Tuesday night approved tax increases for the Cedar Hill Cemetery District and the Ouray Fire Protection District. A measure to increase the cemetery district’s mill levy from 0.33 mills to 1 mi...
News
ELECTION 2025
November 5, 2025
Voters in unincorporated Ouray County approved a new 6% lodging tax that is expected to provide more than $182,000 in additional funding during a tight 2026 budget year and into the future. The measur...
News
ELECTION 2025
November 5, 2025
Ouray voters have chosen two former educators to join the Ouray School Board, according to unofficial results from Tuesday’s election. Three candidates competed for two open seats on the school board,...
