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...
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...
