50 YEARS AGO May 27, 1971 - More contestants for Queen for the Fourth of July are needed. Girls in their teens, in Ouray County, are all eligible. Con...
May 26, 2021
Dear Editor: In the last few days ballots have arrived in our mail boxes for the San Miguel Power Association Board of Directors election. This electi...
May 26, 2021
Covid
Ouray County Commissioners voted Tuesday to rescind the local mask mandate this week, aligning the county’s rules with statewide public health orders ...
May 25, 2021
News
UPDATE: 12:59 p.m. A suspected drunken driver who was pursued by a Ouray police officer died after falling into Dexter Creek Canyon while fleeing the ...
May 25, 2021
Obituaries
Dec. 11, 1920-Dec. 14, 2020 Elaine Kessler went to be with the Lord on Dec. 14, 2020. We will celebrate her life on May 24 at the Ouray Christian Fell...
May 19, 2021
News
[tecnavia_gallery slug='paving-the-way-gallery' view='carousel']Above: Sage Country Concrete owner Kevan Wedel rakes concrete for a new apron and driv...
May 19, 2021
News
[tecnavia_gallery slug='accident-with-a-purpose-gallery' view='carousel']Top: Members of the Ridgway Volunteer Fire Department stabilize a car used in...
May 19, 2021
News
GUNNISON With one day to go before commencement, Western Colorado University President Greg Salsbury said May 7 that he would retire from his post at ...
May 19, 2021
News
Communities that Care receive grant Through the Ouray County Public Health Department, the state has awarded a five-year, $650,000 grant for preventio...
May 19, 2021
Covid
The Ouray County commissioners met in person this week, in a meeting where the public was restricted to online attendance. We sent reporter Liz Teitz ...
May 19, 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...
