Ouray’s Main Street was a spooky place to be on Halloween, with witches at the Wright Opera House including Gayle Veum of Log Hill. The “King of Pop” and a member of the Jackson Five were spotted tric...

Ouray County voters on Tuesday rejected a proposal to raise the local sales tax rate by 0.5% in order to fund future disaster relief, dashing county officials’ hopes to find a new revenue source for e...

After pulling a 16-hour shift on this summer’s Gold Mountain Fire, Bennett Raley knew he could trust and rely on his young teammate. The volunteer firefighter with the Log Hill Volunteer Fire Departme...

With a lack of government funding to continue Ouray County’s Alpine Ranger patrols next year, the task has fallen to locals to raise enough money – $67,000, to be exact – to keep the backcountry patro...

A Montrose County jury found the stepson of the former Ouray police chief not guilty of sexual assault Wednesday, at the end of his eight-day criminal trial. The jury handed down the verdict after del...

Ouray County commissioners plan to move forward with merging Ouray County Emergency Medical Services under the Ridgway Fire Protection District at the beginning of the year after EMS updated its budge...

Three private landowners will pay $45,000 for 2,250 tons of gravel to improve county roads 2 and 4B in the Billy Creek area. Ouray County commissioners accepted the donation through a road materials s...

The Ouray City Council rejected City Councilor Dave Doherty’s request to participate in Monday’s meeting remotely, marking the latest turn in an on-again, off-again debate over governance. The council...

While the Trump administration’s approval of disaster relief funding for the Gold Mountain Fire may have looked like a golden ticket for a cash-strapped county government, down in the fine print, the ...

Low-interest federal disaster loans are available to local businesses that were affected by the Gold Mountain Fire. In some cases, homeowners, nonprofits and renters are also eligible for these loans....

It could take years for the Waterview Homes affordable housing development to complete its next phase, as it now faces hurdles including high interest rates and finding funding for infrastructure and ...

The bodies of a college student from Ridgway and another man were found Wednesday afternoon in Chaffee County, five days after they left for a weekend hiking trip and got caught in a snowstorm. Kaden ...

The Telluride Foundation is honoring Williams with its 2026 Volunteer of the Year award. Williams, who moved to Ouray in 1975, is a longtime volunteer and former Ouray city councilor. Her experience i...

A Colorado judge will consider next week whether regional water managers have enough ground to stand on to pursue a plan to divert water from Cow Creek into Ridgway Reservoir, as a long-running battle...

San Miguel Power Association has proposed to hike its base monthly access charge for the vast majority of its customers from $33 to $42, marking the fifth straight year the power provider has sought a...

A U.S. Forest Service survey of the Gold Mountain Fire says flooding and debris flows will likely continue to be dangers within the most severely scorched areas of the burn scar. A report released thi...

Dozens of searchers spent a third day Wednesday looking for a college student from Ridgway and another man who went hiking in the central Colorado mountains last weekend and didn’t return. Kaden Matsu...

The Home Trust of Ouray County withdrew a request for a land use variance before county commissioners could vote to deny it at a hearing Tuesday. The variance would have allowed Martha Campbell to sub...

An article in the Oct. 22-28 edition, “County wants water users to take on reservoir lease,” misstated the amount of funds that Tri-County Water Conservancy District receives to operate and manage Our...

Compiled from the files of The Ouray County Herald, The Ridgway Sun, and The Ouray County Plaindealer 60 Years Ago October 27, 1966 A change of venue was granted on the vandalism trial of five Denver ...