The solution to the statewide childcare shortage might be here in Ouray County, where a blueprint for building childcare-ready affordable homes was drafted. It’s been a little more than a year since t...

Ouray County commissioner meeting rooms don’t have a mold problem, according to testing ordered after Commissioner Lynn Padgett said the facilities caused her to feel sick and used it as justification...

Ouray County’s alpine ranger program is back and bigger this year with the help of a state grant. The public will see alpine rangers patrolling areas including Yankee Boy Basin, Imogene Pass and the A...

Election to represent Ridgway, Log Hill contested for first time since 2014 For the first time in more than a decade, there’s a contested election for the District 6 seat on the San Miguel Power Assoc...

Compiled from the files of The Ouray County Herald, The Ridgway Sun, and The Ouray County Plaindealer 60 Years Ago May 12, 1966 Toby is back in town. Proof of it is that Johnny Johnson of the Western ...

One of three men charged with sexually assaulting a then-17-year-old girl in Ouray County in 2023 has agreed to plead guilty to a reduced charge. Ashton Whittington, who was originally charged with a ...

A Ouray County employee rescinded a request Tuesday to be paid for the hours she spent outside her regular work week helping run the 4-H Event Center and Fairgrounds. Commissioners spent roughly 45 mi...

Between 40 and 60 volunteers and dozens more officials are preparing for Ouray County’s first emergency evacuation exercise in Elk Meadows southwest of Ridgway on Friday. The event will simulate what ...

A former Ouray woman has been ordered to spend two years on probation for retaliating against a woman who accused her son of sexual assault in 2023. Kristyn Trujillo must also perform 96 hours of publ...

It’s a roughly five-hour, 300-mile trek from the San Juans to Jefferson County Stadium in Lakewood. But for a group of Ouray County student-athletes, the chance to win a state title is a matter of sec...

The “Good For You!” page is a place for reader-submitted photos illustrating community, celebrations and more. Want to submit a photo for publication? Here are some guidelines for submissions: - This ...

Thursday, May 14 Tech Thursday - Get help with quick tech problems from 4-6 p.m. at the Ridgway Public Library, 300 Charles St. Walk-ins welcome. Saturday, May 16 Spring cleanup at the Cedar Hill Ceme...

A former Ouray woman was ordered Thursday to spend two years on probation for retaliating against a woman who accused her son of sexual assault in 2023. Kristyn Trujillo must also perform 96 hours of ...

In some parts of Ouray County it may look like popcorn grows on trees. The milky, honey-colored pocks on the trunks of ponderosa pines and other trees signal efforts to fend off their attackers: bark ...

Ouray County commissioners want to regulate how employees use artificial intelligence when doing county work and limit cybercrime risk. Commissioners on April 29 looked at the first draft of an AI pol...

The town of Ridgway's Sustainability Advisory Board will pilot “zero-waste” rules at the town’s summer concert series, while it continues to craft a broader policy to implement for all events on town ...

A collaborative restoration project to clean up mine waste in Governor Basin dating back to 2018 remains on hold, while project partners continue to work out final agreements and how the project will ...

Compiled from the files of The Ouray County Herald, The Ridgway Sun, and The Ouray County Plaindealer 60 Years Ago May 5, 1966 At Monday’s meeting of the Ouray City Council, Julius Sonza was hired as ...

The rules will be tightened for those wanting to obtain Ouray County’s agriculture exemption permits. Ouray County commissioners authorized the Land Use and Planning Department to add three requiremen...