U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper said Friday he was optimistic the Trump administration will declare the Gold Mountain Fire a federal disaster, arguing Congress “wouldn’t settle for” the White House withho...

Ouray County has had two emergency-related employees on paid administrative leave since the early days of the Gold Mountain Fire. A third employee, Road and Bridge Superintendent Ty Barger, was placed...

Ouray County business owners bent the ear of U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper on Friday, sharing stories of declining profits and mass cancellations in the wake of the Gold Mountain Fire in the hopes the D...

A representative from Thorin Resources, the owner and operator of the Revenue-Virginius Mine, told Ouray County commissioners last week the company expects to complete a federally supervised cleanup p...

Kris Peterson and Alex Klemt said it was an algorithm that led them west from Colorado Springs, up a rough dirt road past the Camp Bird Mine, and into the lofty tundra of Governor Basin. With the help...

Ouray County would like the Colorado Department of Transportation to do more to take care of noxious weeds growing out of control along U.S. Highway 550 and Colorado Highway 62. County commissioners s...

Ouray County and the town of Ridgway have rescinded Stage 2 fire restrictions and dropping down to less-restrictive Stage 1 restrictions, citing recent moisture that has helped reduce fire danger. The...

It's time to kick up a little dust, hoot n' holler and watch cowboys and cowgirls show off their skills at the rodeo. This year's rodeo features the traditional events — bull and bronc riding, team ro...

Coloradans will vote this November on a ballot measure that would raise income taxes on the top 3% of earners and slightly cut them for everyone else. Backers of Proposed Initiative 195 submitted a su...

Thursday, September 3 Ouray County Republican Central Committee monthly meeting, 6 p.m., Ridgway Public Library meeting room, 300 Charles St. "Rocky Horror Picture Show" shadow cast edition auditions,...

The Ridgway Town Council approved creating four metropolitan districts at its Aug. 12 meeting for a proposed residential and commercial development on 19 acres in north Ridgway. The development, Alpen...

Federal, state and local officials pushed this week for President Donald Trump to issue a disaster declaration for the Gold Mountain and Aspen Acres fires that would open the door to additional federa...

Crews from Haynes Excavation began work last week to repair and protect areas prone to flooding and debris flows beneath the Gold Mountain Fire burn scar. The $2.8 million Emergency Watershed Protect ...

Ouray County commissioners approved a ballot question Tuesday to ask voters for a county-wide 0.5% disaster recovery sales tax at the Nov. 3 election. Commissioners also paused efforts to pursue a 3% ...

Organizers pitch placing county EMS under Ridgway Fire Ouray County plans to pivot efforts to consolidate a proposed fire and emergency response authority by merging Ouray County Emergency Medical Ser...

A new team assumed command of the Gold Mountain Fire response over the weekend, ending a 55-day streak of management by three different federal incident management teams. A Type 3 incident management ...

The city of Ouray’s primary sources of revenue increased nearly across the board in June, although city leaders are bracing for a decline when revenue from July is reported next month. The city pulled...

The city of Ouray branded itself “The Outdoor Recreation Capital of Colorado” years ago. Now it wants visitors to know there’s more to the city beyond hiking, climbing and off-roading. Ouray city coun...

The death of a pilot whose firefighting helicopter crashed into Silver Jack Reservoir last month has been ruled an accident by a Grand Junction medical examiner, according to an autopsy report obtaine...

Advocates for a county-wide consolidated fire and emergency response authority still believe there is a path forward, even though the proposal suffered another setback last week when the Ouray City Co...