Local Jeep tour and off-road rental companies are shifting schedules and canceling tours to deal with the impacts the closure of Highway 550 at Red Mountain Pass will have on their businesses. The hig...

BLUE MESA RESERVOIR — In an effort to prop up water levels at the declining Lake Powell, federal water managers are negatively impacting recreation on Colorado’s biggest manmade lake. That’s the messa...

Community members are invited to visit the Ridgway Visitor Center and Heritage Park on Sept. 14 from 5 to 8 p.m., hosted by the Ridgway Area Chamber of Commerce board and the Town of Ridgway. The loca...

Ouray County had 14 active cases of COVID-19 as of Wednesday morning. The most recent positive cases of the virus involve three probable cases – a woman in her 40s, a man in his 40s, and a woman in he...

Voters will have six candidates to choose from in the race for Ridgway School Board in November, to fill three seats. Each of the positions is for a four-year term on the board. Candidates who have tu...

A woman in her 60s who was camping with a group of people in Blaine Basin last week had to be rescued after taking a “misstep” and injuring herself, according to Ouray Mountain Rescue Team Capt. Ruth ...

The contents of the sticky notes are as numerous as the colors of the notes themselves. Blue, red, neon green. The pile of notes, held down with a small rock on Ty Barger’s desk, document calls and e...

Masks will now be required in all Ouray County facilities regardless of whether someone has been vaccinated. On Tuesday, commissioners approved the mask rule in county workplace guidelines after modif...

The local Ouray County Community Foundation has awarded $10,000 to local organizations. The Ouray County Public Library's Recovery and Resilience building program and the Voyager Youth Program's Peer ...

County commissioners approved an interim resolution allowing a Log Hill marijuana grow operation until Oct. 4 to prove it has come into compliance with permit conditions, the latest in a series of mee...

Two Ouray businessmen are abandoning plans to build a series of condominiums to house Ouray Silver Mines employees after the city’s community development coordinator cited a host of shortcomings in th...

Ouray County voters will be asked to approve a property tax increase to raise funding for the health department in November. The question will ask voters to approve a 2 mill tax, estimated to cost $14...

GUNNISON The dock was quiet for a summer afternoon on Saturday. Boat slips sat mostly empty as the marina prepared to shut down for the year — six weeks early. Eric Loken's walk from the top of the co...

Two new housing developments in Ouray are moving forward with plans for more than a dozen new units on the city’s north side, both with stated goals of providing rental housing for local workers. The ...

Water users in Ouray County are hoping to satisfy water shortages with what they say is a multi-beneficial reservoir and pipeline project. But the Ram’s Horn reservoir, Cow Creek pipeline and exchang...

County commissioners will decide whether to place two proposed ballot measures before voters on Tuesday, after a special work session today. One of those proposals is to extend term limits for commiss...

Though Ouray County continues to confirm more cases of COVID-19, the vaccination rate also has increased recently. The county currently has 70.7% of its eligible resident vaccinated with at least one ...

Ouray voters will be asked in November to approve a 15% tax on short-term rentals, a measure intended to generate revenue to help offset impacts created by the burgeoning industry. A short-handed Oura...

When Jack Rairden first bought land in Ouray County, cars were few and far between on that part of County Road 1. The quiet, wide open spaces were exactly what he and his wife, Barbara, were looking f...