Black Hills Energy is asking the state to allow it to increase rates for natural gas and electricity, to recover costs from Winter Storm Uri back in February. There are two separate requests before th...

Ouray County commissioners denied an application for a marijuana cultivation facility on Log Hill Mesa on Tuesday. Commissioners voted unanimously to deny the application submitted by Canaboo Farms, L...

Ridgway may join a short list of municipalities that have recently adopted resolutions recognizing that nature has inherent legal rights. The council directed staff to draw up a resolution after Mayor...

A letter sent to elections officials statewide has raised concerns about security for this November's elections and potential safety issues. Ouray County Clerk Michelle Nauer received the same letter ...

The Ouray School District will not have an election for three seats this fall, because only two candidates applied to run and were certified to run for the openings. According to Superintendent Tod Lo...

The city of Ouray plans to initiate legal action against seven property owners who have been illegally operating short-term rentals, a process that could result in thousands of dollars in fines and pe...

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...