The Ouray Elks Lodge Easter egg hunt attracted more than 100 people to Fellin Park on Easter Sunday. The lodge was unable to host the event last year due to the pandemic and limitations on group even...

Family members of Dick and M-E Spirek stand in the pavilion dedicated to them last month at the north end of Hartwell Park in Ridgway. The Spireks, who lived in Ridgway for 26 years, died within days ...

CALENDAR SUBMISSIONS A year ago, we ceased printing a calendar of events because, well, we went into lockdown and there were no events. For a few weeks, our calendar normally listing things to do turn...

Ouray County commissioners voted Wednesday to adopt a local mask mandate, requiring them in public indoor places after the state relaxed restrictions last week.  Facial coverings must be worn “when wa...

Ouray County Commissioners will pursue a local mask order this week, returning to tighter restrictions after the state relaxed requirements last week for small, rural counties. At a meeting Tuesday mo...

Ouray County commissioners will discuss a possible local mask order in a meeting this week with Public Health Director Tanner Kingery, scheduled after the governor announced relaxed mask requirements ...

Masks will no longer be required in some public spaces in Colorado counties at level green, including Ouray County, under a modified executive order from Gov. Jared Polis announced Friday.  Effective ...

By Alex Hager, Aspen Public Radio Pitkin County’s COVID-19 incidence rate is the highest in Colorado by a wide margin. As a result, businesses are operating under “orange” level restrictions – a more ...

Outdoor events can be planned for this summer at full capacity, county elected officials said Thursday in a joint policy group meeting.  Under the state's COVID-19 dial, counties at levels blue and gr...

Ouray County commissioners and County Administrator Connie Hunt say they hope the county’s newest employee will help promote the county in a positive way to residents and visitors while also quickly r...

By Ray Ellen Bichell, Kaiser Health News DURANGO – Bartenders were pouring Old-Fashioneds at a bar with a bullet hole straight through the wood. Servers in corsets and fishnet stockings roamed the ro...

A local marijuana cultivation business must hire a professional landscaping company to design screening of their facility if they are to continue operating their business on Log Hill Mesa. A four-hour...

Ouray County buildings are scheduled to be open to the public on Monday, April 12. This tentative decision came Wednesday during a special work session of the Board of County Commissioners with depart...

GUNNISON The Town of Marble in northwest Gunnison County presents a predicament for law enforcement and land managers: it’s remote year-round and in the summers it’s packed with tourists. In response,...

A Ridgway School Board meeting was full of positive reports as the board and administrative staff looked to a post-pandemic future at their March 25 meeting. Secondary School Principal Russell Randolp...

Father Nathaneal Foshage paused behind the altar, carefully pulling a blue and white surgical mask over his face. He adjusted it before stepping out to the front of St. Daniel’s Church, standing at th...

She finds some days are easier than others. This week, she started her first “adult” job - full time with benefits, delivering packages. She started making art again, writing in her journal, and found...

Approaching the end of his 42nd year at Ouray School, there’s pretty much no job Bernie Pearce hasn’t done — and done exceptionally well. Teacher of math, Spanish, chemistry and physics. Coach of near...

All Coloradans will be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine starting Friday, Gov. Jared Polis announced Monday.  The state's Phase 2, which includes everyone not previously eligible in earlier pha...

The city of Ouray is preparing to embark on a sidewalk replacement program, offering to help pay for repairs as a way to entice property owners to fix sinking, cracking walkways that are unsightly and...