Conflicts over mask requirements led a convenience store to temporarily close in Ridgway last week. Customer who tried to visit the Ridgway Conoco station found the parking lot taped off, the gas pump...

GUNNISON While education has been the first approach to enforcing a county-wide mask mandate, local government leaders are putting business owners on notice — and just like any education — there will ...

Ouray County officials have been waiting for more than a month to find out if state health officials will allow expanded capacity at pools including the Ouray Hot Springs Pool and Orvis Hot Springs. T...

Ridgway and Ouray schools both plan on providing in-person instruction to students this fall, but parents have other options if they’re not comfortable sending their students back to the classroom. Ne...

The Ouray County Planning Commission received training in government ethics from County Attorney Carol Viner on Tuesday. The commission learned how basic laws from the Colorado Constitution and statut...

The Colorado River District will ask voters for a property tax increase in November. The board voted to move forward with the ballot measure at its meeting Tuesday. The mill levy increase, which would...

Municipal leaders in Ouray and Ridgway are proposing requiring masks in outdoor areas where there are high concentrations of pedestrian traffic, hoping to prevent a surge in coronavirus cases as touri...

Citing concerns about overcrowding and too many rental properties, the Ouray Planning Commission backtracked on proposed city regulations allowing accessory dwelling units, which have been suggested a...

Before the coronavirus pandemic, Jean Bosworth’s life had a rhythm: weekly senior luncheons on Mondays, long card games and potlucks on Fridays and church services on Sundays. Bosworth, 95, is in two ...

The Ouray City Council on Monday refused to lift restrictions on amplified music at Goldbelt Bar and Grill but agreed to re-examine the city’s noise ordinance in the coming months to make it less subj...

A Ouray restaurant fined earlier this year for violating the city’s noise ordinance on live music is in trouble again. City officials said they will issue a warning to the owners of Goldbelt Bar and G...

Ouray County commissioners on Tuesday submitted a letter of intent to place a ballot question on the November zozo ballot, although at this point it’s merely a placeholder for any potential questions ...

Each week, Ouray County Public Health Director Tanner Kingery picks up the phone and calls the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to check on the status of Ouray County’s request for...

THURSDAY, JULY 16 MOVIE: “Swingers” at movie night at Courtyard 610, Ridgway. 8:30 p.m. $10. Reserve online. FRIDAY, JULY 17 THEATER: The Sherbino presents “The Queen of Bingo.” Outdoor Reader’s Theat...

The following is an excerpt of cases handled by the Ouray Police Department from July 7-14, 2020 July 7 Officer responded to a parking violation in the 800 block of Main Street. Officer conducted a di...

Ouray County is investigating two new cases of COVID-19, which reportedly involve second homeowners who were visiting the area. According to Ouray County Health Department Director Tanner Kingery, the...

Ouray County’s new sheriff and undersheriff were sworn into office on Wednesday morning, after the county’s first recall election in history removed the previous sheriff from the position. Justin Per...

Jury trials resume on limited basis After being suspended for more than three months, jury trials have resumed on a limited basis in the Seventh Judicial District, which includes Ouray County. Distric...

Ouray County businesses received more than $8 million through the Paycheck Protection Program this spring, according to data released last week by the Small Business Administration. Nine Ouray County ...

Faced with the tall, expensive task of replacing its overtaxed wastewater treatment system, the city of Ouray may soon be weighed down by another financial burden: spending millions of dollars to more...