Only two days after moving to level yellow on the state's color dial for reopening during the pandemic, Ouray County will move to the "blue" caution level this afternoon. Less than a week ago, Ouray C...

Ouray County Public Health Agency has received 600 doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, which eligible people will begin receiving next week.  The doses of the new vaccine, which was autho...

Ouray County residents are invited to submit original poetry for an anthology of local literary writing that focuses on what life is like in this region and is scheduled to publish later this year. Th...

A former Ouray District ranger has returned to the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests as the agency’s new public services staff officer. Tammy Randall-Parker rejoined the GMUG at th...

    Colorado announced more changes to its vaccination prioritization phases last week, cutting down the number of people who will become eligible when the next phase starts on Friday. Grocery and agr...

Housing Resources of Western Colorado has received a $47,000 federal grant aimed at helping residents in Montrose, Ouray and San Miguel counties with housing and human services needs. The funding from...

A judge has ordered a Ridgway man found in contempt of court to pay a $2,500 fine for not following the court’s orders and continuing to harass a local business. Ouray County Judge Kurt Beckenhauer ru...

The Telluride Foundation is looking elsewhere for land for its affordable housing initiative, after the Ridgway School District decided not to donate its field for the project. The foundation had pitc...

The Ouray County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a break-in at the Cedar Hill Cemetery in which more than $2,000 in tools were stolen sometime late last month. Michelle Nauer, chairwoman of the ceme...

GUNNISON Western Colorado University faculty will vote on whether President Greg Salsbury should keep his job after the Faculty Senate approved putting a statement “in support of new leadership at Wes...

While most of Ouray County slept, Mark Villegas navigated one of the most treacherous roads in the country early on the morning of Feb. 25. Red Mountain Pass demands a driver’s full attention on a su...

A chimney fire is believed to be the cause of this blaze, which destroyed a home on County Road 5 Friday night. The Ridgway Fire Department was paged to the fire at 7:20 p.m. Friday, about two miles p...

Ridgway School District has already narrowed the search for a new elementary principal down to four candidates to be interviewed this week. Elementary Principal Trish Greenwood is retiring this year. ...

Craig Spearman sat in his garage, bundled up in a jacket as he explained to his students their next assignment. He had escaped to meet with his students without interruption from his 1- and 3-year-ol...

Colorado announced more changes to its vaccination prioritization phases Friday, cutting down the number of people who will become eligible when the next phase starts next week. Grocery and agricultur...

One of Ouray’s grand dames is about to undergo a major transformation. But don’t worry - the stuffed mountain lion isn’t going anywhere and neither is the face painted on the barroom floor. The work ...

Ouray County’s move to a lower level of pandemic restrictions has been delayed by a spike in positive cases and a decrease in testing, pushing the rate of positive tests too high to qualify for the ch...

Jury trials in Ouray County will resume in early April as courts partially reopen, Judge Zachary Martin and Court Clerk Jane Holmes told county commissioners on Tuesday. Commissioners Ben Tisdel and J...

GUNNISON The Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport is soaring above expectations this winter. The Gunnison Valley Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) board noted an uptick in passengers at its m...

When the streets of Ouray emptied out last March at the outset of the pandemic and 4o percent of the city’s meager sales tax receipts in April stemmed from online shopping it was hard not to envision...