When the pandemic reached Ouray County back in March, two Ridgway couples couldn’t stop thinking about how hard the impacts would hit their neighbors. Would they have enough to eat? Would they have en...

The town of Ridgway’s plan to change how it treats its domestic water supply has hit a potential snag, with new cost estimates coming in significantly higher than the town was originally told. Town of...

When Sheriff Justin Perry first took office in July he found citizens rated the sheriff’s office with a low amount of credibility and integrity and once he got to work he clearly saw why: a policy man...

After years of discussions and debates on costs and alternatives, the city of Ouray finally appears to be on a clear path toward building a new wastewater treatment plant. City leaders checked a box o...

Ridgway High School boys’ basketball games will look very different this winter, with players running up and down the court in masks and parents being forced to mostly watch games from home. Ridgway A...

The Ouray Ice Park’s 26th annual Ice Festival is virtual this year, complete with a livestreamed competition, virtual auction and virtual closing ceremony. The livestreaming of the event at ourayicepa...

GUNNISON Western Colorado University President Greg Salsbury may face a vote of no confidence by faculty after a statement on the riot at the Capitol inflamed tensions between professors, trustees and...

Colorado high school basketball will tip off an asterisk season this week. The Ouray Trojans and their basketball brothers and sisters will be part of a prep experience significantly modified by COVI...

GUNNISON Utilities work at Gunnison Rising is set to begin this year, and the first building to rise up in the development will be a combined office building, warehouse and equipment yard. A contract ...

Local elected officials are asking Congressional leaders to investigate U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s actions in relation to riot last week, in which five people died. Boebert represents the Third Congre...

A man who was arrested for assaulting another driver on Imogene Pass last summer has received a deferred judgment in the case, with three years unsupervised probation. Sammy Spaccamonti of San Diego a...

Carol Viner will resign her post as Ouray County attorney, saying the workload has become too heavy and the county would be better off hiring a fulltime attorney. Viner submitted a letter of resignati...

As racers made their way down the course at the Ouray County Fairgrounds, the pounding of horses’ hooves and the yells of jockeys and skiers carried over the music played on speakers, with no crowd o...

Ridgway and Ouray just completed one of their driest years on record, and the forecast for the first quarter of 2021 isn’t predicting much relief. Ridgway received just 11.53 inches of precipitation i...

Woman injured by falling rock in ice park A woman was taken to Montrose Memorial Hospital last week after she was struck by a rock in the Ouray Ice Park. The woman was with a group that was climbing i...

Don Batchelder finished his second of two eight-year terms as Ouray County commissioner this week, departing the position again due to term limits. But even with nearly 40 years spent in appointed or ...

A jury trial has been scheduled for the case involving John Warren of Ouray, who is accused of sexually assaulting a woman who told police he assaulted her in December 2018 after serving her at his re...

As John Peters reflects on the conclusion of his four-year term as Ouray County commissioner this week, he urges citizens to check agendas, log into Zoom meetings and email their commissioners to let ...

Ouray County Public Health Director Tanner Kingery says he is in desperate need of help as the county vaccine program rolls out, so much that commissioners Jake Niece and Ben Tisdel stepped up to help...

Melvin Dunn didn’t flinch as Ouray County nurse Rebekah Stewart injected his right arm. He calmly stared forward, seeming unfazed by the shot. “That’s all there is?” Dunn asked afterward, while she he...