A series of wildfires burning in northeastern Utah has pushed thick smoke into the region today, prompting an air quality health advisory from state health officials. But hold on: Big changes are on t...

Superintendent Susan Lacy and board members praised the accomplishments of staff in the days leading up to the reopening of Ridgway Schools at a board meeting Aug. 27. “I cannot say enough about all o...

Though the fair will look different this year due to COVlD-19 and its limitations, the show will go on. The livestock show, that is, and the sale afterward, in which the community can come help suppor...

Superintendent Tod Lokey brought a short yellow school bus to a stop on Whispering Pines Drive just after 8 a.m., then checked his watch. “Right on time,” he said. He waved to two students waiting ac...

Ouray County's first mass testing event for COVID-19 attracted so many participants that twice as many tests were performed in two days as had been conducted si nce the pandemic started. The first wav...

The Ouray City Council unanimously agreed Wednesday to ask voters to continue a property tax that pays for projects designed to protect homes and businesses from flood damage. In a special meeting, co...

GUNNISON After more than a decade si nce its annexation, a new vision has formed on how to develop the 630~acre parcel east of the city known as Gunnison Rising. What originally began as a proposal in...

Campground closed for construction Angel Creek Campground and Nationa l Forest Service Road No. 853.1A is closed for construction through Oct. 31. Forest Service officials will add eight new campsites...

By Yesenia Robles Chalkbeat Colorado   As schools have started opening their doors to students this fall, and as others plan to do so soon, one more logistical problem districts have had to navigate i...

A former Ridgway man who stole more than $300,000 from clients who believed he was investing their money has been sentenced to 15 years probation and ordered to pay restitution. Shawn King, 46, avoide...

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3, but registered voters in Colorado will receive mail-in ballots after Oct. 9. Vote-by-mail began for the entire state in 2013, although some counties used it before tha...

Ouray County officials have abandoned a plan to launch an ambassador program to improve compliance with a statewide mask mandate, citing increasing aggression they feared would threaten volunteers’ sa...

GUNNISON It appears that Gunnison County may be headed out of the woods — for now. For the first time in almost a month, the test positivity for COVID-19 cases is below the threshold of concern. On Au...

Jeff "Bama" Tunnicliff had been working hard – shoveling and pounding posts into the ground. He figured his upper body aches were related to that and didn't think too much of it. The cough, he thought...

Melvin Dunn of Ridgway was surprised by a parade for his 97th birthday on Saturday, organized by family members Doug and Janette Toney of Montrose. His wife, Smiles (pictured next to him), told him he...

As she reassembled her classroom at Ouray School last week, high school teacher Taylor Chase was planning for two realities. She arranged photo albums and books along the windowsill, ready for student...

Ouray School will begin the year with more students than it did last year, with 16 more students than it had previously. The increase more than compensates for the enrollment declines the school exper...

An application for a marijuana retail store in Colona has been withdrawn. Kind Castle applicant John Dyet on Tuesday thanked commissioners for their time and consideration and apologized for the incon...

After three hours of discussing a settlement over litigation involving County Road 5 on Wednesday, Ouray County commissioners continued the meeting until Sept. 1. The meeting was attended by over 60 p...

By Helene "H" Disco, Center for Mental Health   As schools open across our nation, we have been seeing that things are going to look different in every town and city. In some instances, decisions to d...