WESTERN COLORADO A Montrose County man will be sentenced in August after he was convicted of illegally killing a female black bear on the Uncompahgre Plateau in 2017. Following a two-day trial, a jury...

OURAY COUNTY Crews have finally begun work on a rockslide that has closed a portion of County Road 17 since March, and commissioners, county staff and the sheriff are urging people to be cautious. The...

COPS The folllowing is an excerpt of cases the Ouray Police Department handled from June 17 to June 23, 2019. June 17 Officer conducted a directed patrol of Oak Street. Officer conducted a directed pa...

The Ouray City Council on Monday unanimously finalized a set of rules governing the operation of vacation rentals in the city, becoming the last local government in Ouray County to regulate the growin...

County commissioners will examine accident reports and ask the sheriff’s office to follow up on speed complaints, after receiving requests to lower speed limits and monitor speeds on county roads. Com...

A near drowning of a stand-up paddleboarder at Ridgway State Park last week has renewed calls from Colorado Parks and Wildlife for paddlers to wear personal floatation devices. State officials said in...

The scrapbook from Bryan and Shannon Williams’ honeymoon includes a photo of them in the San Juan Mountains, newlyweds captivated by the sight of Mt. Sneffels and the forest. “Someday we’ll live here,...

Motorists traveling on Colorado Highway 145 between Telluride and Cortez should expect delays for the next several weeks as road crews rebuild a section of highway that was destroyed by a massive rock...

Kentee Pasek has always known about the "great minerals" in the Ouray Hot Springs Pool and how they help a 15-minute soak melt away stress and tension and leave swimmers feeling refreshed and rejuvena...

It might be weeks or months before the Alpine Loop is more than an an up-and-back-down route than a true loop, as record snow, landslides, avalanches and floods have created challenges for roads manag...