Mandatory stay-at-home orders from the governor may have some imagining roadblocks and officers pulling people over asking for proof showing that what they are doing is essential, but local law enforc...

After listening to recommendations from medical experts, Ouray County Commissioners decided not to pursue a request from an anonymous citizen who offered to put a deposit on COVID-19 antibody tests bu...

The Ouray County Food Pantry is bracing for a potential spike in the number of families who need food assistance, as the spread of the new coronavirus has suddenly left scores of people out of work. P...

Students in the Ouray School kindergarten class show off their stuffed animals, stick out their tongues and make silly faces before class gets started. Their teacher, Jennifer Feeser, reins in her gig...

At one end of Ouray, the neon sign insists the Goldbelt Bar & Grill is open. The only customer at the moment on this weekend afternoon is a crow perched atop the building, cawing to no one. In the mi...

Ouray area therapists and counselors are hoping to combat isolation by moving services out of offices and into the virtual world. This past week, mental health service providers in Ouray County and it...

The Ouray School Board has officially begun its search for a new superintendent, choosing to make the listing broad in the hopes of attracting more candidates for the position. Board members are seeki...

After years of debate and a stalemate last year when the Board of County Commissioners and the Planning Commission tried to develop an ordinance regulating non-commercial camping, commissioners have c...

It turns out Ouray City Administrator Justin Perry will be staying in his job a while longer. In a strange sequence of events, former Montrose Assistant City Manager Robert Joseph signed a contract to...

The moment his coworker high-fived him, he felt a nagging suspicion he had it. It came in a moment when someone else at work was super pumped about still being able to earn money as restaurants and ot...

A man who lives off-grid on an old mining claim in Ouray County has joined negotiations over the recently resurrected, much-debated long-term camping ordinance. An air of respect filled the room when ...

Ouray County Commissioners will discuss possible blood testing for COVID-19 antibodies at a special meeting scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Thursday. "We want to hold a meeting to see if that's something we c...

Short-term lodging in Ouray County is closed to everyone except those who are working within Ouray County or for an employer based here and primary residents, according to an order issued by the healt...

Update as of 1:30 p.m. Friday: Montrose County has been selected as one of the surveillance sites where COVID-19 testing will be done, county officials announced this afternoon. Testing will be conduc...

The man who came into the gift shop was coughing into his hands and touching the merchandise. And he wanted to chat about the new coronavirus. For Silver Lynx shop owners Scott and Mary Carkin, that m...

Ouray County’s application to divert water from Cow Creek and store it in Ridgway Reservoir is being opposed by the Uncompahgre Watershed Partnership. The application for conditional water rights, fil...

Ouray County commissioners met Tuesday with their chairs spaced 6 feet apart, in what is likely to be their last in-person meeting for some time. Commissioners approved a resolution to hold virtual pu...

Citing concerns about preventing community spread of coronavirus, Ridgway and Ouray Schools initially closed until April 6, but then the closure was extended with the governor's order that all schools...

The two top makers of the highly specialized swabs used to test patients for the novel coronavirus are straining to keep up with the demand, even as both the Italian and U.S. governments are working w...

Ouray County, the city of Ouray and the town of Ridgway all declared states of emergency this week, giving themselves broader power to order closures and restrictions in the name of public safety and ...