The town of Ridgway and Tri-County Water Conservancy District would be able to access each other’s domestic water supply in the event of an emergency, under an agreement approved by the town last we...

  Voters who live in and around the City of Ouray will decide on a ballot measure concerning the Cedar Hill Cemetery District next week, which would allow the district to keep taxes already collected ...

SILVERTON - EPA officials say they are continuing to monitor the Silver Wing Mine following an apparent surge in flow on Oct. 9-10 that raised concerns as the Animas River above Eureka was discolored....

  The County Planning Commission approved the culmination of the work they have put in over the 18 months on updates to Section 16 of the Land Use Code, which regulates wildfire mitigation of homes an...

  A storage unit expansion remains in limbo as commissioners pass the ball back to the joint planning committee, who recommended the Board of County Commissioners deny a special use permit for further...

  An agonized and torn Ouray City Council approved a major expansion of the Twin Peaks Lodge & Hot Springs on Tuesday, looking past a host of objections raised by citizens and concluding there are eno...

By Carolina Brown and Erin McIntyre Ouray School District is "in need of a culture shift" and school board members will be working with administration and staff to help create a better working environ...

  Commissioners gave Road Foreman Chad Rilling permission to remove speed bumps installed earlier this year on sections of County Road 24 on Tuesday after he told them the situation created by the dev...

  Fewer than a quarter of Ouray County voters had cast their ballots as of Tuesday. But as has seemingly become customary in recent years, elections officials expect a rush of ballots in the days lead...

  Ouray County voters will decide next week whether to fund roads maintenance and a plan to improve routes across the county for the coming decades. The countywide ballot measure, which asks voters to...

  Four finalists for the Ridgway town administrator position will visit next week, and members of the public are invited to meet them. The finalists are: • Dan Chandler, the current assistant county a...

CITY OF OURAY A change in the fee structure for professional climbing guides is intended to generate more revenue to manage the Ouray Ice Park. The Ouray City Council unanimously agreed Monday to a pr...

SILVERTON - Town and county officials are expressing concern that state officials are reluctant to take the lead role in managing the Bonita Peak Mining District Super-fund Site, despite "good-faith a...

OURAY COUNTY The Colorado Public Utilities Commission has approved a request from the Ouray Emergency Telephone Service Authority to increase monthly 911 surcharges from 70 cents to $1.25. The Ouray a...

OURAY COUNTY Concerned community members attended a meeting with fire officials Tuesday night who updated them on the Cow Creek Fire, estimated to have grown to 853 acres as of Wednesday morning. The...

OURAY COUNTY Hopes are high that the historic Idarado Houses located in a switchback on Highway 550 near Red Mountain Pass may soon be preserved. Pat Willits of the Trust for Land Restoration has long...

  Exciting events are scheduled around the county this Halloween season. In Ouray, celebrations will supplement the annual trick-or-treating down Main Street. Scary thrills for kids and adults alike w...

WESTERN COLORADO The scene was stark for its incongruity: billows of smoke rising in front of the jagged Cimarrons coated with fresh snow. Perhaps the most noteworthy thing about Ouray County's first ...