Local governments in Ouray County are re-examining budgets they approved just four months ago in an effort to reduce expenses, as tax revenue begins to dry up in the face of the new coronavirus outbre...

Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s new draft plan for mountain lion management replaces all 13 separate Western Slope lion management plans originally created in 2004 with two new geographic regions. The d...

Sheriff recall moves forward The Ouray County Clerk's Office is working to verify signatures on 75 petitions with 1,082 signatures in favor of holding an election to remove Sheriff lance FitzGerald fr...

A couple who lived part time in Ouray were killed last week in Florida after police say the wife shot her husband , then turned the gun on responding officers who fatally shot her. In a statement, Orm...

Ridgway Secondary School will have a new principal next year, selected from a pool of 11 applicants and three finalists. Russell Randolph will lead the school starting in the fall, after he leaves his...

The Ridgway-Ouray Community Council has adjusted its previously scheduled in-person candidate forum to be held on Zoom instead, due to concerns about coronavirus spread and rules limiting mass gatheri...

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...

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 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...

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...