TOWN OF RIDGWAY To those strolling through Hartwell Park or picking up their mail at the post office at the moment it goes off, the siren atop the Ridgway Volunteer Fire Department can be an ear-split...

  Commissioners and staff wrapped up their last regular meeting of the year on Dec. 17 by renewing contracts, agreements and memorandums of understanding for the upcoming year. Most of the county's ag...

SILVERTON - The San Juan County Board of Commissioners, in a unanimous vote on Friday the 13th, approved a $5.2 million budget that pretty much holds the line on expenses. "Most offices and department...

  As a commanding officer for a sheriff’s office staffed by 300 sworn deputies just outside the Washington, D.C., beltway, there was too much opportunity for Jeff Wood to experience the worst in peopl...

  Ridgway School District’s population will remain flat for the foreseeable future, as long as affordable housing remains out of reach for young families wishing to remain or move to the area. That wa...

  Ouray city councilors on Monday approved a long-term contract with the Ouray Tourism Office to continue to market the town to visitors and operate the Visitor’s Center but made it clear they plan to...

A story in the Dec. 5-11 edition about a program that uses leftover grain from breweries to neutralize acid drainage from old mines should have said the EPA rescinded its support for the state's nonpo...

  Ouray County is opposing a plan to transfer public lands to the State Land Board, designed to satisfy a debt dating back to 1876, when Colorado became a state. About 200 acres in Ouray County are pa...

  Ice climbers who descend on the Uncompahgre Gorge this winter will have more friendly faces greeting them. After a week’s delay due to rain and warm temperatures, the Ouray Ice Park will open Satur...

The commissioners understand and recognize that some citizens are upset by what they have been reading recently concerning the sheriff. The commissioners ask citizens to consider the following: The Ou...

SILVERTON - The Silverton Town Board on Dec. 9 unanimously approved a $3.5 million budget for 2020. “The town experienced a strong financial recovery from the difficult and costly 2018-19 winter seaso...

  Ouray County has an updated code for development in Colona, after the county commissioners and the planning commission approved a citizen-initiated request to update building requirements. Craig Jac...

  A district attorney from Durango will handle Ouray County Sheriff Lance FitzGerald’s case, at the request of the neighboring 7th Judicial District Attorney’s Office. The special prosecutor, Christia...

  A one-person committee is threatening to recall Ouray City Councilor Ethan Funk if he doesn’t resign, claiming the newly sworn-in council — not the previous council — should have had the opportunity...

  Continuing a theme of change, the Ouray City Council will have a new mayor pro tem in 2020. In a split vote, city councilors agreed Monday night to appoint John Wood to the position, removing Glenn ...

SILVERTON - Town staff has begun winter grooming efforts for the non-motorized Nordic trails maintained at Memorial Park, Kendall Mountain Ski Area, and Silverton School. These trails are open for wal...

Don’t panic. On Wednesday, around dinner time, you’ll likely receive an emergency alert on your phone. That is, if it’s registered to receive CodeRED emergency alerts in Ouray County. County Emergency...

OURAY COUNTY A family searching for their beloved dogs for more than a month is growing desperate to find them. The Johnsons posted flyers far and wide, advertising their missing pets, but so far have...

  Second Chance Humane Society is well-known for adopting pets to forever homes, rehabilitating pets who have unique medical needs or rescuing those that have suffered abuse, and for sheltering pets w...

  After years of work, Ouray County has a new set of rules requiring new homes to be more wildfire-resistant. The Ouray County commissioners unanimously approved the new land-use codes governing wildf...