Everyone knew about the pact. When Adobe Inn kitchen manager John Pizzarusso grew tired of coming in each afternoon to make the restaurant’s famous chips and salsa and tomal en elote — corn cassero...

WESTERN COLORADO A forest ranger from New Mexico will be the new temporary deputy forest supervisor for the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests. GMUG officials announced this week th...

SILVERTON - With bears frequently roaming into Silverton at night in search of snacks, town officials are warning residents and guests to be "bear aware," and to fortify their trash cans and remove bi...

  Ouray’s popular, highly anticipated Jeep raffle will extend into December, a setback the Ouray Tourism Office hopes to offset with a flurry of online ticket sales this fall. With the OTO still waiti...

  Lunchtime recess on Friday was a bit more exciting at Ouray School than it has been lately. The students had the chance to try out their new playground, a project the community helped build. They j...

  Ridgway town councilors began the process of selecting a new town administrator, after Jen Coates resigned last month. Coates has agreed to stay in her position through the budgeting process, roughl...

  The Ouray County Planning Commission is recommending a change in zoning for the old Colona store building and a nearby house, at the request of the Oberg family. The once-popular gas station and liq...

  The impetus for Peggy Lindsey to sit up and pay close attention to city hall was losing her tenant in the Whispering Pines subdivision to the overwhelming odors of the city’s overtaxed sewer lagoons...

  Bears took advantage of a blogger who left food in her open-topped Jeep last week at the KOA campground in Ouray, destroying the interior of the Jeep as they rummaged for good-smelling things. Paula...

WESTERN COLORADO San Miguel Power Association Inc. is seeking applicants for a series of grants to help stimulate the local economy. The rural electric cooperative, which serves approximately 9,600 me...

  The Ouray City Council on Tuesday appointed Mountain Chill Radio co-founder Ethan Funk to fulfill the term of former Councilor Dee Hilton, selecting someone they cast as a thoughtful observer focuse...

COPS If you have information on any of the below active cases or of any other incident that you have information on or feel needs reporting, call 970-626-5196. This is a summary of cases handled from ...

  Glenn Boyd has had his sights set on being Ouray mayor for four years. But with Pam Larson occupying that post, he has been content to bide his time as mayor pro tem and learn under someone he consi...

  The Ouray County Giving Girls club is hoping to grant another local nonprofit organization with donations at its second meeting, scheduled for Tuesday night. Women of any age who would like to bring...

By Carolina Brown and Erin McIntyre Ouray County commissioners are considering a sunset clause in the proposed roads tax question, but have less than a week to make a decision and meet the ballot dead...

  Voters will have ample choice when it comes to filling three seats on the Ouray City Council this fall. All nine people who took out nomination petitions returned them by Monday's deadline, and all ...

  Former Ouray County Undersheriff Richard Herman has been ordered not to interact with children age 18 and younger, including a teenage boy who told law enforcement he was solicited for sex by Herman...

  An increasingly anxious but divided Ouray City Council may soon pull funding for the Ouray Tourism Office if revenues don’t begin to catch up with expenses. Through the end of July, the city’s touri...

  It’s just time for something new. That’s essentially what Jen Coates said after tending her resignation to the Ridgway Town Council this week, in a letter explaining after almost 14 years, it’s time...