A special-use permit application for a proposed guest ranch will come back to Ouray County commissioners in late August after county leaders asked the applicant to address more than 15 concerns. After...

A Denver graphic design firm really wants to finish what it started and complete the design for signs to be installed at two Ouray parks. The Ouray City Council, though, really isn’t interested. For t...

On any other day — except Sunday, of course — they would flood her counter, a constant stream of people entrusting her with greeting cards for loved ones, seeking her help finding missing packages, st...

A series of proposed changes in how the state of Colorado funds K-12 education is expected to hit the Ridgway School District harder than the Ouray School District over the next few years due to formu...

Republican Congressman Jeff Hurd listened to concerns about public lands and other topics during a work session with Ouray County commissioners on April 23. The conversation ended with the legislator ...

The Ouray Library District’s plans to build a rooftop deck as part of a broader facility expansion could conflict with the city of Ouray’s own facility needs. Architectural drawings the library has un...

A chunk of money left over from a resident-led effort to pave roads on Log Hill Mesa will remain dedicated to road improvements in the area. Ouray County commissioners discussed what to do with a roug...

Republican Congressman Jeff Hurd listened to concerns about public lands and other topics during a work session with Ouray County commissioners Wednesday. The conversation ended with the legislator in...

Ouray County taxpayers won’t foot Commissioner Lynn Padgett’s nearly $11,000 legal bill after commissioners Jake Niece and Michelle Nauer voted against her reimbursement request on Tuesday. Padgett an...

Editor's note: This story has been corrected to reflect the Ridgway Marshal's Office has hired a half-time deputy. ___________________ The city of Ouray hired Daric Harvey to stabilize and reform the ...

A Ridgway man suspected of hitting a liquor store building with his vehicle, driving drunk and leaving the scene also faces possible felony charges for allegedly spitting on a Ridgway marshal when he ...

A Ridgway couple who failed to rent their home for at least 30 days in the last year won't be allowed to keep their short-term rental license. Ouray city councilors on Monday night unanimously rejecte...

Ouray woman released from ICE facility A Ouray woman who had been detained since February in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Aurora has been released on bond. After two months, 31-y...

For too long, the Patton family had too many discussions about changing school districts or moving away from Ouray County entirely. Now, at their new home on North Laura Street, they can ditch those h...

When a nearly countywide power outage darkened homes and businesses for an evening last week, the downstairs window at Ridgway’s Space to Create remained glowing with light. That’s because a solar mic...

An article on Page 7 of the April 17-23 edition incorrectly attributed comments about property taxation to Ouray County Planning Director Mark Castrodale. Gold Mountain Ranch Operations Manager Keller...

SILVERTHORNE — When Adolfo Román García-Ramírez walks home in the evening from his shift at a grocery store in this central Colorado mountain town, sometimes he thinks back on his childhood in Nicarag...

Federal funding slashes and freezes may mean emptier food pantry shelves, fewer library resources and cuts to public health, emergency management and environmental projects in Ouray County. The Trump ...

The landowner who fenced his property and put up “no trespassing” signs to keep children from cutting through his River Park lot to get to school is fighting the town of Ridgway's attempt to condemn t...