OURAY COUNTY Over the last 85 years, the Elks National Foundation has awarded thousands of college scholarships worth tens of millions of dollars to high school seniors, an effort that encompasses loc...

SILVERTON - Three people were injured in a off-highway vehicle accident on Stony Pass on Sept. 26, according to the San Juan County Sheriff's Office. Sheriff Bruce Conrad said there were actually two ...

OURAY COUNTY Fire crews from around Ouray County responded early Wednesday morning to a wildfire that ignited in the Cimarrons east of Ridgway. Ouray County Emergency Manager Glenn Boyd said a group o...

  Despite concerns about the size and impact of the project, the Ouray Planning Commission has recommended approval of a major expansion of the Twin Peaks Lodge & Hot Springs. With only three of the f...

COPS This is an excerpt of cases handled by the Ouray County Sheriff’s Office from Oct. 7-13, 2019. Oct. 7 Deputies assisted the Colorado State Patrol with an accident involving a deer and car at High...

  The following is an excerpt of cases handled by the Ridgway Marshal's Office from Sept. 24 to Oct. 7, 2019. If you have information on any of the below active cases or of any other incident that you...

  All four candidates for the Ridgway School Board agree teacher pay and retention are the top issues for the district, they said during a candidate forum Tuesday night. Candidates Brian Patton, John ...

  After months of debate Ridgway’s town council unanimously adopted a new water rate structure, raising the minimum cost of water for residential customers and adjusting the points at which overage ch...

  When Bette Maurer attended a Ouray City Council candidate forum on July 24, she did so with the intention of helping others understand the ins and outs of the job she’s spent six years doing. She ha...

  Ouray and Ridgway both have new law enforcement leaders, officially. Though Ridgway’s new marshal, Shane Schmalz, is a familiar face, he was promoted to the job last week with council approval. Schm...

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  John Wood was, in his words, “awestruck and gobsmacked” when he first laid eyes on Ouray nearly 20 years ago. It’s the place he wants to live the rest of his life, where he hopes one day one of his ...

  Ouray City Council candidates disagreed on how the city should fix its overburdened sewage treatment system and offered varying ideas on addressing its needs and growing the economy with limited res...

Update: Noon on Monday Fire managers will hold a community meeting about the Cow Creek Fire at Ridgway Elementary School on Tuesday night. The Rocky Mountain Type 2 Incident Management Team Blue, whi...

  Whether you’re a new business owner navigating start-up hurdles or a longtime entrepreneur looking to spark growth and innovation, a workshop in Norwood this weekend is intended to connect you with ...

  Ouray County has made progress in reducing energy use, but has a way to go on reversing a trend of increasing emissions in some parts of the county, according to a local environmental nonprofit’s re...

  As a public health professional, Rosalind Penney would tell anyone else in her position to put her health first. And so she decided to take her own advice. Penney, who started her job as the shared ...

  Just weeks before voters will decide whether to fund maintenance for Ouray County’s aging roads, the leader of its Road and Bridge Department is leaving his position. Road and Bridge Superintendent ...

  After months of languishing in the red, Ouray’s tourism fund is comfortably back in the black, increasing the chances it will finish the year with a positive fund balance. Through the end of Septemb...

By Erin McIntyre & Mike Wiggins An anonymous letter from “concerned citizens of Ouray” about “continued corruption at City Hall” and the hiring process for the new police chief prompted a heated respo...