Outgoing Ouray City Administrator Silas Clarke is a finalist for the Telluride town manager job. Telluride town officials announced Tuesday Clarke is one of four finalists to replace Scott Robson, who...

Investigators are continuing to search for the cause of a fire that destroyed the home of prominent Ouray County arts supporter and actor Terry Kiser early on the morning of July 25. The fire on Lynx ...

Ouray County commissioners spent more than two hours on Tuesday looking at the Road and Bridge Department, how it operates and issues it faces, preparing for the 2025 budgeting process. Crews maintain...

An attorney retained by the city of Ouray has released a less-redacted version of a use-of-force complaint against the Ouray Police Department, filed in a case involving a teenager last year. The Plai...

OURAY SHERIFF The following is an excerpt of cases handled by the Ouray County Sheriff's Office from July 15-21: JULY 15 Deputy responded to the 400 block of County Road 17 for a report of littering. ...

Tri-County Water to take over spearheading lawsuit The Tri-County Water Conservation District has taken the reins from Ouray County in leading a lawsuit proposing pipeline construction from Cow Creek ...

OURAY POLICE The following is an excerpt of cases handled by the Ouray Police Department from July 17-29: JULY 21 Officer responded to a vehicle accident on First Street. Officer responded to a 911 mi...

One adult and two children were rescued from Canyon Creek on Monday afternoon, after Ouray Mountain Rescue Team was paged to help them around 12:45 p.m.. The visitors – a father and his two sons, aged...

Law enforcement is investigating a fire that destroyed the home of prominent Ouray County arts supporter and actor Terry Kiser early Thursday morning. The fire on Lynx Road, near Ridgway, was reported...

Ouray's library and fire department are hoping to expand, and the city is looking for ways to make both projects happen in the most efficient way. The planning process for expanding the library has be...

The owner of one of the Wetterhorn affordable houses will be allowed to rent out her place, after the agency charged with enforcing the deed restrictions found she had posted the home for rent online ...

Ouray County Public Health will undergo two big changes starting Aug 1: a new office in Ridgway and a new director, Kristin Kelley. The county has been seeking a director since February, and had the o...

As Ouray city officials get ready to debut a plan to build a permanent stage in Fellin Park, they are weighing two sites: where the temporary stage usually goes, in front of the asphalt track in the p...

County Road 1 repairs start July 29 Motorists who drive County Road 1 between Log Hill Mesa and Colona should expect delays for the next several weeks as the Ouray County Road and Bridge Department co...

Ouray County property owners waiting to get short-term rental permits may have to wait a little longer. Ouray County commissioners, at the request of the county’s land use staff, plan to grandfather i...

Ouray city officials are considering adding incentives to the city’s land use code to encourage the development of more affordable housing. Community Development Director Kristen Clothier presented so...

Ouray began the busy summer tourism season just as it has each year in the wake of the pandemic — on very solid financial footing. The city pulled in $189,073 in sales tax revenue in May, nearly 3% mo...

A technology outage affecting airports, banks, hospitals and governments around the globe Friday morning had its share of impacts in Ouray County and the surrounding region, though most problems seeme...

The Horsefly Volunteer Fire Protection organization is small but mighty. Its 16 firefighters have the weighty task of being first responders for lightning strikes and other hazards that could potentia...

Ouray City Administrator Silas Clarke will leave his position sometime in the coming weeks, bringing an end to a tenure in which he spearheaded the investment of tens of millions of dollars in infrast...