The city of Ouray and its insurer paid former Police Chief Jeff Wood $120,000 to settle the wrongful termination and defamation lawsuit he filed against the city last year. City officials agreed to th...

A Ridgway man has pleaded guilty to reduced charges in a sex assault case in exchange for a sentence of one to six years in prison. Brian Scranton, 49, waived his right to a jury trial and will be con...

Editor’s note: This story has been edited to correctly spell Scott Layton's name.  Top of the Pines leadership asked for permission from Ouray County on Tuesday to use lethal fumigation to reduce its ...

The Ridgway Fire Protection District board of directors and Ouray City Council took a first look Monday night at a document outlining how five entities could combine into one overarching fire and emer...

Prosecutors have elevated the charges for two men in an alleged sexual assault case, after presenting a case in front of a grand jury. The indictment filed in district court shows higher- level felony...

A frustrated Ouray City Council tabled a decision Monday night whether to give a Minneapolis company another $3,600 to make a prototype base for the $300,833 worth of signs the city purchased last yea...

Ouray County fire departments and emergency services providers are calling on county residents to ensure their telephone bills are linked to their county addresses, helping fund local emergency servic...

Ridgway Reservoir is predicted to fill this year and current forecasts show the Uncompahgre River Basin is in better shape for water supply than some other watersheds in the Gunnison River Basin and e...

Ouray County plans to spend $114,000 to mitigate additional rockfall on County Road 361 after large boulders crashed onto the road earlier this month, closing it indefinitely and causing county offici...

Roosted on the stoop of their honor-code farm stand, Julie and Timothy Lancaster described how they accidentally became one of Ouray County’s largest commercially licensed egg farms. It all began with...

Four months ago, Michelle Metteer and Daric Harvey were vying to lead Ouray’s city government. Now they are working together to stabilize and restore public trust in the Ouray Police Department. Mette...

The city of Ouray is working to lower the price of building a permanent stage in Fellin Park, with a goal of creating a venue for free or low-cost community events.. After reviewing a $3.5 million cos...

Ouray School Board members don’t like an idea to hire another principal, instead asking for other options to help Superintendent Tod Lokey get the work done as the district embarks on a mission to bui...

Republican Congressman Jeff Hurd pledged support for rehiring fired federal workers, bringing the Bureau of Land Management back to the Western Slope and aid for Ukraine during a telephone town hall T...

Drivers headed from Ridgway to Ouray might see something odd this week – a bulldozer in the river. Don't worry, it's supposed to be there. And – fair warning – there's going to be a lot of constructio...

Community members will get a preview of how Ouray County's snow globe might shake out this summer, as far as water supply and hydrology of the Uncompahgre River is concerned, at next week’s State of t...

Four years after adopting a resolution declaring nature has rights, the town of Ridgway has yet to appoint an advocate to enforce those rights or create supporting policies with legal implications. It...

Ouray County Public Health hopes to create an online hub with mental health resources in partnership with neighboring counties, if it's able to obtain money from an opioid settlement grant. During a M...

It’s been nearly a year full of licensing classes, childproofing and dreaming up business plans. Ouray County’s much-awaited inhome child care providers are officially cutting the ribbon on their full...

The city took its first step Monday night toward helping Ouray police officers who have complained they’re overworked and underpaid, approving a policy change that will allow officers to earn overtime...