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...

Ouray County leaders agreed this week to lend a hand to their shorthanded law enforcement neighbors across the street at the Ouray Police Department by temporarily providing a sheriff ’s deputy to cov...

Ridgway is going back to the drawing board for its proposed design of the Green Street Sustainability Park. After hearing contentious public opinion at a meeting on July 10, town leaders decided to as...

Ouray County voters will not be asked this fall to create a lodging tax with proceeds helping to fund early child care. The parents’ group spearheading the effort has decided not to pursue a ballot me...

Ridgway is moving forward on a plan to use a shared housing administrator with the city of Ouray and Ouray County, after discussing key services for the town. A June 25 joint work session between the ...

The Ouray County sheriff ’s yearly report to the commissioners yielded several tidbits of information about the department’s operations, including a rise in calls for service and the number of crime v...

Free wildflower seeds available A project called Generation Wild from Great Outdoors Colorado is providing free wildflower seed packets at the Ouray and Ridgway public libraries, among other sites acr...

The Ouray City Council gave the green light Monday night to a proposal to build a 13-unit affordable housing apartment complex, despite misgivings from some neighbors who live near the project on Oak ...

50 YEARS AGO July 18, 1974 – The deadline for use of the dump south of Ouray was July 1 of this year. The city of Ouray, Ouray County commissioners and the Forest Service have all been all too aware o...

Ouray City Administrator Silas Clarke is resigning from his position, indicating it’s time to pursue new challenges after nearly four years on the job. In a July 8 resignation letter addressed to the ...

The teams in the junior water fights prepare to battle by crossing their streams during Fourth of July festivities in Ouray. This year's fight was between brothers Ethan and Mason Unverferth, pictured...

Concluding the Ouray Police Department is in a “crisis situation,” a consultant recommends investing in additional police employees to help carry the workload and lift morale, remodeling the current p...

The project in Ouray where blasting has been occurring for more than two months is in hot water with Ouray County again. The county on Monday issued its second stop-work order in two weeks for the pro...

An arrest warrant has been issued for a Delta woman who is suspected of breaking into a Ridgway family's backyard when they were not home, using their hot tub, and dumping a bag of dog food into grave...

The public got its first look at the draft update for the Ouray County Master Plan on Tuesday, which looks a lot like its parent document dating back to 1999. Though there are some new guidelines arou...

Ouray city leaders are just beginning to digest the results of a top-to-bottom audit of the Ouray Police Department and its management, so it remains to be seen what officials will do with Municipal P...

It’s Ridgway Concert Series season, which means hundreds of people will descend on town every Thursday this month to dance, socialize, eat and drink. But when the music ends and the beer and tacos hav...

A Ouray County sheriff's deputy has been told to stop violating emissions laws with his personal vehicle, and to stop assisting others with tampering with their air pollution control systems to avoid ...

Quick response from the Log Hill Volunteer Fire Department is being credited for saving most of a home that caught fire Monday morning. The Myer family wasn't at home when one of their neighbors calle...