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...

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 ...