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...

Drugs and alcohol played a factor in the fatal accident involving a partially submerged vehicle in the Uncompahgre River near Whispering Pines north of Ouray in May. An autopsy and toxicology tests pe...

The search for Ouray’s next police chief is under way. One week after Police Chief Jeff Wood was fired, the City Council unanimously agreed Monday night to pay executive search firm KRW Associates $18...

Revised rules for short-term rentals will be coming to Ouray County soon, and there are some big changes. Ouray County commissioners on June 26 spent more than three hours poring over a 20-page draft ...

Rescuers help three in Jeep rollover on Imogene Pass The Ouray Mountain Rescue Team helped three people who were injured in a rollover accident involving a Jeep on Imogene Pass on Tuesday evening. One...

OURAY POLICE The following is an excerpt of cases handled by the Ouray Police Department from June 25-30: JUNE 25 Officer responded to a 911 open line in the 400 block of Main Street. Officer responde...

A story on Page 3 of the June 13-19 edition about the proposed 13-unit River Walk affordable housing project incorrectly indicated the Home Trust of Ouray County plans to sell six of the units to loca...

A complaint from the Ouray Police Department's former evidence technician played a key role in the termination of the agency's chief of police this week. Jessica Tice's complaint alleged police miscon...

Embattled Ouray Police Chief Jeff Wood was fired Monday in the wake of concerns about his behavior and leadership and alleged violations of state law and city policy — problems that led many citizens ...

Attorneys are engaged in plea negotiations in the case of a Ridgway man accused of sexually assaulting a woman nearly six years after he was acquitted of similar charges. Brian Scranton, 48, on Tuesda...