Revenue in all categories was up in Ouray in February. Sales tax receipts increased 4.5%, from $145,936 in February 2023 to $152,570 this year. Year to date, revenue from the city’s 4% sales tax is do...

With hospital bursting at seams, new facility offers less-expensive services in easier to access setting Nearly five years ago, leaders at Montrose Regional Health looked around the hospital built on ...

The U.S. Forest Service plans on igniting a prescribed burn on 112 acres next week northeast of Ridgway, to reduce future wildfire risk as well as improve habitat for wildlife. Smoke will likely be vi...

Coroner, sheriff vow to identify man's body found in 1987 and forgotten in freezer for 21 years For more than two decades the unknown man’s remains were kept in a storage freezer in the Pathology Depa...

Citizens circulate letter urging Ouray Police Department leader Jeff Wood to step down A group of citizens is calling for the resignation of Ouray Police Chief Jeff Wood, who remains on paid administr...

County commissioners removed Mark Iuppenlatz from the Ouray County Planning Commission on Tuesday, citing alleged misconduct and a conflict of interest regarding the restoration of a historic cabin on...

Kara Rhoades, the former chief financial officer for Citizens State Bank, is Ouray County’s new deputy county manager. She begins the job on May 1 and will be paid $118,423. Rhoades, a Ridgway residen...

Ouray to create 150th anniversary documentary The city of Ouray will enlist a filmmaker to create a 30-minute documentary about Ouray in advance of the city’s 150th anniversary in 2026. Ouray city cou...

Town councilors have put their support behind the planned Cimarron Athletic Field at Ridgway Secondary School. At their regular meeting last week, councilors said they would write a letter of support ...

The town of Ridgway is looking for ideas as it creates a new master plan for Green Street Park with the goal to make it sustainable. The community is invited to share their ideas at a meeting at 5:30 ...

Forest Service concerned about dam safety; closures in effect until June 30 The U.S. Forest Service will start releasing water from Crystal Reservoir to lessen pressure on the structurally compromised...

The U.S. Forest Service will start releasing water from Crystal Reservoir to lessen pressure on the structurally compromised Full Moon Dam, beginning this week. According to the agency, it will close ...

Wholesale power provider to appeal regulators’ methodology, leaving co-op in limbo San Miguel Power Association would have to pay its wholesale power provider more than $52 million to exit its contrac...

Forest Service acquisition northwest of Ouray ensures public access and protects world's longest dinosaur trackway for generations The Charles family kids grew up thinking the strange blob-shaped impr...

Hearing set for September The attorneys for an 18-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting a girl in Ouray County last summer are seeking to have him tried as a juvenile, which could result in a le...

Men's Journal ranks Ouray best destination in U.S. in 2024 The best vacation spot in the U.S.? It’s closer than you might think. A lot closer. That’s according to Men’s Journal, which last week tabbed...

Planning Commission recommends approval of sketch plan for 13 townhomes A proposed 13-unit affordable townhome complex won approval Tuesday from the Ouray Planning Commission, the first step toward es...

Nonprofit initiative still searching for home-based daycare supplier for Ouray development As developers prepare to resume construction on Ouray’s first large-scale affordable housing project this spr...

More than a million dollars of federal funding for replacing the bridge over Corbett Creek into Whispering Pines has been passed by the U.S. Senate and will become law. The proposal is part of more th...

No GOP opponent emerges to challenge Niece The field of candidates running for two seats on the Ouray County Board of County Commissioners this fall is nearly set, with only one race featuring a compe...