Editor's note: The article has been corrected to reflect the number of hikers allowed in the proposed permit system. A proposed U.S. Forest Service plan to regulate visits to the Blue Lakes near Mt. S...

Report shows county lags in insurance coverage, housing costs Ouray County outranks the rest of Colorado in many public health categories, according to the Ouray County Public Health Department’s 2023...

Ridgway School Board looking for new member The Ridgway School Board is looking for a new board member after Alicia Skoko resigned at the end of September. Skoko, who was elected to a four-year term i...

Town may also analyze alleviating congestion at Railroad, Sherman All Ridgway town employees could receive a slight pay raise should the Ridgway Town Council include a recommendation to make pay more ...

The Ouray-Ridgway-Silverton combined cross country middle school girls’ team swept the state championships held at Fehringer Ranch Park in Denver on Oct. 21. The top finisher for the girls’ team was N...

An article on page 6 of the Oct. 19-25 edition incorrectly indicated the town of Ridgway agreed to give Minerva West $5,000 in 2024. Town councilors agreed to consider Minerva West's funding request b...

The last full month of summer proved to be another big revenue generator for the city of Ouray. Receipts from August sales activity totaled $419,806, a 5.4% increase over the $398,199 the city collect...

The Home Trust of Ouray County broke ground on its duplex project in Ridgway’s Parkside neighborhood on Oct. 18. The groundbreaking kicks off the first construction project for the Home Trust, using l...

The next phase of an ambitious, multi-year plan to rebuild 16 miles worth of power lines on Red Mountain Pass will begin next summer. The San Miguel Power Association announced earlier this month it i...

Propelled by record passenger numbers, Montrose Regional unveils $38M expansion From a practical standpoint, there’s a lot to like about the $38 million expansion at Montrose Regional Airport. Nearly ...

After decades of limited resources for sexual assault survivors in Ouray County, the Ouray County Support and Advocacy Project is launching programs to provide information about how to report assault ...

A dispute between Ouray City Councilor John Wood and Ouray County over control of County Road 14 is now resolved, after Wood removed a gate that limited access beyond the road’s end for nearly a month...

Ridgway man whose parents are missing in Gaza bombing launches fundraiser to help kibbutz Hamas’ early morning raid was sudden, swift and merciless as thousands of terrorists stormed the Israeli-Gaza ...

Ouray School District students have outperformed their peers across Colorado on standardized tests, in some cases scoring more than double the state average. The scores from Colorado Measure of Academ...

A Ouray School custodian was fired after administrators and police discovered photos of second-grade girls on his personal cellphone, some of which focused on their underwear. No arrests have been mad...

Visitors who want to know how steep the Perimeter Trail is or how bumpy it gets on the road leading to Yankee Boy Basin will soon be able to get a very real sense of those adventures before they ever ...

While School Board candidates generally agreed, council hopefuls Wood, Underwood contrast on public transit, other topics Ouray City Councilor John Wood and council candidate Michael Underwood present...