The town of Ridgway selected an engineer to design a portion of the town’s pricey repairs to its water system, which was destroyed by record monsoonal events last summer. The goal is to finish constru...

Ridgway town councilors have decided to keep the Ridgway Area Chamber of Commerce as the town’s contracted provider for tourism marketing this year, but put chamber leaders on notice they plan to open...

The Sherbino Theater may take over the Ridgway Film Festival to help manage the prospering event and build its long-term finances. During a Feb. 12 council meeting, town leaders gave their blessing to...

Cedar Hill Cemetery needs lots of TLC, and board members hope Ouray County will provide a pathway to help revitalize the nearly 150-year-old cemetery. At a Feb. 5 work session, county commissioners sa...

A new busing option is now available for commuters looking for workweek transit between Montrose, Ridgway and Telluride. The 40-passenger bus paid for by San Miguel Authority for Regional Transportati...

A judge who ruled that a teenager will stand trial as an adult for alleged sex assault at the former Ouray police chief nearly two years ago largely based his decision on the severity of the alleged c...

Ridgway changes short-term rental fees Ridgway is raising its fees for licensing short-term rentals and is adding a $50 fee for inspecting those properties. The town hasn’t raised STR fees — from $400...

Ouray County Manager Connie Hunt resigned from her position after meeting with commissioners for more than three hours Tuesday to discuss her performance evaluation. Commissioners reiterated they were...

A fix to the city of Ouray's ongoing challenges with its police department may be just a block down the street — at the Ouray County Sheriff's Office. Other municipalities in Colorado that have had di...

The Ridgway School Board agreed Tuesday night to award a nearly $4 million contract to a Grand Junction construction company to build a new multipurpose athletic field behind the Ridgway Secondary Sch...

The Ouray County Sheriff’s Office and Ouray County Victim Services will host a community conversation about domestic violence on Feb. 20. The event is intended to provide the public with information a...

Two motorists were killed in separate traffic accidents that occurred less than 24 hours and four miles apart on U.S. Highway 550 near Ridgway last week. Mandy Johnson, 33, of Montrose died in a singl...

Grant money aimed at initiatives seeking to address the opioid crisis and substance abuse is now available to eligible applicants in Ouray County and surrounding counties. Groups, local governments an...

U.S. Highway 550 is closed at mile marker 101 after a fatal accident was reported at 4:18 p.m.  Few details were available Thursday night about this accident, and it was unclear when the highway would...

Long after the early winter sun dipped behind Twin Peaks, after he filled the daylight hours contemplating grant applications and reviewing plans spread across a conference table, Joe Brown took the s...

Ouray County commissioners spent more than an hour Wednesday criticizing County Manager Connie Hunt’s job performance in the last year, saying they felt some recurring issues hadn’t been addressed, sh...

A Ouray police officer criticized city leaders Monday night for restarting the search for a new police chief rather than selecting one of the finalists for the job, and said he might quit. Officer Bra...

Mountain bikers will continue to ride freely and free of charge on Ouray County’s Ridgway Area Trails, now that proposed day-use fees are off the table this season. The Bureau of Land Management’s Unc...

The owner of a cabin on Red Mountain Pass is suing Ouray County and several county officials in an attempt to reverse an order requiring demolition and removal of the structure. The lawsuit, filed Jan...

As federal immigration enforcement picks up nationally and across Colorado, the Ouray County Sheriff 's Office and the Ridgway Marshal's Office are pledging transparency and said immigration matters f...