The Ouray City Council unofficially agreed to some changes to the proposed fee increases for building and development in the city, including hourly rates for certain applications, but opted not to rai...

Ouray School District Superintendent Tod Lokey received high marks for his leadership, approachability, knowledge of district operations and engagement with the community, but he needs to continue to ...

Ouray County Social Services will help support seniors who are on fixed incomes receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funds, who will have their benefits reduced this month. Count...

Ouray School teachers and staff offered overwhelmingly positive feedback on a survey gauging their feelings on everything from teaching and learning, to school morale, to parental and administration s...

A Front Range ice climber was resuscitated and hospitalized following a medical emergency in the Ouray Ice Park last week, authorities said. A group of ice climbers found the man unconscious and not b...

Ouray County agreed Tuesday to extend an agreement to let the Ouray Silver Mine continue to maintain Camp Bird Road in the wintertime, after commissioners approved a last-minute resolution this week....

The U.S. Forest Service is accepting public comment on a plan to close 22 inactive mine openings south of Ouray this summer. The project, which is expected to take six to eight weeks to complete, will...

Ouray County has fined a Log Hill marijuana cultivation facility for an odor violation and notified the business its license to operate is on thin ice. After more than four hours of hearing testimony ...

Ouray city leaders are breathing a sigh of relief after state water quality officials decided to fine the city just $390 for not moving fast enough to build a new water treatment plant. The fine, reve...

San Miguel Power Association customers who shut off their power for extended periods of time throughout the year would be charged the same monthly access fee as all other customers or have their servi...

The Colorado Attorney General’s office is asking Amerigas for answers after customers across the state have reported propane delivery issues. In a letter sent Wednesday to the Pennsylvania- based comp...

Ouray County kicked off its long-awaited master plan update process Tuesday, with a work session with consultants KLJ Engineering and the Planning Commission. The county’s current master plan was adop...

The Ouray City Council on Tuesday night rejected giving itself a pay increase that would have been accompanied by a benefits package, despite a survey showing councilors make less than many of their p...

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23 THEATER: " The Second City Swipes Right" presented by the Sherbino Theater, at the Wright Opera House, Ouray. 5:30 & 8:30 p.m. $45 reserved tickets, $35 general admission. THEATE...

Ridgway town councilors have expressed interest in a tax on second homes as one way to raise money for affordable housing, a rare strategy that hasn’t been implemented in Colorado yet. At a workshop l...

Fees charged by the city of Ouray for everything from development and sign permits to short-term rental applications and building inspections will increase significantly under a proposal presented to ...

Since 2017, Ouray County residents had been represented in the state Senate by Don Coram of Montrose. But that changed last month as a result of redistricting, a process by which new congressional and...

A split board of Ouray County commissioners reinforced a decision to close County Road 361 to vehicle traffic on Tuesday, as mine representatives scrambled at the last minute to convince them otherwis...

Fees charged by the city of Ouray for everything from development and sign permits to short-term rental applications and inspections will increase significantly under a proposal the City Council is ex...

Another Best of Ouray County readers' choice awards is in the books! Thank you to the more than 650 of you who cast your votes online across 39 categories. Congratulations to those who were chose by ...