It starts with a single shot, followed by a series of volleys spaced seconds apart — a dazzling display of every color of the spectrum that forms blooms and smiley faces. The explosions bounce off t...

Tax revenue from sales in April climbed to an all-time high in Ouray for the month, while hotel bookings and lodging tax revenue fell again, as the city motors toward the most hectic part of the summe...

The Ouray School District is eyeing a slate of capital projects to improve safety and prolong the lifespan of the 54-year-old gymnasium, including new school buses and safety systems. Funding for buil...

The Town of Ridgway will draft a ballot question to ask voters to raise lodging taxes to 6% and dedicate 50% of its lodging tax revenue to affordable housing. The move is the latest in a debate over h...

Terra Malmstrom couldn’t believe her eyes. The postcard she received from the Ouray County Assessor’s Office said her off-grid 1,500-square-foot Earthship home was now 2,500 square feet and $200,000 m...

Ouray County commissioners approved on Tuesday an agreement to not sue Charles Cunniffe Architects and FCI Constructors for inadequate heating, ventilation and air conditioning improvements at the Our...

Ouray has long had a boisterous and festive holiday to celebrate the Fourth of July, as is evidenced by the newspaper accounts of the patriotic holiday from years past. One of these was printed in 188...

Vast, thick fields of Gambel oak blanketed Dustin Mullins’ ranch, making much of the landscape difficult to see through. A nine-vehicle convoy rumbled slowly through the brush, occasionally stopping ...

Two Western Slope residents have filed lawsuits against Taco del GNAR in Ridgway, alleging they contracted a parasite from eating contaminated food from the restaurant in the last two months. Walter W...

Unwilling to set precedent and uncomfortable with the tight deadline, Ouray County commissioners on Tuesday denied an application to conduct a private fireworks display at the Sleeping Indian Ranch no...

It’s only been a few weeks since the school year ended and summer break began, but school leaders in Ridgway and Ouray already have their eye on the coming fall and the start of universal preschool fo...

A Grand Junction man has filed a lawsuit seeking damages from Taco Del GNAR, alleging he contracted a parasite from eating a salad with ahi tuna on May 17. The man, Walter Wilson, didn’t have symptoms...

A $10,500 grant from Great Outdoors Colorado will help provide camping gear to expand recreation at Ridgway State Park. The money, provided through the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Director's Innovatio...

State health officials are trying to locate the source of contaminated food that has sickened dozens of people on the Western Slope in the last two months, including diners who ate at Taco del GNAR in...

Ouray city councilors unanimously approved Tuesday night a plan to build 65 affordable homes at the north end of the city, clearing the way for the first large-scale affordable housing project in the ...

A man suspected of threatening to run over law enforcement officers, trespassing, stealing his own vehicle from an impound lot by driving it through a gate and other offenses was cited by three differ...

Erin Booth clasped her right hand to her forehead and cried when she heard her name drawn first in the Wetterhorn Homes lottery, overwhelmed that homeownership was within her grasp. Four minutes late...