GUNNISON On Aug. 9, the Gunnison Watershed School District Board unanimously voted to proceed with asking voters to approve a $95 million bond measure this fall to fund district-wide improvements that...

Ridgway won’t ask voters this year to approve changes to how the town’s lodging tax revenue is spent, after the town council decided last week to table a decision until further discussion. The town ch...

Carolyn Snowbarger's column in the Aug. 11-17 edition should have said the discoverer and owner of the Camp Bird Mine was Thomas Walsh, not John Walsh. Also, the shipment of gold was worth $6,000-$10,...

Commercial guides will pay more in fees this winter to operate in the Ouray Ice Park under a proposal hotly debated in the climbing community and unanimously approved by the Ouray City Council on Mond...

The Ouray City Council asked for more information before deciding whether to fund a request for $100,000 from the Home Trust of Ouray County to purchase an apartment building on Fourth Street. Executi...

Richard Weber III holds the drill steel as LiErin Wilson swings the hammer during the double-jack rock drilling competition at the Highgraders Holiday mining competition last year. The annual event re...

Dallas Creek Water Company and the Colorado Public Utilities Commission have reached a potential settlement regarding the utility’s proposal to hike rates by more than 50%. A notice filed by two attor...

A prospector who wanted to mine gold and diamonds on the valley floor near the Uncompahgre River has had his proposal rejected again by Ouray County. Commissioners turned down Delta County resident Th...

Public transportation linking Ouray, Ridgway and Montrose is on its way, bolstered by a $533,091 grant from the Colorado Department of Transportation. According to Ouray City Administrator Silas Clark...

A proposed marijuana grow operation has filed a request to dismiss its lawsuit against the county, which claimed the county wrongfully denied its application to operate here. Alpengrow LLC and Flower ...

RIDGWAY MARSHAL The following is a summary of cases the Ridgway Marshal's Office handled from June 25-Aug. 14. If you have information on any of the below active cases or of any other incident that yo...

The following is an excerpt of cases handled by the Ouray Police Department from Aug. 10-16: OURAY POLICE AUG. 10 Officer responded to a parking problem on Third Avenue. Officer responded to the 700 b...

The recent opening of a gift shop inside the Ouray Visitor Center is drawing backlash from at least one local business owner who claims the city is directly competing with them and potentially harming...

For more than an hour Tuesday afternoon the voice of a British robot filled the commission room at the Ouray County Courthouse, reading aloud a 16-page ordinance governing marijuana grow facilities th...

The following is an excerpt of cases handled by the Ouray County Sheriff's Office from Aug. 8-14: OURAY SHERIFF AUG. 8 Deputy assisted a citizen on Engineer Pass. Deputy responded to a traffic complai...

Ridgway will stop accepting applications for new developments as they work to revise the town’s planning and zoning code. The town council voted unanimously Aug. 10 to approve a moratorium on acceptin...

OURAY SHERIFF The following is an excerpt of cases handled by the Ouray County Sheriff's Office from Aug. 1-7: AUG. 1 Deputy conducted two traffic stops on County Road 1 at mile marker 10. Deputy assi...

Roughly 100 artists from all over the country, makers and sellers of everything from jewelry, photographs, ceramics and woodwork to fiber arts, metal and glass, will be there. So, too, will a variety ...

A contractor’s guaranteed maximum price for Ouray’s new wastewater treatment plant is about $1 million higher than expected, prompting city leaders to explore whether another contractor can beat the p...