Ouray Superintendent Tod Lokey lay on the floor of a classroom, pretending he’d been in a medical emergency. In one scenario, he played a patient who’d fallen down the stairs with a possible concussio...

GUNNISON After concluding five days of negotiations with the local teachers’ union, the Gunnison Watershed School District Board of Directors approved an agreement to dip into the general fund balance...

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Every Friday and Saturday morning at 9 a.m. and every Wednesday night at 5:30 p.m. at St. Daniel’s Church, 614 Fifth St., Ouray. Every Thursday and Sunday at 7 p.m. in the sanctu...

Vaccine bus will roll through town A bus offering Covid-19 vaccinations and boosters, as well as flu shots, will make stops this week and next at the Ouray County Fairgrounds in Ridgway and the Ouray ...

Daily admission to the Ouray Hot Springs Pool will soon increase by a few dollars as city officials look to generate more revenue to pay for climbing labor and operational costs. The Ouray City Counci...

The Simms Fire that destroyed a home and other structures in northern Ouray County on May 19 was caused by a federal prescribed burn ignited three days earlier, confirming the suspicions of angry resi...

Ouray County continues to work on revising its marijuana ordinance, and commissioners are expected to wrap up their changes with two more work sessions this month. During the ninth work session on May...

GUNNISON It was an overcast Sunday afternoon in May, but all of the boat slips at Elk Creek Marina sat empty. Nick Moore backed his truck down the ramp to retrieve his boat, driving a long way before ...

The following is a summary of cases the Ridgway Marshal's Office handled from May 9-29. If you have information on any of the below active cases or of any other incident that you have information on o...

The city of Ouray has received an $800,000 state grant to implement a series of improvements aimed at making pedestrians safer on Main Street and by the Visitor Center. City officials applied for $2.1...

Citizens who initiated a ballot proposal to fund four new deputies for the Ouray County Sheriff’s Office were not pleased with changes to their original proposal presented by County Attorney Leo Casel...

The Ridgway Planning Commission told developers of a mixed-use development with more than 60 units to come back with a different plan, citing concerns about apartments next to Highway 550, water use a...

A Ridgway cross country athlete is asking the school board to reconsider the district's decision to split off from the combined regional team of runners. The decision was announced in March. On March ...

The following is an excerpt of cases handled by the Ouray Police Department from May 24-31: MAY 24 Officer responded to a 911 hang up on Third Avenue. Children were playing with the phone. Officer con...

San Juan Rural Philanthropy Days comes to Ridgway Ridgway is hosting the San Juan Rural Philanthropy Days conference from June 7-9. Rural Philanthropy Days is a statewide program where nonprofit leade...

Left: Ouray graduates Ina Dow and Roger Blake celebrate after turning each others’ tassels at the end of the graduation ceremony on May 29. Right: 2022 graduate Mariana Marinho Dos Santos accepts con...

As Ridgway’s class of 2022 walked off the stage at graduation, some paused to strike a pose, hold their diplomas in the air or make faces at teacher Shawnn Row, each taking a moment to celebrate in t...

The following is an excerpt of cases handled by the Ouray County Sheriff's Office from May 23-29: MAY 23 Deputy conducted a traffic stop in the 21000 block of Highway 550. Deputy responded to a report...

Top left: Ridgway class of 2022 Valedictorian Cutler Connaughton hugs his mother, Lynn Padgett, during the graduation ceremony on May 27. Connaughton praised his classmates for being able to work tog...

In the middle of their graduation ceremony, the 13 Ouray School seniors gathered at one side of the stage in an impromptu, unplanned circle of hugs. Each graduate had handed out flowers to their fami...