She'll strap on her dirt biking chest protector and pull on layers of pants and a wetsuit. She'll tie the shoelaces on her Converse sneakers, the ones that let the water drain through the canvas so i...

Dallas Creek Water Company customers could see their rates increase by at least 53% under a proposal submitted to the Colorado Public Utilities Commission. The utility company, which provides domestic...

The city of Ouray has been awarded a $750,000 grant by the Colorado Department of Local Affairs to help pay for a new water treatment plant. City officials received word last week about the grant, whi...

As of June 15 the Town of Ridgway, City of Ouray and unincorporated areas of Ouray County are under Stage 1 fire restriction measures until further notice. These announcements follow the lead of the B...

Public pools could get a boost in labor force with a new state grant meant to help pools stay open and staffed. The Pools Special Initiative, announced Tuesday by Gov. Jared Polis, allows swimming poo...

The 2020 presidential election was still a year away, but Michelle Nauer could see the political storm clouds brewing. She watched as a blue wave in the 2018 midterm election washed Republicans out o...

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...

Ouray County commissioners are facing a lawsuit after denying two marijuana cultivation licenses amid a moratorium on new grow licenses that has lasted more than a year. The complaint argues that Alpe...

Ouray musician Til Willis performs on Cora Street in Ridgway on Sunday at the Fete de la Musique. Willis, who plays with Steve Faceman in the indie-folk duo Solohawk, is performing again on Friday nig...

The Ouray County Planning Commission denied a request to allow mineral extraction and processing in the Valley Zone, which would have opened up about 45 square miles of the county for mining operation...

After roughly 15 months and 10 work sessions, Ouray County commissioners have instructed staff to draft a revised ordinance governing marijuana grow facilities in the county. However, as of the board'...

Tim Pasek, a Coast Guard veteran and resident of Ouray County since 2009, is running unaffiliated and most likely unopposed for Ouray County Surveyor this year. His father-in-law, current County Surve...

Ouray County commissioners on Tuesday submitted a letter to the U.S. Forest Service thanking the government agency for its unusually speedy announcement of the cause of the Simms Fire — and urging the...

GUNNISON Persistent high winds and dust-on-snow events fueled rapid snowmelt in the Gunnison Valley and across southwestern Colorado this spring — the snow melting away earlier than normal, even at hi...

The following is an excerpt of cases handled from May 30-June 12. If you have information on any of the below active cases or of any other incident that you have information on or feel needs reporting...

Ouray County has reported more than 40 new COVID-19 cases in the last month, in addition to cases detected with at-home tests which may be unreported or uncounted. Ouray County’s one-week average posi...

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...

From left to right, Dick Gingery, Jackie Gonzales, Suze Gingery, Avery McKenzie, Dee Williams, Austin Ray, Sue Husch, Carolyn Ray, Tanner Kingery and Vicki Warner-Huggins were among those honored Frid...

GUNNISON As the city of Gunnison continues to look for ways to mitigate the housing crisis, administrators are staying a step ahead by developing regulations to prevent short-term rentals from growing...

No matter how big the Ouray International Film Festival may get, no matter how many film submissions they receive, co-founder Jake Abell wants to live out the same value each and every year — making ...