The usually straightforward process of giving Ouray County Administrator Connie Hunt her yearly performance evaluation proved lengthy on March 16 after a staff survey revealed two out of 13 department...

Left, Kharis Weller of Silverton follows Daisy Lipton of Ridgway in the 800 meter run on Saturday in Delta. Weller set personal records in both the 800 meter dash and 1,600 meter run at the meet. Rig...

Teachers in both Ouray and Ridgway schools will make more money next year, after the districts approved raises. This week, the Ouray School Board also agreed to let teachers count the professional dev...

A 29-year-old man with ties to Ridgway died after he was caught and buried in an avalanche south of Telluride on Thursday, the San Miguel County Sheriff's Office said. The body of Devin Overton was re...

The Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests’ Ouray Ranger District is seeking public comments on a project to close or modify entrances to six inactive mines along Engineer Pass southeas...

Ouray County’s Regional Services Authority, which owns and oversees the Mountain Medical Center building, plans to spend almost $50,000 on exterior improvements. The board voted Tuesday to accept a pr...

Ouray County commissioners are expected to look for a consultant to develop a long-term facility-needs plan after they toured buildings and saw major problems with county Road and Bridge facilities an...

Ridgway Town Council voted to give a seventh twoyear extension to complete the Ridgway Industrial Park, where developers say they hope to begin work this month. Owner Glenn Pauls wrote to Town Adminis...

As bears begin their early spring emergence from hibernation on the Western Slope, Colorado Parks and Wildlife is offering up to $1 million in grants to help reduce conflicts between the animals and h...

With this month marking the two-year anniversary of the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we thought it worthwhile to revisit noteable dates and events, turning points and landmarks as they occurred in...

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...

As he began a monthly multi-agency command meeting last week, Ouray County Emergency Manager Glenn Boyd paused before launching into the agenda. “March 5 marked our two-year anniversary of being invo...

Cases : 845 Hospitalizations : 23 Deaths among cases : 6 Outbreaks : 8 Vaccinations : 68.9% of residents 5 and older “fully vaccinated” (two Moderna or Pfizer or 1 Johnson and Johnson)

SILVERTON A movement continues to build in town to classify Silverton as a “Dark Sky Community.” Dark Sky sites signify that an area has either reduced or no light pollution from artificial lights, ei...

Ouray County, which is set to receive almost $1 million from the American Rescue Plan Act, is planning to spend the first of those dollars on a fiber infrastructure project at the Land Use facility. A...

The city of Ouray will abandon plans to purchase and install water meters throughout the city for the time being, citing the impending construction of new sewer and water treatment plants as greater p...

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...

Republicans and Democrats gathered at local precinct caucuses across Ouray County on Saturday to elect members to their party’s central committees and serve as delegates at the county assemblies late...

A story on Page 3 in the March 3-9 edition incorrectly indicated nobody from the Ponderosa Village neighborhood spoke during public comment during the Ouray County commissioners’ meeting Feb. 23. Pond...

The Colorado River District and the Ouray County Water Users Association will host a Ouray County State of the River meeting at the Ouray County 4-H Center in Ridgway next week. The free event runs fr...