A herd of elk graze in a field just off County Road 24 west of Ridgway on Tuesday evening. The deadline to submit applications for big game hunting limited-license draws is April 5, according to Color...

Almost two years after starting to rebuild the Ouray County Sheriff's Office, Sheriff Justin Perry is continuing to build trust, professionalism and relationships. That was one of his main messages to...

The debate over how to make housing more affordable – or even attainable – in Ouray County has been going on for decades. But in the past few years, it has become even more complicated with higher rea...

Masks are no longer required in Ouray County facilities, after commissioners voted to repeal the mandate in alignment with recent changes from the 7th Judicial District. Masks were previously required...

Ouray County has filed a statement of opposition to the state's proposal for an instream flow water right in Cow Creek, joining the Ouray County Water Users Association and Tri-County Water Conservanc...

Ouray School District Superintendent Tod Lokey received positive feedback from staff and the school board on his second year evaluation. A summary, based on the results of a 22-question staff survey a...

Residents of Ponderosa Village, a small neighborhood off U.S. Highway 550 between Ridgway and Ouray, are joining forces with Log Hill residents, long opposed to marijuana cultivation near their homes....

Ouray Mountain Rescue Team member Kevin Koprek tends to an injured ice climber in the Ouray Ice Park on Feb. 26. A 25-year-old woman was climbing in the Five Fingers area of the park with a group of 1...

Applications for Ridgway’s Space to Create building, with 30 income-restricted apartments, will open this spring, and the first residents are expected to move in this summer. Artspace, the Minneapoli...

Squaw Gulch in Ouray County is one of 28 geographical sites in Colorado that will be renamed after Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland last year formally declared “squaw” to be a derogatory term. Haalan...

Ouray Silver Mines, which had almost 200 employees four months ago, has laid off almost all of them, with fewer than 20 remaining. At the same time, the mine's parent company has received an influx of...

Ridgway and Ouray school districts will make masks optional in classrooms and on buses starting Monday. The change is in line with new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, whi...

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...

SILVERTON Mark Esper, longtime editor of The Silverton Standard, passed away in his home in Silverton this month. Originally from Flint, Michigan, Mark was the sixth out of seven children born to Leo ...

After a months-long winter break, construction on U.S. Highway 50 between Montrose and Gunnison will resume Monday, March 7. Starting that day, motorists should expect light road work with occasional,...

Ouray County’s emergency manager has, for the second time in his career, been recognized as the West Region emergency manager of the year. Glenn Boyd was surprised with the award at the Colorado Emerg...

Ridgway and Ouray School Districts plan to make masks optional starting March 7.  The change is in line with new guidance the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released last week, which says ...

U.S. Highway 550 over Red Mountain Pass reopened Friday afternoon after a nearly 72-hour closure triggered by a multi-day snowstorm and avalanche danger. The Colorado Department of Transportation reop...

Authorities are still trying to determine what caused the death of a Ridgway man whose body was found underneath a vehicle earlier this month. Richard Billings, 51, was pronounced dead at the scene af...

Micah Stenson, 10, hits a small ski jump on Lee’s Ski Hill in Ouray on Feb. 18. Stenson, of Montrose, came to ski with his family at the ski hill, located on Third Avenue near Fourth Street. The city ...