After a four-hour hearing Tuesday, Ouray County commissioners unanimously approved the one-year renewal of a marijuana cultivation license for a controversial grow facility on Log Hill. MS Support wil...

From the time Josh Smith was rewinding tapes at his parents' video rental store when he was 12 years old and getting an internship at an architecture firm in high school to owning his own businesses, ...

A story on Page 1 in the Oct. 7-13 edition should have listed Ouray City Council candidate Heidi Forbes’s first name as Heidi, not Heather. A news brief on Page 22 in the Oct. 7-13 edition should have...

The critical importance of an independent free press to a thriving democracy and the vital role played by small-town newspapers will be center stage at a special screening of an award-winning document...

Colorado voters will be able to track their ballots online again for the 2021 general election on Nov. 2. The Secretary of State's elections office initiated the program last year and the technology a...

When Ouray residents lamented the fact that there was no place to wash laundry in town following the closure of a laundromat years ago, Jason and Amber Perkins built a laundromat at Ouray RV Park & Ca...

      Ouray County voters will be asked next month to approve a 2 mill tax to support the Ouray County Public Health Agency, an unusual approach in the state for funding the department. The tax would ...

Tamara Gulde insists she wasn't planning on running for council herself. She spent weeks this summer visiting with other residents, encouraging them to run for one of the two available positions. Peop...

GUNNISON The Western Power Area Administration, which provides 28% of Gunnison’s electricity, notified the city that they cannot meet the current demand for hydroelectric power due to low flows along ...

The Ouray Library District is asking voters to head off potential losses to its revenue, should a statewide ballot issue pass. Ballot Issue 6A asks voters to approve an adjustment to the district's 1....

Heidi Forbes has long been content to quietly operate outside the limelight. The various jobs and careers she’s held over the years have been away from the public spotlight. She’s quietly given her ti...

Ouray School has quarantined the first grade class after a COVID-19 exposure, the first time the school has done so since classes resumed in August.  A member of the first grade cohort tested positive...

The Woman’s Club of Ouray County will host a forum Oct. 14 involving the two candidates running for Ouray mayor and four candidates running for two Ouray City Council seats. The forum will be held at ...

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

The following is a summary of cases the Ridgway Marshal's Office handled from Sept. 13-Oct 3. If you have information on any of the below active cases or of any other incident that you have informatio...

Two Ouray City Council candidates have dropped out of the race, saying they want to focus their attention on addressing the city’s affordable housing crisis. Heather Toth and Aliyah Field told the Pla...

The following is an excerpt of cases handled by the Ouray Police Department from Sept. 27-Oct. 4: SEPT. 27 Officer found a parking violation in the 200 block of Third Avenue. Officer conducted a direc...

A fatal accident on Owl Creek Pass last week involved a visiting photographer who died after his Jeep Wrangler drove off a 30-foot edge. Allen Karsh, 64, was driving approximately two miles past Vista...

The Ridgway-Ouray Community Council and D3 Colorado are sponsoring a candidate forum for the three open seats on the Ridgway School District board. The forum is scheduled for 6:30-8 p.m. on Oct. 20 an...

Ouray County’s new attorney received an offer letter, accepted the job and signed an employment contract before the Board of County Commissioners voted in public to hire him, according to emails obtai...