Ouray County has another destination recognized for top stargazing potential and a dedication to preserving the night sky. Top of the Pines open space preserve received the stamp of approval from the ...

A Ouray County man in his 60s died Nov. 12 at Montrose Regional Health after testing positive for COVID-19, Emergency Manager Glenn Boyd announced Thursday.  The man tested positive on Oct. 21 and was...

ART SHOW: Ouray County Community Art Show at the Ridgway Library during normal hours. Nov. 12 through Jan. 12. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Every Friday and Saturday morning at 9 and every Tuesday and Wednes...

Ouray County is asking the state water board to delay a water court filing designed to protect stream flows so it can try to resolve issues in a separate but related water court case. In July, the Col...

Ouray School District's board swore in two members this week, including its current board president, Sandra Kern. Kern will serve another four-year term on the board, adding to her long tenure as a bo...

Sam Hersh tapped his toes on the floor, bouncing his leg as he watched paramedic Ariel Cochrane prepare a syringe. He selected a black Band-Aid covered in starry constellations, and told her about hi...

The following is an excerpt of cases handled by the Ouray Police Department from Nov. 9-15: NOV. 9 Officer responded to the 400 block of Main Street for a parking problem. Officer responded to the 300...

Ridgway is the latest town to join the "rights of nature" movement, with the council's adoption of a resolution declaring the Uncompahgre River has its own legal rights. Earth Law Center Director Gran...

GUNNISON A Gunnison judge on Tuesday denied a request by three parents and a community member to block the Gunnison Watershed School District’s mask mandate through a temporary restraining order. Judg...

Ouray County commissioners will hold a work session the day before Thanksgiving to discuss 2022 goals, scheduled at the end of the commission's second round of discussions over budget talks last week....

As a kid, Lora Slawitschka loved hanging off the second floor balcony at the Ouray Chalet Inn, playing in the flumes around the motel and darting through the parking lot, occasionally scaring incomin...

The following is an excerpt of cases handled by the Ouray County Sheriff's Office from Nov. 1-14: NOV. 1 Deputy assisted the Olathe Police Department in locating a suicidal subject in Ouray County. De...

Coming off back-to-back years of record visitation that taxed the backcountry, strained infrastructure and left overworked, understaffed businesses desperate for a break, the city of Ouray wants to he...

ART SHOW: Ouray County Community Art Show at the Ridgway Library during normal hours. Nov. 12 through Jan. 12. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Every Friday and Saturday morning at 9 and every Tuesday and Wednes...

After long-term vacancies in Ouray County's Road and Bridge Department with no applicants, Road and Bridge Supervisor Ty Barger reported to commissioners on Tuesday he has now received “hundreds of ap...

The consultant who has been providing digital tourism marketing services for the city of Ouray for the last year and a half will resign his position at the beginning of December. Markus Van Meter subm...

Colorado public health officials are urging all vaccinated adults to get COVID-19 booster shots as cases continue to climb statewide. Anyone who received a Johnson & Johnson vaccine more than two mont...

GUNNISON At the Oct. 26 meeting of the Gunnison City Council, Community Development Director Anton Sinkewich presented members with a list of recommendations on how to be proactive in managing the num...

Courtney and Brandon Palmisano spent the summer serving up burgers, pizzas and beer at two of Ouray’s busiest restaurants, keeping up with the crowds filling Colorado Boy Southwest and Ouray Brewery. ...

Though there is no football team in Ouray, three Ouray High School students journey to Montrose every day to do what they love. Sophomores Roman Sackman, Landen Hill and Kortlan Nelson are the three m...