One year after the start of a project to bring high-speed internet from Montrose over Log Hill and into Ouray, the project has reached a major milestone – active fiber internet in Ridgway.

Ouray County commissioners heard from representatives of Deeply Digital, the company installing the fiber, on Tuesday.

“We’ve got some fun and exciting news,” Casey Irving, a technician with Deeply Digital said. “We’ve got fiber all the way lit into the Ridgway CNL (carrier neutral location) from the...