50 YEARS AGO April 22, 1971 - Five members of the Ridgway Extension Homemakers Club, President Roberta Dangehart, Minnie Brown, Hazel Weston, Bertha P...
April 21, 2021
Dear Editor: We are fortunate, here in the San Juans, to have a great many non-motorized trails that hikers, mountain bikers and horse riders can choo...
April 21, 2021
News
A small landslide northeast of Ridgway Thursday afternoon damaged a drainage ditch, leading to flooding and damage to a pair of county roads, accordin...
April 15, 2021
Obituaries
Gail passed away of natural causes unexpectedly. She was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, to Edward Tafoya & Maryjane Gann. She was the 4th child of 6 ...
April 14, 2021
News
Ouray police confiscated two movie-prop hundred dollar bills after a Texas man tried to pay with one at the Goldbelt Bar & Grill on March 21, Chi...
April 14, 2021
News
Ouray County has agreed to join hundreds of other businesses, local governments and private individuals in obtaining its electricity from 100 percent ...
April 14, 2021
News
Snowmelt is starting to fill the Uncompahgre River. And there’s a reward for you if you can correctly predict the date and time it’ll reach its maximu...
April 14, 2021
News
GUNNISON Western Colorado University’s Board of Trustees kicked off a listening tour Monday with a session to hear from faculty. During the hourlong m...
April 14, 2021
Covid
The pandemic has brought an influx of homebuyers to Ouray County, elevating sales and prices and reducing inventory to historically low levels. A look...
April 14, 2021
50 YEARS AGO April 15, 1971 - Raymond Young, 21, of Delta was picked up with his brother, Butch Young, 23, by Sheriff Tom Gilmore of Montrose and Sher...
April 14, 2021
News
November 15, 2024
The three candidates for the Ouray city administrator job made their pitches Thursday and today for why they should be hired to fill the city’s top job. Daric Harvey, Michelle Metteer and Michael Rees...
Main, News...
Ouray County is wrangling with dual affordable housing and child care crises. Waterview aims to make a dent in both
November 14, 2024
In a first for Ouray County — and maybe the country — the Waterview affordable housing development will attempt to solve two problems under one roof. The first of those problems is providing an afford...
News
Public can meet trio vying for top Ouray job tonight
November 13, 2024
The three finalists for Ouray city administrator run the gamut in terms of their work experience. One is a career law enforcement officer. Another is a current administrator in a Colorado mountain tow...
News
Architect, residents begin thinking about design of new hot springs building
November 13, 2024
A larger, brighter entryway. An overhauled locker room that doesn’t place the showers next to the toilets. More gym space. Those were just a few of the opinions Ouray County residents offered Monday w...
Feature
Running through Sunday, annual event screens 76 films, offers block party, workshops, panel discussions
November 13, 2024
Arielle Bielak thinks of the Ridgway Independent Film Festival as a child. In its infancy, it was a novel, inward-facing event, screening a handful of films for a small audience for a night or two. Th...
