After nearly a year without a full-time road and bridge superintendent, Ouray County commissioners held a work session on Tuesday to outline how they will proceed with reposting the position. The posi...

A parent and former elementary school teacher told Ridgway School Board members last week she is concerned about the stress teachers are feeling in enforcing social-distancing and mask-wearing protoco...

Log Hill garage burns The Log Hill Volunteer Fire Department responded to a fire on Canyon Drive in the early morning hours of Sept. 11, which destroyed a detached garage. "By the time we got there, t...

An assortment of tiny homes and other non-conforming structures in Elk Meadows has drawn the attention of Ouray County after complaints from neighbors. The county is considering legal action the owner...

Members of the Our ay Volunteer Fire Department raise the U.S. flag above the street outside the Ouray Community Center before the start of Friday's ceremony remembering the victims of the Sept. 11 te...

Ouray County commissioners continued discussions over a proposed settlement on the lawsuit involving County Road 5 snow plowing this week. A possible decision was continued for a third time Monday, af...

A furniture maker by trade, Scott Carlisle mounted a flag promoting President Donald Trump inside a 3 foot by 5 foot frame. He attached it to a large piece of wood, then bracketed it with campaign sig...

As she read through the state's guidelines for reopening schools during the pandemic, Ridgway Elementary School music teacher Diane Brand tried to imagine what her classes would look like when school ...

Jen Norvell has been hiking since she was 5 years old. She grew up in the Catskills and lived in the Adirondacks. The retired U.S. Army officer once ran a program that took juvenile delinquents into t...

Ouray County’s mass COVID-19 testing event yielded three confirmed positive cases out of 618 tests. The two-day testing event last week was held in response to an outbreak traced to a private social e...

Faced with the choice between online classes and returning to campus this fall, John Countryman and his family decided to choose both. His three oldest children will take classes at home through Color...

GUNNISON The amount of COVID-19 tests taken - and their positivity rate - is going down in Gunnison County, according to Health and Human Services Director Joni Reynolds. "Our test results are looking...

Council delays vote on easing housing restrictions   By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com   The Ouray City Council on Tuesday postponed a decision on a package of recommended changes to the city’s land-...

A series of wildfires burning in northeastern Utah has pushed thick smoke into the region today, prompting an air quality health advisory from state health officials. But hold on: Big changes are on t...

Campground closed for construction Angel Creek Campground and Nationa l Forest Service Road No. 853.1A is closed for construction through Oct. 31. Forest Service officials will add eight new campsites...

By Yesenia Robles Chalkbeat Colorado   As schools have started opening their doors to students this fall, and as others plan to do so soon, one more logistical problem districts have had to navigate i...

A former Ridgway man who stole more than $300,000 from clients who believed he was investing their money has been sentenced to 15 years probation and ordered to pay restitution. Shawn King, 46, avoide...

Superintendent Susan Lacy and board members praised the accomplishments of staff in the days leading up to the reopening of Ridgway Schools at a board meeting Aug. 27. “I cannot say enough about all o...

Though the fair will look different this year due to COVlD-19 and its limitations, the show will go on. The livestock show, that is, and the sale afterward, in which the community can come help suppor...

Superintendent Tod Lokey brought a short yellow school bus to a stop on Whispering Pines Drive just after 8 a.m., then checked his watch. “Right on time,” he said. He waved to two students waiting ac...