Lynn Padgett would have loved to continue her tenure as a county commissioner at the end of her second term, back in 2016. Term limits prevented her from doing that, but she might have a chance to do ...

Tammee Tuttle ate several years ago at Shooters Grill, the Rifle restaurant made nationally famous for its armed wait staff. But it wasn’t until last weekend that Tuttle, the owner of True Grit Cafe ...

GUNNISON This isn’t the first pandemic Cattlemen’s Days organizers in Gunnison have faced. And they’re determined not to let this one bring a halt to the annual celebration of cowboys and the western ...

An idea to charge an additional tax to help pay for a new wastewater treatment plant turned into a discussion during Monday night’s Ouray City Council meeting about how the city can generate more reve...

An on-scene coordinator with the Environmental Protection Agency has voiced concerns about how effective efforts at the old Atlas Mill site will be in the longterm at keeping mine tailings runoff out ...

Visitor tested positive for virus A woman visiting from Texas back in July is the latest person confirmed to have had coronavirus with a test performed here in Ouray County. Though her positive test w...

Before starting math class last week, six Ridgway middle-schoolers carefully chose their spots in the shady space outside the school building, clipboards and pencils in hand. Each wore a mask as they...

Campgrounds are full, Jeeps and paddleboards are in short supply, and local outdoor recreation businesses are seeing more customers than past years, as people opt for trips to less populated areas wit...

A dispute over who had the right-of-way on a local Jeep trail led to an arrest for alleged assault last week. Congested routes and lack of following trail etiquette led to the incident. On Saturday, a...

A woman visiting from Texas back in July is the latest person confirmed to have had coronavirus with a test performed here in Ouray County. Though her positive test won't officially count as a Ouray C...

A trial is scheduled for next year to determine whether the city of Ouray and a contractor are liable for the damage caused when raw sewage from a municipal sewer line backed up into the Timber last y...

When the coronavirus pandemic struck this spring, Lisa and Cordell Balcombe lost their jobs and they saw their dream of homeownership slip further away. The Balcombes and their 8-year-old son, Hunter,...

Ridgway School District Superintendent Susan Lacy is asking for patience from the School Board in the coming weeks as she and her staff work to develop a concrete plan on the reopening of school sched...

Ouray School students will be able to choose between in-person or fully online courses this fall, under a draft plan released this week outlining protocols for reopening the school. But the students w...

Ouray County commissioners fielded more complaints Tuesday about an oft-criticized marijuana grow facility on Log Hill Mesa, while also hearing concerns about a proposed retail marijuana store in Colo...

GUNNISON A Gunnison County Sheriff’s deputy has been placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation into his social media account. However in the initial hours of the inve...

Identity of man found dead at reservoir remains unknown The identity of an 82-year-old Montrose County man who was found dead at Ridgway Reservoir on July 15 remains unknown. The Ouray County Coroner’...

The monsoonal rains that soaked Ouray County the last two weeks provided a desperately needed respite from the hot, dry conditions that have dominated since the spring. But long-term relief from the d...

Ouray County officials shelved a proposal to require masks in outdoor spaces in Ouray and Ridgway, but made plans to maintain tighter restrictions than the statewide mask order, citing ongoing concern...

More than a month after Ouray County asked the state for permission to allow increased capacity at pools, the state health department denied the request. The decision sunk hopes of allowing more than...