Storage, training eyed for land near fairgrounds For the Ridgway Fire Protection District, the purchase of a tract of land south of the Ouray County Fairgrounds is intended to meet both immediate and ...

OURAY POLICE The following is an excerpt of cases handled by the Ouray Police Department from May 21-27: MAY 21 Officer responded to a parking problem in the 800 block of Main Street. Officer received...

As the Ridgway School District prepares to make its final payment to the contractor who oversaw the $18 million renovation of Ridgway Elementary School, district leaders are turning their attention to...

Marita B. Robinson of Ridgway has become Ouray County's first deputy county attorney. Robinson, who has lived in Ridgway for five years, most recently had her own law firm in which she specialized in ...

The combined Ridgway-Ouray-Silverton track and field team sent five members to state this year, all from the boys' team. The competition took place in Lakewood, in a series of events from Thursday to ...

Eradication at recreation area to take place this fall A plan to eradicate prairie dogs at Top of the Pines will wait until fall. Ouray County commissioners asked Top of the Pines officials on Tuesday...

City considers pursuing International Dark Sky certification The city of Ouray is considering joining other communities, parks and open spaces in southwestern Colorado in becoming a certified Internat...

City approves pipeline design in latest effort to hike pool temps Ouray city officials took the first step Monday toward replacing and reinsulating the primary line that feeds geothermal water to the ...

Randy Parker and Patsy Miller will serve on the Ouray County Planning Commission for another three years along with new member Jennifer Cram. Ouray County commissioners interviewed six candidates for ...

Ouray alpinist biography release party on Tuesday "Survival is Not Assured," the authorized biography of Ouray alpinist Jim Donini, is the center of a celebration at Basecamp Ouray on Tuesday, May 28....

Ouray County will not hire a consultant to perform a pay and staffing review for county employees this year because commissioners said it was too soon to spend nearly $24,000 on a study when a similar...

Owner of property where blasting occurring says it's on private land; county disagrees The owner of property on Queen Street above Ouray that has been the subject of community complaints over rock bla...

Log Hill photographer Tony Litschewski captured this image of the aurora borealis in the early morning hours on May 11, above Ouray, which was taken at 3:12 a.m. using a 15 second exposure. The northe...

The state’s highest court will decide whether prosecutors will be barred from introducing key evidence against one of three suspects accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl in Ouray County l...

Waterview Homes application period open until June 27 Hopeful home buyers who have been squeezed out of Ouray County’s soaring real estate market have an opportunity to buy into the region’s next affo...

Property for sale after Ridgway development can't overcome rising costs, delays Alpenglow Cohousing's death was a slow one, stretched over years of delays and mounting challenges, including climbing p...

School districts adopt pay raises Both the Ouray and Ridgway school district boards have approved pay raises for teachers and staff, starting in fall 2024. The Ouray School Board unanimously approved ...