As construction of the City of Ouray’s new mechanical wastewater treatment plant progresses, contractors have wrestled with what they’ll do with the leftover contents of the old sewer lagoons. They no...

Town council will consider remedy to lack of overtime pay for deputies next week Deputies who serve and protect Ridgway work in the only town department that doesn't pay overtime, and the town has not...

Health officials unable to pinpoint food that has sickened more than 100 who ate at Ridgway'sTaco del GNAR Three months after the first diner reported falling ill, federal and state health officials s...

A Ouray County man was arrested Tuesday night after authorities say he threatened family members with a gun during an alcohol-fueled argument and fired it twice. Jonathan Wayne Mitchell, 35, was booke...

Wetterhorn affordable housing neighborhood takes shape  A small crowd gathered Tuesday morning to watch a crane lift the first round of homes from flatbed trailers and set them on foundations, buildin...

Man dies at Box Cañon Falls Park  A man who collapsed while he was hiking in Box Cañon Falls Park on Saturday afternoon died after having a heart attack, according to results of an autopsy. Bystanders...

With some units in Ridgway’s Wetterhorn Homes affordable housing development left unclaimed, the Ridgway school board on July 20 unanimously approved the purchase of one of those homes for $385,000. T...

Most fireworks would be banned and those fireworks that are allowed must be set off only on private property away from combustible materials under an ordinance approved by the Ouray City Council on Mo...

BURNING QUESTIONS  It pierces the silence every Monday through Friday at noon for roughly 20 seconds. No, it's not a local cursing at tourists crossing Main Street in Ouray during the summer, but rath...

Survey respondents rank economic development, tourism low For the first time in nearly 24 years, Ouray County will change its master plan, facing an array of challenges including protecting the enviro...

Lodge pays $3,000 to family, must come into ADA compliance The owners of Twin Peaks Lodge & Hot Springs will pay $3,000 to the family of a disabled man and ensure the current hotel and plans for its f...

Ouray fixes noncompliance, but others are afoul of law When Ouray County Commissioners Michelle Nauer and Jake Niece toured the Montrose County Jail on June 7, their presence served as a milestone. It...

Gottorff convicted of five felonies, could face years in prison A Ridgway man accused of threatening three Ouray County law enforcement officers and employees and stalking one of them was convicted la...

A Ouray County jury on Thursday evening found a Ridgway man guilty on multiple felony charges stemming from a case in which he threatened three local law enforcement officers and employees and stalked...

Mike Wiggins - Mike@Ouraynews.com For decades, Ouray has reveled in its self-proclaimed nickname as the “Switzerland of America.” The moniker famously etched on the oversized wooden sign at the Highwa...

Town doesn't want to interfere with tennis players Ridgway town councilors last week urged a group of pickleball enthusiasts to take the pulse of others who use tennis courts at the Ridgway Athletic P...

Councilors debate tourism marketing options Ridgway town councilors debated proposed ballot language last week for a measure voters will consider at the Nov. 7 election, but stopped short of finalizin...

After months of work, Ouray County’s preliminary 2023 property valuation report to the Ouray County Board of Equalization revealed eye-popping increases, particularly among residential properties. But...

With owners of structure destroyed by fire unresponsive, county may clear property itself For eight months, the burnt husk of the former Fairway Pines clubhouse on Log Hill Mesa has been an eyesore fo...