Commuters traveling between Ouray and Montrose should bring an extra supply of patience with them over the next year and a half, as a series of construction projects on U.S. Highway 550 could add up t...

Ouray police are trying to find out who illegally entered the former Red Mountain Brewing building last week and caused thousands of dollars in damage by turning on the hot water and plugging a floor ...

Some Ouray residents are throwing cold water on the City Council’s idea to sell alcohol at the Hot Springs Pool. Four of them stood before the council on Monday to ask questions and express their oppo...

The Ridgway Town Council appeared closer to reaching a decision on raising the town’s lodging tax to generate money for affordable housing this week, after three discussions on where to find funding t...

A Canadian company plans to purchase the Revenue-Virginius Mine, which has been in a court-appointed receivership since last July after previous owners shut down operations due to financial trouble. S...

Though rivers are rising in low-lying areas downstream, Ouray County isn't forecasted to be in any imminent danger from high levels of runoff this spring. This year, the flood risk due to runoff for m...

The lottery for Wetterhorn Homes, the 14-home deed-restricted neighborhood scheduled for construction in Ridgway this summer, will be held June 15 at Ridgway Town Hall. Applications will open April 26...

Ouray Hot Springs Pool Manager Carmen Brashier resigned from her job last week, citing differences with city leadership and what she considered a lack of support from management. Brashier, whose last ...

Left, some of the Easter egg hunt participants were laser-focused on getting the special eggs they could turn in for stuffed animals. The Ouray Elks Lodge also filled hundreds of eggs with treats for...

Elk Meadows residents pay some of the lowest water rates in the region: $33 a month. While most municipalities and utility companies raise rates gradually every year or every few years to keep up with...

Millions of dollars for affordable housing efforts will become available to Colorado counties and municipalities later this year, a result of Proposition 123 passing last fall. But to qualify for thos...

John Lynch can easily rattle off the orders of his regulars at Panny’s Pizza: Ouray Police Chief John Wood, for example, orders 10 wings with a side of teriyaki; Deputy Gio Mendoza usually likes an As...

After living and working in Los Angeles for 18 years, Tim Beene relished the idea of having some privacy. He sold his yacht repair business and, in 2001, discovered a subdivision tucked away at the e...

THURSDAY, APRIL 13 LEGAL CLINIC: A free legal clinic for parties who have no attorney. Volunteer attorneys answer questions by phone. Ouray Library, 320 Sixth Ave., 2-5 p.m. Call 970325-4616 to be add...

Ouray County and the city of Ouray are partnering to identify dead, dying or diseased trees that need to be removed from forested areas that rim the city in order to reduce the risk of wildre The coun...

Starting May 15, rapid COVID tests will no longer be available at the Ouray County Health Department. Health Department Director Tanner Kingery explained these tests cost roughly $500 apiece on the op...

Top far left, Roman Sackman competes in the 100 meter dash on April 1 at the Mickey Dunn Invitational track meet in Grand Junction. He placed fourth, with a time of 11.61. Overall, the boys’ team pla...