50 YEARS AGO March 22, 1973 - Voting for rain, snow or sunshine could someday be as commonplace as electing a president, senator or mayor. Campaigns would be run by proponents and opponents of various...

Dear Editor: Because Ouray’s industry is tourism, it means it’s a place people want to come, not just to visit but to live. It allows us to have excellent restaurants, interesting shops, a superb muse...

Dear Editor: I am writing in response to the letter, “Hateful flag waver welcome to leave,” written by Tom Heffernan and published in the March 9 edition regarding the flag being flown in Colona. Whil...

Nearly four months after a fire destroyed the empty Fairway Pines clubhouse on Log Hill, investigations into its cause are still ongoing, but arson has been ruled out. There are three concurrent inves...

Ouray County is planning to spend more than $60,000 on a forensic engineer to diagnose problems with the heating and cooling system in the courthouse, which underwent an $8.8 million renovation projec...

Ouray city leaders emerged from a work session Monday with no obvious answers on how to boost depleted water flows and sagging temperatures at the Hot Springs Pool. But one thing became clear: Offici...

The city of Ouray will explore the possibility of selling alcohol at the Ouray Hot Springs Pool under a pilot program supported by a majority of city councilors but drew opposition and concerns from s...

A yearslong push to increase the number of classes Ridgway Secondary School students can take to earn both high school and college credit is paying off, with 71% of students taking at least one colle...

The town of Ridgway will continue its moratorium on most new development applications for another four months to allow time to complete revisions to its planning and zoning code. The moratorium took e...

State funding continues to flow into Ouray County for affordable housing projects, including more than $8 million in grants and loans recently awarded for the proposed Ouray Waterview Homes developmen...

Ridgway and Ouray high school basketball athletes were honored with San Juan Basin League All- Conference awards after the end of the season. The following student athletes were honored for Ouray boys...

Dear Editor: As owner/operators of two of Ridgway’s longest running short-term rentals (STRs), we were shocked to learn at the March 8 Town Council meeting that the town is considering increasing the ...

50 YEARS AGO March 15, 1973 - Editorial: The March 6th news story from the Montrose Daily Press is reprinted, page five, this week, not for sympathy but because some letters to the editor in this issu...

Don't be alarmed – Ouray County will be testing its new alert system for the first time on Wednesday evening. Anyone signed up for Ouray County Alerts should receive the alert around 5:30 p.m. Wednesd...

MOLAS PASS – Each year, Chris Bilbrey becomes intimately acquainted with the snowpack of the San Juan Mountains to a degree generally unmatched by the outdoor enthusiasts who take to the range to fro...

River Park overdose ruled accidental A 42-year-old woman who died at a River Park home in Ridgway in January died from an overdose of alcohol and multiple drugs, including fentanyl, according to an au...

A 27-year-old Fort Collins man who was found unconscious in the Ouray Ice Park on Feb. 24 died as a result of asphyxiation. A group of climbers found Ryan Wong that afternoon hanging from his harness ...

Ouray city officials took a step back this week in their efforts to fix diminished water flows and temperatures at the Hot Springs Pool, with councilors disagreeing on possible solutions to problems ...

Ouray County commissioners gave County Administrator Connie Hunt high marks across the board on her annual evaluation, but raised concerns about interpersonal relations, a culture of fear in the count...

Ouray County and five neighboring counties need more than 2,200 workforce housing units just to catch up to existing needs, and another 4,300 more to keep up with projected growth in the next decade, ...