Top: This co-ed battle between Richard Weber III and LiErin Wilson, on the right, and brother-sister team Tom Volstad and Josey Scoville was a fierce competition. Weber and Wilson prevailed. Bottom l...

TOP LEFT: Madison Cross, 4, laughs as she participates in the gunnysack race at Fellin Park in Ouray on July 4. Cross was visiting for the holiday with her family from Houston. ABOVE: Joel Branberg, ...

After more than eight hours of deliberations, a jury unanimously found Red Mountain Brewing Co. owner John Warren not guilty on three charges of sexual assault on Friday. Warren was arrested in Septem...

Left: Ridgway’s Mike Potter of Potter Ranch drove the only tractor in this year’s July 4 parade, which featured a variety of other vehicles and floats. Right: Residents and visitors were treated to a...

The Ouray firefighters were convincing when they asked Abby Romero and Justin Clark to come out and help spray the crowd during Monday’s water fights, but Romero figured out something more was going o...

The Ouray Dog Park will not house construction workers for the city’s water and wastewater treatment plants. The City Council determined Monday that “man camp” housing for construction workers wouldn’...

A multi-organizational effort to restore two old mine sites at Governor Basin and protect the surrounding environment is underway, with the Environmental Protection Agency, Uncompahgre Watershed Partn...

Ownership of Log Hill Mesa-based marijuana cultivation facility MS Support is changing hands, and Ouray County commissioners approved a transfer for the facility's license on Tuesday despite public co...

Ouray man injured in head-on crash A Ouray man was among three people seriously injured in a head-on collision on U.S. Highway 550 between Ridgway and Colona on Monday. The accident happened around 1:...

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Every Friday and Saturday morning at 9 a.m. and every Wednesday night at 5:30 p.m. at St. Daniel’s Church, 614 Fifth St., Ouray. Every Thursday and Sunday at 7 p.m. in the sanctu...

The following is an excerpt of cases handled by the Ouray Police Department from June 20-28: JUNE 20 Officer responded to an animal problem in the 700 block of Fourth Street. Officer responded to a do...

A proposal from Dallas Creek Water Company to hike rates more than 50% has been met with concern from state regulators and opposition from customers who say the increase is excessive and unjustified. ...

Revenue across the board flattened or slid in April in Ouray, an indication that record spending that has filled city coffers the last couple of years may have started to slow. Sales tax receipts in A...

GUNNISON The Gunnison County commissioners gave a nod of approval for the Gunnison Country Food Pantry’s Food for Life expansion project, chipping in a grant of $30,000 to help finance the pantry’s pu...

She'll strap on her dirt biking chest protector and pull on layers of pants and a wetsuit. She'll tie the shoelaces on her Converse sneakers, the ones that let the water drain through the canvas so i...

Dallas Creek Water Company customers could see their rates increase by at least 53% under a proposal submitted to the Colorado Public Utilities Commission. The utility company, which provides domestic...

The city of Ouray has been awarded a $750,000 grant by the Colorado Department of Local Affairs to help pay for a new water treatment plant. City officials received word last week about the grant, whi...

As of June 15 the Town of Ridgway, City of Ouray and unincorporated areas of Ouray County are under Stage 1 fire restriction measures until further notice. These announcements follow the lead of the B...

Public pools could get a boost in labor force with a new state grant meant to help pools stay open and staffed. The Pools Special Initiative, announced Tuesday by Gov. Jared Polis, allows swimming poo...

The 2020 presidential election was still a year away, but Michelle Nauer could see the political storm clouds brewing. She watched as a blue wave in the 2018 midterm election washed Republicans out o...