UPDATE: 12:59 p.m. A suspected drunken driver who was pursued by a Ouray police officer died after falling into Dexter Creek Canyon while fleeing the officer, according to a news release issued by the...

Above : Sage Country Concrete owner Kevan Wedel rakes concrete for a new apron and driveway at the Ouray Mountain Rescue barn on County Road 361 on May 14. Ouray Silver Mines and San Juan Mountain Gu...

Until that fateful night in April 2017, Devin Feltes’ drug of choice was work. And his job was to save lives. He was successful, a critical care paramedic and operations supervisor. The Army veteran ...

The city of Ouray may have found the firm to manage the design and construction of its new wastewater treatment facility. City councilors on Monday unanimously agreed to issue a notice of award to Mol...

Ouray County commissioners will move their public hearing to the 4-H Center next week and allow the public to attend in person or online, a decision made in the last few minutes of their meeting on Tu...

Top : Members of the Ridgway Volunteer Fire Department stabilize a car used in the mock accident exercise Friday at the Ouray County Fairgrounds. Roughly 40 members of law enforcement, fire departmen...

Ouray County commissioners delayed a decision on whether to rescind their local mask mandate until next week, despite the public health director’s recommendation to drop it and align with the state’s ...

GUNNISON With one day to go before commencement, Western Colorado University President Greg Salsbury said May 7 that he would retire from his post at the end of June. But public records show that Sals...

Ridgway has adopted voluntary water restrictions, citing concerns about continued drought and water supplies. The council unanimously voted to adopt the restrictions on May 12, after a conversation in...

The Ouray School District is dropping its high school girls’ basketball and volleyball programs, citing a lack of participation that will leave those programs without enough players to field teams nex...

Communities that Care receive grant Through the Ouray County Public Health Department, the state has awarded a five-year, $650,000 grant for prevention to address youth problem behaviors including sub...

The Ouray County commissioners met in person this week, in a meeting where the public was restricted to online attendance. We sent reporter Liz Teitz to cover the meeting, which included an item on th...

Glenn Boyd is looking at switching up his collection of hats. Right now, he’s the county’s emergency manager. The other hats he wears include being a paramedic, serving on Ouray city council and – his...

Ouray County commissioners last week approved a maintenance agreement for the upper sections of County Road 5, but not before Commissioner Lynn Padgett raised a host of concerns that led to a brief ve...

GUNNISON Gunnison County leaders celebrated the start of what will be a multi-million dollar overhaul to the Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport this summer with an official groundbreaking on Frid...

Children as young as 12 can begin receiving Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in Colorado starting this week, and Ouray County school districts are hoping to set up mobile vaccination clinics for their eligib...

Graduation events in Ouray County will largely return to normal this month after a roller coaster ride full of shutdowns and quarantines. While the Ridgway class of 2021 missed out on prom and a tradi...

With the busiest tourist season just around the corner, businesses are struggling to find enough employees to staff up, and they’re pointing to a lack of available housing as one of the hurdles. “We’...

Ouray County’s former sheriff pleaded guilty in two drunk-driving cases this week, in agreements allowing him to avoid jail time if he completes alcohol evaluations and public service. Prosecutors in ...

Trail clearing scheduled at Ridgway State Park Local residents are invited to help clear trails of brush and invasive weeds at Ridgway State Park on Saturday. Great Old Broads for Wilderness is hostin...