For the first time since 2014, the Ouray Mountain Rescue Team has elected two new leaders to guide the nonprofit organization. Ruth Stewart, a paramedic for Ouray County, now serves as captain and Pa...

After months of semi-weekly meetings with city and town officials, Ouray County commissioners are planning to discontinue the recurring joint policy group meetings. Newly elected Commissioners Jake Ni...

After a five-month search, the Ouray School District has a new bus driver/custodian, relieving a burden on administrators who have had to fill the role along with their regular jobs with the district....

A required notice sent to the city of Ouray’s roughly 800 water customers about possible sources of contamination triggered panic and more questions from some residents on Wednesday. But there’s nothi...

Ouray County has suspended COVID-19 testing for people without symptoms after an announcement from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment about disconthe use of Curative tests. The U...

Ouray County residents tired of waiting for COVID-19 vaccines are driving to other counties to get their shots as the state’s small supply to the Public Health Agency continues to slow vaccination eff...

When a line began to form on summer weekends as the day’s first light peeked over the top of the Amphitheater and spilled into the Uncompahgre Gorge — that’s when the operators of the Ouray Via Ferrat...

A required notice to Ouray water customers about possible sources of contamination triggered panic and more questions from some residents on Wednesday. But there’s nothing to panic about. There is no ...

Dems ask for Boebert investigation The Ouray County Democratic Party chairman has joined the ranks of those asking for an investigation into Rep. Lauren Boebert’s involvement in the riots at the U.S. ...

Editor's note: We have new information at the bottom of this story about additional vaccine availability. A closed road and a detour couldn’t stop Beth Edwards of Ouray from getting her first COVID-19...

When the pandemic reached Ouray County back in March, two Ridgway couples couldn’t stop thinking about how hard the impacts would hit their neighbors. Would they have enough to eat? Would they have en...

The town of Ridgway’s plan to change how it treats its domestic water supply has hit a potential snag, with new cost estimates coming in significantly higher than the town was originally told. Town of...

When Sheriff Justin Perry first took office in July he found citizens rated the sheriff’s office with a low amount of credibility and integrity and once he got to work he clearly saw why: a policy man...

After years of discussions and debates on costs and alternatives, the city of Ouray finally appears to be on a clear path toward building a new wastewater treatment plant. City leaders checked a box o...

Ridgway High School boys’ basketball games will look very different this winter, with players running up and down the court in masks and parents being forced to mostly watch games from home. Ridgway A...

The Ouray Ice Park’s 26th annual Ice Festival is virtual this year, complete with a livestreamed competition, virtual auction and virtual closing ceremony. The livestreaming of the event at ourayicepa...

GUNNISON Western Colorado University President Greg Salsbury may face a vote of no confidence by faculty after a statement on the riot at the Capitol inflamed tensions between professors, trustees and...

Colorado high school basketball will tip off an asterisk season this week. The Ouray Trojans and their basketball brothers and sisters will be part of a prep experience significantly modified by COVI...

GUNNISON Utilities work at Gunnison Rising is set to begin this year, and the first building to rise up in the development will be a combined office building, warehouse and equipment yard. A contract ...

Local elected officials are asking Congressional leaders to investigate U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s actions in relation to riot last week, in which five people died. Boebert represents the Third Congre...