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In the past decade, Kaili Hansen’s living situation has been precarious to say the least. The Ouray Brewery cook lived in a house on Second Street for a while, and then moved into another apartment in a building that sold, so she had to get out. Then she lived in a camper for two years, and in a van for another two years. She made it back to an apartment, but at 31 years old, she wasn’t sure if she would ever be able to afford to secure a stable place to live.

Law enforcement is investigating a fire that destroyed the home of prominent Ouray County arts supporter and actor Terry Kiser early Thursday morning. The fire on Lynx Road, near Ridgway, was reported at 4:30 a.m. by a guest of Kiser, actor-cinematographer Jordan Bellamy, who was in the main house when the fire started.

An Arizona man climbing on the El Diente-Mount Wilson Ridge fell to his death Tuesday, according to the San Miguel County Sheriff’s Office, whose search and rescue team assisted Dolores County.

Unaffiliated Ouray County commissioner candidate Jacob Torrey is dropping out of the District 1 race, leaving voters to choose between Democrat incumbent Commissioner Lynn Padgett and Republican challenger Mike Perkovich. In an interview Monday, Torrey said he decided to withdraw because he felt like the difference between his views and...

Ouray County Public Health will undergo two big changes starting Aug 1: a new office in Ridgway and a new director, Kristin Kelley. The county has been seeking a director since February, and had the opportunity to move offices prior to Kelley’s first day of work. New office. The...

Ouray County property owners waiting to get short-term rental permits may have to wait a little longer. Ouray County commissioners, at the request of the county’s land use staff, plan to grandfather in the 100 current permit holders when a proposed ordinance is adopted. As current permit holders relinquish their permits or don’t follow the new rules, permits will become available in the three categories the new ordinance will allow.

A technology outage affecting airports, banks, hospitals and governments around the globe Friday morning had its share of impacts in Ouray County and the surrounding region, though most problems seemed to be resolved by mid-morning. The issue stemmed from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike deploying a faulty update to computers running Microsoft...

Ouray County voters will not be asked this fall to create a lodging tax with proceeds helping to fund early child care.

A project called Generation Wild from Great Outdoors Colorado is providing free wildflower seed packets at the Ouray and Ridgway public libraries, among other sites across the state. The campaign is providing more than 100,000 packets of free seeds, called “Wilderflower” mix, named after the Generation Wild mascot, Wilder. The...

Ouray County leaders agreed this week to lend a hand to their shorthanded law enforcement neighbors across the street at the Ouray Police Department by temporarily providing a sheriff ’s deputy to cover patrol shifts within the city.

The Ouray County sheriff ’s yearly report to the commissioners yielded several tidbits of information about the department’s operations, including a rise in calls for service and the number of crime victims served.

Ridgway is moving forward on a plan to use a shared housing administrator with the city of Ouray and Ouray County, after discussing key services for the town.

The project in Ouray where blasting has been occurring for more than two months is in hot water with Ouray County again.

MONTROSE COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) — After thousands of votes were cast, the race between Larry Don Suckla and J. Mark Roeber for the GOP State House District 58 primary seems destined to be recounted. Suckla, a Montezuma County Commissioner, and Roeber, a former Delta County Commissioner, are within a...

Dear Editor: What would you say if I told you that I already knew who was going to win the Ouray County District 1 county commissioner seat in November? You might say, “Oh no. Here he goes again. How could you know that?"

Region 10 League for Economic Assistance and Planning has received an AmeriCorps Seniors grant of $288,028 from AmeriCorps, the federal agency for national service and volunteerism. The grant will expand Region 10’s presence by funding a total of 45 AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers in Delta, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Montrose, Ouray and San...

The public got its first look at the draft update for the Ouray County Master Plan on Tuesday, which looks a lot like its parent document dating back to 1999.

By summer 2026, it’s likely only 40 hikers and up to 24 campers per day will be able to access Ouray County’s beloved and viral Blue Lakes Trail. Hiking the trail Monday afternoon after a rainstorm, and with more rain in the forecast, we saw about that many in the roughly four hours we spent in the area.

On June 26, the County Sheriffs of Colorado team joined forces with both the Montrose and Ouray County sheriffs’ offices to conduct a one-day baseball camp in Montrose County at Sunset Mesa Sports Complex. The camp was offered to youth ages 8 to 12 on a donation-based entry, to ensure all who wanted to were able to participate.