Dear Editor: There’s nothing I feel as passionate about as the life changing role the teachers in this community play in our lives — specifically the ...
October 7, 2021
Dear Editor: I have been reading negative comments about the coming election. It is my choice to be positive about it. Some individuals have made dero...
October 7, 2021
Dear Editor: The county's agenda policy change looks bad, and is bad, for the thin-skinned BOCC. For more than a decade, I’ve stayed out of local poli...
October 7, 2021
Dear Editor: In his recent speech before the UN General Assembly, President Biden listed the pandemic and the climate crisis as the top two issues con...
October 7, 2021
Dear Editor: Two years ago a group of three candidates were elected as mayor and councilors with a common agenda — to take over the City of Ouray. Sin...
October 7, 2021
Covid
By Rae Ellen Bichell San Juan County, Colorado, can boast that 99.9% of its eligible population has received at least one dose of covid-19 vaccine, pu...
October 1, 2021
News
A Durango-based company called Farm to Table Composting presented a proposal to the town board of trustees for bringing their services to Silverton. T...
September 30, 2021
News
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Every Friday and Saturday morning at 9 and every Tuesday and Wednesday night at 7 at St. Daniel’s Church, 614 Fifth St., Ouray. ...
September 30, 2021
News
After weeks of meetings, public hearings and staff review, the Gunnison County commissioners voted unanimously on Tuesday to amend the land use resolu...
September 30, 2021
News
The San Juans are alive with fall colors, including this stretch along the Million Dollar Highway south of Ouray. This photo was taken on Sept. 27 by ...
September 30, 2021
Main, News...
Colorado is on track for its warmest year ever. Source flows are diminishing or at historic lows. So why has only one water provider in Ouray County ordered cutbacks this summer?
September 9, 2026
In the early days of summer, it remained a matter of some debate where the drought of 2026 ranked in the annals of long, hot Colorado summers. For Cary Denison, Ouray County’s representative on the Co...
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September 9, 2026
Move frees up federal relief money President Donald Trump approved a major disaster declaration for the Gold Mountain and Aspen Acres fires, unlocking millions of dollars in Federal Emergency Manageme...
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Operation part of state program to reclaim abandoned sites
September 9, 2026
It’s not what you think. A towering steel drill that’s been perched along the side of U.S. Highway 550 in recent weeks isn’t probing for gas, or oil, or even a route to the Far East. The operation is ...
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September 9, 2026
Officials cite concerns about safety, health at Tuffy's Corner A highway pullout popular for overnight camper parking north of Ouray has been empty in recent weeks since ‘no camping’ signs were instal...
