The mineral rush was on! Prospectors found gold, silver and other mineral deposits in the northern San Juan Mountains in the years following the Civil War. The historic Red Mountain Mining District ex...

Dear Editor: A recent letter to the editor criticizing an affordable rental development on Oak Street would have been alarming, had it contained even a single statement of fact. It is a sad predicamen...

Dear Editor: I recently returned from spending the winter in Baja Mexico, where I was unexpectedly charged by a Brahman bull while camped on a beach near San Jose del Cabo. Thankfully, a few people I ...

Dear Editor: The upcoming race for the District 1 county commissioner seat has several qualified and diverse candidates vying for a seat on this important commission. Depending on the political views ...

Dear Editor: I was pleased to see the Ouray County Pride event acknowledged with photos in last week’s newspaper. The day was a wonderful celebration of diversity and people being who they are, living...

It’s easy to forget how small Ouray County is, both in population (4,874 2020 census) and land area (542 square miles). It’s only 37 road miles but 4,717 feet of elevation difference from Colona (6,36...

Dear Editor: We enthusiastically second Tom and Martha McKenney’s letter to the editor in last week’s edition. Ouray County is a spectacular place to live, work and recreate precisely because generati...

Dear Editor: At what point does common sense prevail in the future of this town and our City Council? The addition of 13 homes, each likely bringing at least two cars, means we're looking at a minimum...

Ouray County’s diverse landscape includes high alpine mountains, the headwaters of the Uncompahgre River, wind-swept valleys, and the Uncompahgre Plateau. From its earliest days, Ouray County has attr...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: Thank you, Ouray County commissioners, for a fair policy regarding flags displayed at the 4-H Event Center as you support diversity of beliefs. Currently the most div...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: “How can the county accommodate the inevitable development pressures today without letting these pressures negate, or even destroy, the unique and irreplaceable quali...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: Ouray County is working on filling its vacant director of public health position. Is anyone as concerned as I am with the lack of objective, independent thinking demo...

Dear Editor: I am asking you to join me in supporting Ellen Angeles as a candidate for the State Board of Education. Helping to bring a recreation center to Montrose, supporting Montrose schools and h...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: I feel very lucky to live in a community that is so full of articulate, thoughtful people who write letters to the editor that never fail to challenge me or make me l...

Summer 2024 could make perennial climate change deniers finally take global warming/weirding seriously. In many farflung places — as well as close to home on this beautiful but very stressed planet — ...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: What a relief to hear that the Top of the Pines board of directors "has chosen to prioritize human life, health and safety as more important than a robust prairie dog...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: With Pride month commencing June 1, and the Ouray County Pride event just around the corner, I wanted to take the opportunity to provide your readers with some facts ...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: Election season is in full swing, with primaries coming up June 25 and the general election Nov. 5, 2024. It is in everyone’s best interest that voters acquire factua...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: Ouray has a new sheriff, Silas Clarke. Mr. Clarke has fostered a group of minions doing his bidding as the City Council. During the council meeting last week, we obse...

Think back to the summer of 1976. Assuming you were alive, where were you? Did you see a fireworks show, go to a concert, visit Washington D.C., watch a parade, or wear red, white, and blue? Fifty yea...