Ridgway's Daisy Lipton (10) thwarts an Ignacio attack during 2A Southwestern League action on March 18 at Ignacio High School Field. The Demons, powered by six Maizy Gordon goals,defeated the Bobcats ...

50 YEARS AGO March 23, 1972 — Seventy-five years of continuous service to the community is the record of the Woman’s Club of Ouray. From the founding of the first city library to the recent creation o...

Editor’s note: Ridgway will hold an election on April 5 for three town council seats and mayor. In the coming weeks before the election, we will publish candidate profiles here in an effort to help yo...

Dear Editor: I am a week late submitting this, but I think it's always important. Last week was Sunshine Week. According to Wikipedia, Sunshine Week is a national initiative spearheaded by the News Le...

Dear Editor: I was struck two weeks ago by a letter to the editor in which the author wrote she could not think of a single thing Joe Biden has done to help America. Americans may disagree with the po...

Dear Editor: Well, I've been thinking about what President Biden has not done to make America greater or stronger, and here is a partial list: 1. Has not called Putin a genius. 2. Has not degraded wom...

Dear Editor: Thank you Mr. Hennessy for taking the time to gather the facts for your editorial regarding President Biden in the March 17 issue. In a time of such divided opinions, it was refreshing to...

Dear Editor: For those who say President Biden hasn’t done anything since taking office, if by “not doing” you mean Biden hasn’t kissed up to Vladimir Putin, hasn’t had any cabinet members resign whil...

Dear Editor: We Silverton athletes, parents, and coaches regret the Ridgway school board’s decision to separate Ridgway’s cross-country team from the Ouray-Ridgway-Silverton alliance that has served t...

How do you summarize two years of chaos? Looking back at the anniversary of the coronavirus arriving in Ouray County, we asked this question over and over. So much has happened. It's mind-boggling to ...

We deserve to celebrate. That's why we're launching our 2022 readers’ choice competition now. We skipped Best of Ouray County in 2021 because we were overwhelmed. There's no better explanation. We jus...

Editor’s note: Ridgway will be holding an election on April 5 for three town council seats and mayor. In the coming weeks before the election, we will be publishing candidate profiles here in an effor...

Dear Editor: I feel I have to comment on Ann Coffman’s letter asking sarcastically what President Biden has done. I have to keep this to 400 words or less, so I am only including about 20% of the acco...

The 16th Annual Fly Fishing Film Tour is coming to Ridgway next week, and it's a time to not only dream of summer and fishing, but also to support the health of the Uncompahgre River watershed. The s...

A day in the life at the ranch during calving season is just a barrel of laughs. At least, it is from my point of view. The Cowboy may feel differently, but this story isn’t from his perspective. I th...

Polly Enochs was keeping a journal when she made her first trip to Ridgway, jotting down her observations as she made her way around the Western Slope. She and her fiancé, Nick, were living in Brecken...

It’s almost a town that’s almost not in the United States, whose residents find their hearts almost mend as they fall in and out of love. And when you’ve almost gotten to know them, they move on. Welc...

The edges are a bit worn, or maybe polished is the right word. Yes, polished – by decades of wrists resting on the edges, gradually eroding the red paint from the metal frame. Like a bronze statue ru...