Ad critical of Padgett was misinformed, mean-spirited Dear Editor, For you and any of your readers who were not here during the debates in the Board of County Commissioners over visual impact and othe...

The show must go on. Or in this case, it must debut. That’s what the co-founders of the Ouray International Film Festival decided to do, facing a pandemic in the midst of planning their inaugural even...

5O YEARS AGO September17, 1970 - The bright new star in Federal Resources Corporation's national resource stable is the Camp Bird Mine at Ouray, which resumed operations this July. In a recent intervi...

When I was 10, my brother Carl and I lived with our mom and stepdad, Roger Gleason. Roger leased summer pasture on Dallas Divide. Every Sunday we would go there to check the cattle. We had pasture lea...

Dear Editor, It is with interest I noted a post on social media a few days ago regarding the disappearance of a Biden/Harris campaign sign from a Ridgway resident's yard. Several weeks ago we had a St...

Dear Editor, There is an unfortunate dynamic in many local and county governments in this country, where real estate developers and construction interests are serving (or, all too often, self-serving)...

Dear Editor: Regarding the dispute over winter access on County Roads, the Ouray Trail Group {OTG) Board of Directors recently discussed the possibility of OTG maintaining the trail proposed on privat...

Dear Editor, I agree with the numerous protestations that the upcoming election will be pivotal for democracy in the United States. We must all exercise our right to vote, which for us here in Colorad...

Dear Editor, For 193 days, we have been responding to a global pandemic. We have utilized science and experts to make difficult decisions. During this response, I personally have been called a Nazi-sy...

Dear Editor: We have a small minority of citizens in Ouray County that apparently do not understand that the best way to whip COVID-19, save lives and restore the economy is to wear a mask, social dis...

Dear Editor: Some voters have wondered why the Ouray County Republican Party did not field candidates for the County Commission positions up for election this year. Make no mistake, the Republican Par...

Dear Editor, Two weeks ago Ridgway Elementary School reopened preschool through fifth grade. While it has been a tremendous amount of work to prepare for our students, we have been thrilled to engage ...

Ouray School's Owen Lane (front) holds off Rock Gibbs at the finish of a high school cross country meet against Montrose on Sept. 3 at Fellin Park. Lane finished the boys' sK race in fifth place with ...

Despite the pandemic, the Ouray County Fair livestock show and sale continued this year and 4-H members were able to sell the animals they worked so hard to raise.

The decades following the Civil War brought changes to the Western Slope of Colorado. The miners and prospectors came searching for rich mineral veins, and the homesteaders, ranchers, and farmers soon...

Before she leaves for class each day, Ara Norwood fills out a questionnaire on her phone about COVID-19 symptoms, waiting for the "green screen" that clears her for her day at Colorado Mesa Universit...

The migration of birds is a natural phenomenon. Usually every fall, birders are treated with migrant shorebirds, gulls, and other birds passing through the area and using Ridgway Reservoir as a stopp...

First, the good news. Ouray County's rate of participation in the 2020 census is higher than the national count conducted 10 years ago. The bad news? lt still ranks far below the state and national av...

Dear Editor: I notice county commissioners are continuing to discuss the wearing of masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19. I wish to point out that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention nas...

Dear Editor: I am writing in enthusiastic support of our local and state officials for taking public safety seriously and mandating masks to keep us all safe. To Jive together in an orderly and safe s...