Twenty years ago, the rainbow trout of the Gunnison River were in serious trouble. After whirling disease — a parasitic infection that can cause skeletal deformities and whirling swimming behavior tha...

Dear Editor: Thank you for excellent coverage of Ouray City Council meetings, especially letting us read actual quotes. I lived in Ouray many years and now live in Montrose for the past 18 months. I d...

Dear Editor: After being elected for two terms as one of your town councilors, I have decided it is time to rededicate myself to different priorities in our county. Therefore, I have made the decision...

Dear Editor: I was shocked, disappointed, and saddened to read that the Ouray School Board fired Superintendent Scott Pankow. Having served on the Board for eight years during Scott’s tenure I hold hi...

Dear Editor: The firing of Ouray School Superintendent Scott Pankow has created a window of opportunity for our county. I know this is a volatile topic, but we should seize the opportunity to ask the ...

50 YEARS AGO March 5, 1970 - The East Riverside snow slide claimed another victim this week, just one day short of the date seven years ago when a minister and his two daughters from Ridgway were kill...

Ridgway senior Kaden Forrest (35) zeroes in on a shot over Telluride’s Marcus Leyva (right) during the 2A-District 3 Tournament’s third-place game on Feb. 29, inside neutral Montezuma-Cortez H.S. Gymn...

Cade Norwood (33) ponders a put-back of an offensive rebound while guarded by Telluride’s Tony Ordonez (20) during the 2A-District 3 Tournament’s third-place game on Feb. 29, inside neutral Montezuma-...

By Sue Hirshman One of the most wonderful sights In winter are the Raptors –Enos Mills On a cold, windy day, Feb. 8, my friend and I went birding. We hesitated, thinking it would not be a good birding...

Locals now have someone to call when they want specialty cookies delivered for any occasion. Aimee Vann, a local mom of five, programs director at the Ouray Public Library and Ouray School Board memb...

This month it is my pleasure to share with readers a poem by Carol Keeney. Carol was a bilingual teacher and community organizer in California for 25 years who recently retired to Montrose. As an avid...

Jason and Amber Perkins have wanted to open a laundromat to the public since they bought the Ouray RV Park and Cabins in 2015. But city officials at the time interpreted the municipal code in such a w...

The Sherbino invites the community out for a night of fun and dancing with a longtime local favorite, Niceness, on March 6. Niceness is rooted in the traditional sounds of island reggae; seamlessly in...

Editor’s note: We hope you enjoy the first column from our newest contributor, Willie Richardson of Ridgway. Willie is a natural storyteller who has translated his ability to mesmerize audiences by a ...

Above, Ouray’s Jackson Leo flies past Ignacio’s Brady McCaw for a close-range shot during 2A/1A San Juan Basin League road action on Feb. 15. Leo netted an eye-opening 23 points, but the No. 10 [1A] ...

Mom was a total buzzkill. You’d be tearing down the cul-de-sac on your bike, ignoring the blind curve at the end of the street. Or climbing the tree and scooting out onto that really-skinny-but-I’m-su...

50 YEARS AGO February 19, 1970 - Planning and engineering are reportedly underway in this area for a year-around recreational development, with a 600 unit condominium complex planned by 1973 and about...

Dear Editor: While collecting signatures for the sheriff recall effort, I have been asked numerous times about the process for the recall. I suspect that there are many other people who have the same ...

Dear Editor: As a fiscal conservative, constitutionalist libertarian, I am going to do something I never would have done in the past. In Colorado, we can vote in any primary as long as we choose to be...