Rocky Mountain Rhythms hosted its first community field day – with hopefully more to come – July 5 in Alpine Park, with about ...

Commissioners held a meeting July 8, where they approved two items listed under contracts/grant consideration, and held a ...

Event calendar for Salida and surrounding communities includes open mic nights, luncheons, community walks, live music and ...

Wheels of Time car show July 5 in Howard was different this year and offered visitors the opportunity to “show their love” for the cars.

Dear Editor: The headlines for Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” (BBB) have focused on the drastic cuts to Medicaid and substantial cuts to Medicare to provide enormous tax breaks for billionaires. However ...

A hiker in a remote area of Saguache County discovered human remains June 17, later determined to belong to Edna Quintana, 55, who had been missing since May 2023. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation ...

Dear Editor: The board of the Bri Wancura Memorial Fund would like to extend thanks to all sponsors, donors, volunteers and participants of Nannerfest 2025. This year’s event fell victim to Colorado’s ...

Reality check: Few Americans are lining up to pick lettuce, strawberries, apples, etc. at the dirt-poor wages and living conditions that immigrants, grateful to be here, are willing to suffer.

Dear Editor: In two-weeks, the City of Salida – the people of Salida – will own and control 1.9 miles of Colo. 291. Our new road section extends from U.S. 50 to the hospital. Finally, we can define ...

Dear Editor: A Mountain Mail article stated that GARNA and Friends of Fourmile are supporting conservation in Fourmile due to "sensitive drainages." They did extensive work to rehabilitate areas that ...

Dear Editor: I remember the early ’50s when polio was ravaging the country. In 1952 about 60,000 children were affected, thousands were paralyzed, and about 3,000 died. It was a terrifying time, ...

free to rest in the plenty, the too-many-to-counts: calories in dessert, snowflakes on the mounts, hours in a painted masterpiece, acres upon acres of untouched trees. Beauty is a welcome vacation for ...