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By News Staff, on October 23, 2019
Proposed roads tax is realistic, not greedy

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dear Editor,

While the language of

Referendum 1A may not be easily understood by all, the benefits of voting YES for 1A should be. Road projects have been woefully underfunded for many years and the roads show it. I likely face a more than $100 increase on property taxes, but I will suck it up and vote YES. If I could afford a new pickup, I would happily kick in another $500 to

$600 just ONCE, to keep the paint and windshield intact. A mule would be cheaper, but my groceries ju...

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Affordable housing nonprofit to expand across state
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Affordable housing nonprofit to expand across state
Telluride-based Rural Homes plans to build 120 new units in 2026, but future of Ouray project unclear
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
December 24, 2025
Telluride-based Rural Homes is entering a new era of affordable housing work across the state after bringing on a new CEO and looking beyond pilot projects in Ouray and San Miguel counties. The afford...
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Second Chance Humane Society
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December 24, 2025
Editor's note: The Ouray County Plaindealer is continuing its tradition of featuring nonprofit organizations based in Ouray County, serving Ouray County in a series of profiles called Season of Sharin...
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Home Trust of Ouray County
December 24, 2025
Year established as a nonprofit: 2018 What does your organization do for Ouray County? Affordable housing remains one of the most pressing challenges facing Ouray County, where the median price for a ...
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Sherbino Theater/ Ridgway Chautauqua
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Time to reconsider policing in Ouray
December 24, 2025
Dear Editor: With the departure of Interim Police Chief Daric Harvey, Ouray once again faces instability in its police department. Rather than automatically rebuilding the same structure, this feels l...
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December 24, 2025
Dear Editor: As we welcome the winter solstice, and the slow return of the light, I want to share some thoughts for the season, and the year to come. I believe the core values of the season, whatever ...
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From start to finish, a too-warm, too-dry 2025
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From start to finish, a too-warm, too-dry 2025
December 24, 2025
Dreaming of a white Christmas? Wunderground’s “meteorologists qualify a white Christmas as one with at least an inch of snow on the ground [SOG] on Christmas morning,” (Hayden Marshall and Jonathan Er...
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December 24, 2025
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West Region Wildfire Council
December 24, 2025
Year established as a nonprofit: 2007 What does your organization do for Ouray County? With wildfires becoming a greater and greater risk to Western Colorado, WRWC strives to educate and aid in wildfi...
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Commissioners appoint replacement clerk
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
December 24, 2025
Ouray County commissioners have appointed a current employee to replace outgoing Clerk and Recorder Cristy Lynn when she leaves her position in January. Commissioners unanimously approved appointing c...
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