Letters, Opinion
September 2, 2026
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Tree thinning vital to managing wildfire
Dear Editor:
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Senator tours flood-damaged areas, surveys planned fire mitigation efforts
September 2, 2026
U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper said Friday he was optimistic the Trump administration will declare the Gold Mountain Fire a federal disaster, arguing Congress “wouldn’t settle for” the White House withho...
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EMS paramedic, deputy emergency manager sent home days after fire started
September 2, 2026
Ouray County has had two emergency- related employees on paid administrative leave since the early days of the Gold Mountain Fire. A third employee, Road and Bridge Superintendent Ty Barger, was place...
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'You guys are in crisis,' Hickenlooper tells proprietors wrestling with aftermath of Gold Mountain Fire
September 2, 2026
Ouray County business owners bent the ear of U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper on Friday, sharing stories of declining profits and mass cancellations in the wake of the Gold Mountain Fire in the hopes the D...
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September 2, 2026
A representative from Thorin Resources, the owner and operator of the Revenue-Virginius Mine, told Ouray County commissioners last week the company expects to complete a federally supervised cleanup p...
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Finance managers get cool reception from commissioners in bid for $110M federal grant to revive gold and silver mine in Governor Basin
September 2, 2026
Kris Peterson and Alex Klemt said it was an algorithm that led them west from Colorado Springs, up a rough dirt road past the Camp Bird Mine, and into the lofty tundra of Governor Basin. With the help...
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September 2, 2026
Dear Editor: I opened the letter received last Wednesday and was a bit confused as to the intent, since the photos leading the letter are of the True Grit and several businesses that no longer exist i...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
September 2, 2026
Dear Editor: I am writing in response to Jeff Lindberg’s letter in the Aug. 27 edition. My husband and I live in Ouray County primarily because we love to hike. We have lived here for eight years, but...
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Experts: Age-old forests, climate change, extreme drought created prime conditions for Gold Mountain Fire
August 26, 2026
In the summer of 1879, the largest wildfire in Colorado history at the time tore through 26,000 acres of rugged forest about eight miles south of Silverton and presaged a vast shift in its landscape. ...
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Metro districts would fund improvements for possible 19-acre mixed-use Ridgway development
August 26, 2026
The Ridgway Town Council approved creating four metropolitan districts at its Aug. 12 meeting for a proposed residential and commercial development on 19 acres in north Ridgway. The development, Alpen...
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Polis: Federal funding needed to help pay for $17M in damages from Gold Mountain, Aspen Acres fires
August 26, 2026
Federal, state and local officials pushed this week for President Donald Trump to issue a disaster declaration for the Gold Mountain and Aspen Acres fires that would open the door to additional federa...
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Michael Flaim named interim leader of Ouray preK-8 students
August 26, 2026
Michael Flaim, an educator who taught economics and social studies at international schools for nearly 20 years, has started as Ouray School’s interim preK-8 principal for the 2026-2027 school year. T...
