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GUNNISON The benefit of the Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport (GUC) to the surrounding area has soared in the last seven years, and that has cou...
February 12, 2020
Looking Back
50 YEARS AGO February 12, 1970 - Editorial: Is there any real good reason the gigantic trucks should continue to come ripping through town at speeds g...
February 12, 2020
Thanks to volunteers
Dear Editor: A big thank you to Sara Woodward with The Real Estate Store and Jeremy Tilton with the Full Tilt Saloon for their time, effort and great ...
February 12, 2020
Area well-suited for solar, wind power
Dear Editor: Did you know that almost everyone reading this letter is a member of the same club? Indeed, unless you are off the grid, you get your ele...
February 12, 2020
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GUNNISON A cultural establishment in Gunnison is the big winner as city leaders dole out an accumulation of marijuana money through this year’s grant ...
February 6, 2020
Utility bills go through roof
Dear Editor: In paying my City of Ouray utilities bill for 2020, I decided to glance at my receipt from the same services for 2015. My calculations sh...
February 6, 2020
Attack on councilor factually invalid
Dear Editor: Let's be totally transparent, the current “in” word. I am not a voting constituent of the city of Ouray. And I am not a close friend of E...
February 6, 2020
Good guy, but sheriff must go
Dear Editor: Lance FitzGerald and Jamie Johnson's relationship reminds me of a line from the song "Wingless Angels" by Bow Thayer. The line is not sui...
February 6, 2020
Sheriff behavior affects his office
Dear Editor: I want to thank Ron James for his letter about the sheriff’s recall in last week’s Plaindealer. It was enlightening to hear from one who ...
February 6, 2020
Kudos to Plaindealer for good work
Dear Editor: I am writing this letter to congratulate the two of you on the job that you have done since taking over our local newspaper. As a small c...
February 6, 2020
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Water restrictions exception, not rule
Colorado is on track for its warmest year ever. Source flows are diminishing or at historic lows. So why has only one water provider in Ouray County ordered cutbacks this summer?
By By Chart Riggall chart@ouraynews.com 
September 9, 2026
In the early days of summer, it remained a matter of some debate where the drought of 2026 ranked in the annals of long, hot Colorado summers. For Cary Denison, Ouray County’s representative on the Co...
Crews working to plug old water well
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Crews working to plug old water well
Operation part of state program to reclaim abandoned sites
By By Chart Riggall chart@ouraynews.com 
September 9, 2026
It’s not what you think. A towering steel drill that’s been perched along the side of U.S. Highway 550 in recent weeks isn’t probing for gas, or oil, or even a route to the Far East. The operation is ...
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