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Letters, Opinion...
Ending bookshop lease, Ouray’s beating heart, unforgivable
October 11, 2023
Dear Editor: Is it too much to suggest that the Ouray Bookshop is Ouray's beating heart? Within its walls it is so much to so many: a repository for local history, a guide to our mountains, a forum fo...
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Letters, Opinion...
County should increase vacation rental cap, loosen regs
October 4, 2023
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: After attending last week's Board of County Commissioners work session on short-term rental permits, some words seem to be repeated more than others like parties and ...
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Letters
Find creative solution for bookshop lease
September 27, 2023
Dear Editor: I live in Montrose now but having been a full-time Ouray resident for several years, I read the weekly Plaindealer in one sitting, enjoying much of what that small town has to offer. I kn...
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Letters
Yes to deputies, no to bureaucrats
September 27, 2023
Dear Editor: It was reported in last week’s Plaindealer that Ouray County government had grown 70% from 50 employees in 2003 to 85 in 2023. Simple research indicates that our population grew from 3,88...
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Letters
Gottorff coverage appreciated
September 27, 2023
Dear Editor: Many thanks to you all for the coverage of David Gottorff and his effect on the community. Your coverage was complete, detailing his family responses and his own. Much appreciated. Ilene ...
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Letters
Kudos, firefighters, for response
September 27, 2023
Dear Editor: I would like to extend a tremendous “thank you” to the Log Hill Volunteer Fire Department for their rapid response to my home on Sept. 19 at 3 a.m. Station 2 Capt. Paul Oppenheim and Just...
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Letters
Hotel owners act to own detriment by dismissing bookshop
September 27, 2023
Dear Editor: Since my retirement I have had a delightful part-time position at the Ouray Bookshop. There I get to see youngsters light up when they discover a teepee with a flickering campfire near th...
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Letters
Community offers love, source of strength in time of loss
September 27, 2023
Dear Editor: A mother knows that it takes a village to raise a child. But we are learning that our village is helping us grieve the loss of one. It is with heavy hearts that we write to express our de...
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Letters
Athletic Park needs more ballfields, not non-athletic facets
September 27, 2023
Dear Editor: As hopefully most of you are aware, Ridgway is currently working on their Athletic Park master plan. As a board member for Ouray County Baseball (a local nonprofit that runs a baseball pr...
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Letters
Ouray should use sales tax windfall to resolve ‘hot’ issues
September 20, 2023
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: Allow me to double-down on topics: one very “hot” and prominent, and the other potentially more “hot” but on the back burner. I trust that many Ouray-area citizens an...
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Letters
Tax increase cap would degrade services
September 20, 2023
Dear Editor: I spent some time last month at the fabulous Ridgway Rendezvous Art and Craft Festival. I must congratulate the organizers, Weehawken Creative Arts and their executive director, Ashley Ki...
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Letters
Bookstore closure would be a ‘tragedy’
September 20, 2023
Dear Editor: Let me tell you an imaginary story. I live in a small yet diverse community, with generations of my family. My grandma is a wonderful lady who has lived here her entire life, as have I. S...
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Letters
Is community interested in resurrecting a Winter Carnival?
September 20, 2023
Dear Editor: Years ago, in response to my wife's death by avalanche, the Ridgway ski community worked together to initiate the first (and last) Winter Carnival for mountain safety. The event was very ...
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Letters
Ouray should learn from Maui
September 13, 2023
Dear Editor: One factor in the loss of life from the wildland fires on Maui has been attributed to the lack of warning of the need to evacuate Lāhainā. Their cellphone notification system was not suff...
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Letters
Renewing bookshop lease right thing to do
September 13, 2023
Dear Editor: It is hard to envision an institution that is more evocative of the Beaumont Hotel's storied and sophisticated past than the bookshop that has occupied the storefront of the hotel since D...
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Letters
Bookshop is essence of Ouray
September 13, 2023
Dear Editor: I am not a resident of Ouray but have been visiting repeatedly since the early 1970s and have frequented the bookstore ever since it opened. It has been a hallmark of the very essence of ...
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Letters
PPP money given to businesses would help housing crisis
September 13, 2023
Dear Editor: Ouray County retail businesses benefi tted immensely from a rapid increase in tourism during the pandemic. Unintended consequences from myriad stimulus programs, top ups and deferments ma...
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Letters
Bookstore an asset to town
September 13, 2023
Dear Editor: With the news that the lease at the Beaumont for the Ouray Bookshop will not be renewed, we see another example of newcomers in Ouray wanting to change things. Newcomers to Ouray always e...
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Letters
Housing project full of smoke and mirrors
September 6, 2023
Dear Editor: I attended a Ouray City Council workshop last week involving the Waterview affordable housing project. It seems the developer now has requested to (not) pave the street in this subdivisio...
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Letters
Be part of the pool solution
September 6, 2023
Dear Editor: Over the last couple of years certain issues, particularly lower water temperatures, have caused a great deal of discontent among our citizens who have known and loved the Ouray Hot Sprin...
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Hickenlooper hears concerns from constituents
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Hickenlooper hears concerns from constituents
Loss of federal funds prompts requests for help with wildfire mitigation, water and more
By LIA SALVATIERRA 
August 29, 2025
U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper encouraged Ouray County nonprofits and public officials to persevere, find ways to do more with less money and look for opportunities to change systems during moments of tu...
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News
Closures on Red Mountain expected for next few weeks
Five-hour closures scheduled Tuesday-Thursday for power line upgrades
By Erin 
August 29, 2025
Motorists traveling over Red Mountain Pass should expect lengthy weekday delays starting next week, as San Miguel Power Association continues to rebuild its power line on the pass. A roughly three-mil...
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Bears start packing on pounds
Main, News...
Bears start packing on pounds
Wildlife officials urge residents to avoid attracting bruins as they seek food before hibernating
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
August 27, 2025
Bears have entered the time of year where they seek food for at least 20 hours a day, trying to pack on the pounds before the first snow flies. The compulsive eating, called hyperphagia, helps prepare...
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Fatal crash on pass involved marijuana
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
August 27, 2025
The driver of the vehicle that went off Red Mountain Pass on Aug. 5 had a significant amount of marijuana in his system, according to toxicology results from his autopsy. Tests showed 42-year-old Loui...
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News
City proceeds with plans to remodel city hall, police station
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
August 27, 2025
The city of Ouray is moving ahead with plans to remodel a portion of the Ouray Community Center and a building across the street that will house the police department. City councilors earlier this mon...
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