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Letters, Opinion...
Property tax relief can be simpler
December 13, 2023
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: Obviously we are all reeling from the upcoming increase in property taxes. It is an unfortunate byproduct of living in a desirable area. Proposition HH failed because...
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On the contrary, article about school janitor was necessary
November 22, 2023
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: The article about the school janitor was necessary. Thank you for printing it. As a parent of an elementary school student in Ouray I found the actions of Tyler Smith...
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Letters, Opinion...
Development must adhere to land use regulations
November 22, 2023
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: We spent 25 fine years on Miller Mesa next door to the Faust holding before decamping to Montrose three years ago to age in place; we read with dismay the Plaindealer...
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Letters
Poisoning prairie dogs is inhumane
November 8, 2023
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: The board of directors at the Top of the Pines has begun what they call a program of “mitigation” by poisoning a colony of prairie dogs, including young pups, that li...
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Letters, Opinion...
Do the right thing and return misdelivered mail
November 1, 2023
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: As we head for the holiday season with lots of packages and letters coming and going through the Ridgway post office, I want people to be aware of a troubling inciden...
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Letters, Opinion...
We need fair, creative solutions to protect scenic lands
November 1, 2023
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: Ouray County is currently revising its land use master plan for the first time in 22 years with a target completion date next year. If you are not following this effo...
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Letters, Opinion...
No tax refund for tobacco business
October 25, 2023
Dear Editor: Proposition II is up for a vote across the state. The increase in tobacco taxes was negotiated to raise funds for a variety of purposes in 2020. How- ever, it turns out, long term evidenc...
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Letters, Opinion...
County should see rentals as opportunity
October 25, 2023
Dear Editor: I am writing out of frustration and concern regarding the recent proposals to further restrict short-term rentals in Ouray County. While I wholeheartedly support the idea of fair and bala...
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Letters, Opinion...
Without relief, county prioritizes more staff over taxpayers
October 18, 2023
Dear Editor: According to the 2024 preliminary budget for Ouray County, the general fund revenue is expected to increase by $1,004,879, or 53%, as a result of this year’s increase in assessed valuatio...
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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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Ridgway hotel to convert to housing
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Ridgway hotel to convert to housing
MTN Lodge owner: Change needed to sustain operations; town leaders worried
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
September 10, 2025
Ridgway’s largest hotel plans to convert to construction and hotel workforce housing for a new Four Seasons development in Mountain Village for at least the next four years. MTN Lodge signed an agreem...
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With federal funds in limbo, Ouray seeks options to reduce wildfire danger
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With federal funds in limbo, Ouray seeks options to reduce wildfire danger
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
September 10, 2025
Ouray city leaders are exploring other ways to address dead, fallen trees littering neighborhoods and hillsides now that it's unclear when a large-scale, federally funded wildfire mitigation project w...
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Interim police chief retained through Dec. 31
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
September 10, 2025
Ouray City Administrator Michelle Metteer has extended the contract of Interim Police Chief Daric Harvey through the end of the year. Harvey was hired as the interim chief in March, replacing Sgt. Gar...
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City to hear public input on wayfinding sign solutions
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City to hear public input on wayfinding sign solutions
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
September 10, 2025
The Ouray City Council will hold a work session Monday to discuss possible solutions to concerns raised by residents and business owners about new wayfinding signs installed along Main Street earlier ...
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Letters, Opinion...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Article about Space to Create too negative
September 10, 2025
Dear Editor: The origin and theory behind the Space To Create movement is tied to the common phenomenon where creative individuals, looking for affordable and functional space, move into semi-industri...
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