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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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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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Letters
Diligence required to preserve public access
August 30, 2023
Dear Editor: I read with concern your article in the Aug. 24 edition of the Plaindealer about an illegal gate installed on County Road 14 by a Ouray city councilor and disguised to appear to be an off...
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Letters
Questions for Ouray council candidates
August 30, 2023
Dear Editor: As relatively new part-time residents to Ouray, here are the top five questions I'd like our mayoral and city council candidates to answer: 1. How do you think we should address employee ...
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Letters
4-H, county fair offer abundant learning opportunities
August 23, 2023
Dear Editor: My name is Macey Cornell and I am going into seventh grade at Ridgway Secondary School. I recently finished my first year of 4-H raising lambs and chickens. I also crocheted a lamb in the...
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Letters
Meetings have been properly noticed
August 23, 2023
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: In a letter to the editor published in the Aug. 17 Plaindealer, Gillian Jacobson claimed that a Planning Commission hearing was “not held at the published framework f...
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Letters
Waterview affordable housing project needs more scrutiny
August 16, 2023
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: The Ouray City Council is using Planned Unit Development (PUD) rules for low-initial-cost, high-density subdivisions in Ouray. In front of the manufactured home build...
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We can help police do their jobs better
August 16, 2023
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: Originating in Philadelphia, the National Night Out annual community bonding festival originally included only law enforcement. But the one held in Ridgway earlier th...
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Letters
Fossil fuels’ play big role in forest fires
August 9, 2023
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: Forest fires in the West are burning with higher intensity than ever before due to rapid heating of the planet. Climate scientists have discovered that a big factor i...
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Letters
A threat to our right to vote
August 9, 2023
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: When Donald Trump tried to steal my right to vote in the 2020 election, I considered it the single most brazen attack on America in my lifetime. Nothing else comes cl...
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The dream of living in Ouray County is over
August 2, 2023
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: It all started during a 1994 family vacation, our first time in Ouray. My late wife, Liz, said to me, “Let’s retire here someday!” Sadly, she passed away in 2007. The...
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Letters
What are we getting with increased taxes?
July 19, 2023
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: I retired to Ouray County in summer 2021 with the purchase of a home. I received a call today from the Ouray County Assessor's Office after scheduling a meeting with ...
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Kudos for a great Fourth
July 19, 2023
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: We are so lucky! Once again the Ouray Fire Department, the City of Ouray, and many volunteers and participants served up a wonderful Fourth of July holiday experienc...
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Field of dreams realized
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Field of dreams realized
Community celebrates opening of new $4 million athletic complex
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
September 17, 2025
The runners pounded out miles on dirt trails, gravel roads and sidewalks ringing public parks. They launched themselves over hurdles in carpeted hallways of the school, sometimes crashing into the met...
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Ouray to ditch large downtown signs
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Ouray to ditch large downtown signs
Public pans signs as out of place, will review smaller prototypes
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
September 17, 2025
The city of Ouray is prepared to scrap a series of new large signs installed this summer in the downtown core meant to direct drivers to various locations in favor of smaller signs, acceding to reside...
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Councilors: Ouray residents, company need to do better securing trash
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
September 17, 2025
With bears loading up on calories in preparation for hibernation, some Ouray city councilors said they're looking for both residents and the city's trash services provider to do better to ensure bears...
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County looks to curb 2026 budget
Plan calls for 2.5% cost-of-living employee salary increase; sheriff pulls request for additional deputy
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
September 17, 2025
After years of growth, Ouray County leaders are working together to find ways to rein in or hold costs steady in 2026. During a special work session Tuesday, county officials looked at an early draft ...
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Ridgway may expand wildland fire operations
Fire district contemplates adding two positions, new engine
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
September 17, 2025
The Ridgway Fire Protection District is looking to expand its wildland firefighting capabilities by hiring two new positions and buying a new, top-tier wildland fire engine. Expanding the department’s...
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