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Picking up dog poop not enough
By News Staff 
June 21, 2023
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Delighted by Pride event
By News Staff 
June 21, 2023
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Delighted by Pride event
June 21, 2023
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Picking up dog poop not enough
June 21, 2023
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Don’t bet on better roads with more tax revenue
June 14, 2023
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Don’t bet on better roads with more tax revenue
By News Staff 
June 14, 2023
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Thanks from a ‘child’ of Ouray
By News Staff 
June 7, 2023
Dear Editor: I was recently honored, humbled and overwhelmed to receive an outpouring of deep sentiments, thoughtful gifts and heartfelt well-wishes for down-the-road at a retirement celebration on Fr...
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Letters
Property tax boost should go to roads
By News Staff 
June 7, 2023
Dear Editor: I assume that almost everyone in Ouray County who owns property has reviewed their new tax assessments, shocking as they were. The county assessor was wise to send our warning notices bef...
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Join together to oppose valuations
By News Staff 
May 24, 2023
Dear Editor: I have been selling real estate in this county for almost 20 years and I am dismayed by the inconsistencies of the most recent property tax evaluation across our small and unique county. ...
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Deputies deserve more pay than IT
By News Staff 
May 24, 2023
Dear Editor: Ouray County is advertising for positions, including deputy sheriff with a requirement to already be POST certified (i.e. qualified law enforcement) and an IT technician. Interesting that...
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Letters
Stop demonizing short-term rentals
By News Staff 
May 24, 2023
Dear Editor: As one with an interest in two short-term rentals (STRs) licensed in Ridgway, I’m compelled to respond to the seeming drumbeat of misinformation about STRs appearing in the Plaindealer. N...
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Letters
Statistics on crime can be misleading
By News Staff 
May 17, 2023
Dear Editor: I read with interest the article about the public meeting with local law enforcement. While I appreciated the in-depth article, I am concerned that some of the statistics mentioned may ha...
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Letters
Several reasons to oppose alcohol at pool
By News Staff 
May 17, 2023
Dear Editor: I am seriously opposed to serving alcohol at the Ouray pool. It is a special part of our town: a draw for many visitors and a part of our locals' enjoyment, especially families. Many peop...
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Letters
On the contrary, miners would have found humor in name
By News Staff 
May 10, 2023
Dear Editor: “Nostalgia is denial....the name for this denial is golden age thinking - the erroneous notion that a different time period is better than the one one's living in…” — from "Midnight in Pa...
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Letters
Wildfire mitigation an urgent matter
By News Staff 
May 3, 2023
Dear Editor: I'd like to thank the City and County of Ouray and the U.S. Forest Service for their recent efforts to address the potential of catastrophic wildfires in our area. We are recent part-time...
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Eternally grateful for county medics
By News Staff 
May 3, 2023
Dear Editor. We want to express our appreciation to Ouray County Emergency Medical Services and the entire Ouray community. As many of you may know, our mom/wife/grandmother Laura Huddleston suffered ...
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Letters
Hot springs alcohol sales would have wide-ranging impacts
By News Staff 
May 3, 2023
Dear Editor: “Should alcohol be sold at the pool?” It’s a question deserving consideration before offering an opinion. Action by city council, on this issue, would have a long, wide-ranging effect on ...
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New business name in poor taste
By News Staff 
May 3, 2023
Dear Editor. I'm deeply dismayed to hear there will be a new business in Ouray called “The Dead Canary." Ouray, along with many other towns in Colorado, began as a mining town and still has roots in t...
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Letters
Let’s keep the wave going here
By News Staff 
April 26, 2023
Dear Editor: When we moved here eight years ago, we were delighted to see just about everyone exchanging waves on the roads around here. It's an old Western tradition I first encountered in New Mexico...
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Address validation a source of frustration
By News Staff 
April 26, 2023
Dear Editor: Many of us in Ridgway are forced to use a post office box, either because of the ¼ mile delivery rule or for some other reason. This causes problems for us because the Post Office makes i...
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MURAL IN BLOOM
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MURAL IN BLOOM
By Erin McIntyre 
June 12, 2025
Artist Yulia Avgustinovich works on the mural she was commissioned to paint on the southeast side of the Space to Create building in Ridgway on Monday. Avgustinovich, who has been a professional mural...
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Prison ordered in sex assault
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Prison ordered in sex assault
Judge: Crime shows 'true character' of Ridgway man alternately commended, castigated
By Mike Wiggins and Erin McIntyre mike@ouraynews.com erin@ouraynews.com 
June 11, 2025
A judge has sentenced a Ridgway man to three years in prison for sexually assaulting a 28-year-old woman in 2023 after he claimed he was drunk and thought she was his wife. Brian Scranton, 49, hugged ...
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Road, retaining wall fixes nearing $300K
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
June 11, 2025
The cost of repairing County Road 361 and a retaining wall following a large rockfall is nearing $300,000, a sum Ouray County is paying in full. When commissioners declared the event an emergency in F...
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Trail closures could trigger domino effect
With Blue Lakes, part of Imogene Pass off limits,other areas could see more wear and tear
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
June 11, 2025
Closures of beloved hiking and off-highway vehicle trails in and around Ouray County this summer could congest and pressure other areas. The popular Blue Lakes trailhead is closed through August due t...
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New power contract amplifies local control
San Miguel Power can generate up to 20% of own energy under Tri-State deal through 2050
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
June 11, 2025
San Miguel Power Association will continue to purchase power from Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association for the next 25 years under a revised contract that gives it the ability to generate...
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