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Letters
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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Letters
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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Letters
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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Letters
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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Letters
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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Letters
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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Letters
Rather than serve alcohol, improve pool quality for all
By News Staff 
April 19, 2023
Dear Editor: With respect to the current dialogue regarding selling/ serving alcohol at the Ouray Hot Springs Pool, I strongly object for the following reasons: • Pool is a natural gift, resource, ass...
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Letters
Appreciation for Elk Meadows article
By News Staff 
April 19, 2023
Dear Editor: I’m the Elk Meadows homeowner with that “whopping” 57,000 gallon usage in November 2021. I was notified by email Dec. 1, 2021, as soon as the report for November was generated, and sure e...
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Letters
Headlights help save lives on highway
By News Staff 
April 13, 2023
Dear Editor: U.S. Highway 550 is a dangerous highway, especially the Million Dollar Highway stretch! The remainder of the highway claims many lives also because of dangerous stupid drivers. I saw a ca...
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Letters
Revised marijuana grow rules worth nothing
By News Staff 
April 13, 2023
Dear Editor: I sat through five hours of a public hearing for the Cannaboo commercial cultivation facility license request. The license was approved for a location on Sage Road on Log Hill Mesa. There...
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Letters
Government shouldn’t subsidize housing
By News Staff 
April 5, 2023
Dear Editor: Every free-market American should take offense against the state, county and city taking from you, your hard earned money, and giving it to subsidized housing recipients. This skews the h...
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Letters
No alcohol at Ouray pool
By News Staff 
April 5, 2023
Dear Editor: I am very much against alcohol being served at the hot springs pool. The pool has always been a safe place for me. I practice for my Special Olympics swimming competitions at the pool and...
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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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