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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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Letters
County ignores own cannabis grow rules
By News Staff 
April 5, 2023
Dear Editor: Thank you, Ouray County Board of County Commissioners, for defeating an IQ test. You can make a round peg fit into a square hole. You just need to use the power of government to make it f...
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Letters
Ridgway project trying to buy its way in
By News Staff 
March 30, 2023
Dear Editor: I am writing this letter to highlight the Four Winds proposed development located adjacent to the established Vista Terrace Subdivision in Ridgway. The application approval process for th...
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Letters
Suggestions to improve the Ouray pool
By News Staff 
March 30, 2023
Dear Editor: I would agree with boilers being used to supplement the temperature of the Ouray Hot Springs Pool as long as the water is from the same source and the water chemistry is kept the same. Wh...
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Letters
Politics aside, freedom of speech vital
By News Staff 
March 22, 2023
Dear Editor: I am writing in response to the letter, “Hateful flag waver welcome to leave,” written by Tom Heffernan and published in the March 9 edition regarding the flag being flown in Colona. Whil...
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Letters
Short-term rentals an unfair scapegoat
By News Staff 
March 22, 2023
Dear Editor: Short-term rentals are a touchy subject, but it is very personal to us. Oftentimes STRs are considered the “evil twin” that is to blame for the lack of affordable housing. I'd like to off...
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March 4, 2026
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City: No to more remote governance
Ouray council rejects member's request to attend more meetings from afar
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
March 4, 2026
The Ouray City Council on Monday unanimously rejected a councilor’s request for greater leeway to participate in council meetings remotely, agreeing it’s vital for elected officials to face constituen...
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A dilemma 25 years in the making
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4-H EVENT CENTER
A dilemma 25 years in the making
Commissioners determined to improve fiscal health of facility plagued by management, use questions since its donation
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
March 4, 2026
The dilemma of how to manage, finance and use the Ouray County 4-H Event Center is coming full circle, reflecting conversations that happened more than 25 years ago when the facility was donated to th...
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Pool house design draws varied reactions
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Pool house design draws varied reactions
Residents alternately praise, pan contemporary appearance, debate proposed community space
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
March 4, 2026
Ouray County residents peppered architects and Ouray parks and recreation officials with questions and feedback about a proposed new pool house at the Ouray Hot Springs Pool, revealing a broad spectru...
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Rural teens, caregivers sought to participate in suicide risk study
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
March 4, 2026
Editor's note: This story talks about topics related to suicide. If you or anyone else needs resources, please call or text 988 or visit 988colorado.com. For Dr. Maya Haasz, it didn’t feel right to us...
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