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...

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...

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 builde...

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 thi...

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 in...

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 clo...

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...

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 ...

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...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: I appreciate your publication of thoughts about the impacts of our recent assessment and property tax increases. As the region becomes more popular, property values ...