Dear Editor: I am so pleased to see the direction public safety issues are going in the city of Ouray as well as Ouray County after some difficult times. Michelle Metteer is a treasure as your new adm...

Dear Editor: Hardly a week goes by without another fatal accident on U.S. Highway 550, it seems. Or am I just imagining things? Winter or summer, events conspire, someone dies and the road is closed f...

Dear Editor: I read with interest Ms. Snowbarger’s column, “The West’s Unsung Heroes? Post Offices” in the Aug. 7, 2025, issue of the Plaindealer. Postal history, particularly that of Ouray County and...

Dear Editor: I wonder if you know … I wonder if you know that the car you are recklessly and illegally passing has a new driver with a permit or just got their driver's license … Or maybe it's an elde...

Dear Editor: What is going on with the arena at the Ouray County Fairgrounds? We went there back on the Fourth of July to do some ground work with our horses and introduce a novice rider to horsemansh...

Dear Editor: To those who use our trails and any of our beautiful outdoors: Please take everything with you when you are finished hiking, biking or whatever activity you may have been doing! That incl...

Dear Editor: Our congressman, Jeff Hurd, is not looking out for the average citizen in his district. He pretended to be concerned about the huge cuts to Medicaid but it did not stop him from voting in...

Dear Editor: I just don’t get Congressman Jeff Hurd. He says his decisions are always based on what’s best for our district. But then he votes for Trump’s big budget bill that slashes funding for heal...

Thank you, Mike and Erin at the Plaindealer, for screening such an excellent documentary, “For the Record,” on June 28 at the Wright Opera House. The entire time we were watching the film, we were thi...

This is an important update on the state of the big, ugly bill that was passed last week by a 218-214 margin in the House of Representatives. Yes, our 3rd Congressional District representative, Jeff H...

Dear Editor: We were out camping last weekend and received a call from a tenant in our Main Street commercial building. She was upset about the new sign that went up in front of our building. It block...

Dear Editor: I write in support of Karen Risch's column last week about staffing at the National Weather Service office in Grand Junction. Federal budget cuts have inhibited efforts to restaff the off...

Dear Editor: Congratulations to the residents for your success at preserving Swiss Village Mobile Home Park! Your perseverance paid off. Thank you to Jay and Jackie, civic-minded people all along, who...

Dear Editor: Congressman Hurd has thankfully come on board to oppose the sale of public lands, which are vitally important to the citizens of Colorado. Hunters, fishermen, hikers, mountain bikers, dir...

Dear Editor: After returning from out of town and seeing the new, hideous signs on Main Street, my initial thought was that our town has lost its integrity. The signs are out of scale—too large, too l...

Dear Editor: I am disappointed in the new directional signs in the center of Ouray. Initially, I was surprised by the high cost of these signs, but assumed that the expense would result in aesthetical...

Dear Editor: I was disappointed to see a large inflammatory headline relating to my very carefully and thoughtfully designed home in your editorial opinions section. In response to the comments of Mr....

Dear Editor: The city of Ouray should cancel the planned July 4 fireworks display. I believe it is time for the city of Ouray to put its money where its mouth is. The city espouses programs like “Leav...

Dear Editor: We own a home in unincorporated Ouray County on County Road 17. I understand that this road is an alternate escape route for the city of Ouray. I recently addressed my concerns in an emai...

Dear Editor: I would like to appeal to our county and towns to consider having only visual fireworks without sound, assuming that fire restrictions allow fireworks for July 4. I know many war veterans...