Letters
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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News
May 15, 2024
Log Hill photographer Tony Litschewski captured this image of the aurora borealis in the early morning hours on May 11, above Ouray, which was taken at 3:12 a.m. using a 15 second exposure. The northe...
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News
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
May 15, 2024
The state’s highest court will decide whether prosecutors will be barred from introducing key evidence against one of three suspects accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl in Ouray County l...
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News
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
May 15, 2024
Waterview Homes application period open until June 27 Hopeful home buyers who have been squeezed out of Ouray County’s soaring real estate market have an opportunity to buy into the region’s next affo...
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News
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
May 15, 2024
Property for sale after Ridgway development can't overcome rising costs, delays Alpenglow Cohousing's death was a slow one, stretched over years of delays and mounting challenges, including climbing p...
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Feature
May 15, 2024
CALENDAR & EVENTS THURSDAY, MAY 16 LIVE MUSIC: Birds of Play with Gabrielle Louise at the Sherbino Theater, 604 Clinton St., Ridgway. 7:30 p.m. $20 advance, $25 day of show. HAPPY HOUR: Friends and ac...
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