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Letters, Opinion...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Bawling cattle preferable
October 16, 2024
Dear Editor: I am writing this letter in response to Andy Nasisse’s recent letter to the editor concerning the cattle keeping him awake at night. His letter has caused quite a stir in the ranching com...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Perkovich approachable
October 16, 2024
Dear Editor: We are supporting Mike Perkovich for Ouray County commissioner. Perkovich has common sense and we will be his boss. He is approachable and will listen. His values align with our forefathe...
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Letters, Opinion...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
If you don’t know where money went, ask Padgett
October 16, 2024
Dear Editor: I have been intrigued by the political ads run by Mike Perkovich, implying that Lynn Padgett has been a spendthrift in her role as Ouray County commissioner. As a certified public account...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
A vote for Perkovich is a vote for sensible solutions
October 9, 2024
Dear Editor: Fortiter calumniari, aliquia adhaerebit. • Employed to deride, impugn, or assassinate one's character. • Demonstrates a lack of civility and sense of community. • Negative campaign tactic...
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Curry works for solutions, not chaos
October 9, 2024
Dear Editor: House District 58 has a very clear difference between the candidates who are running to represent us in the coming years. First, we have Kathleen Curry, whose previous service as a repres...
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Letters, Opinion...
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Padgett has track record of responsibility, responsiveness
October 9, 2024
Dear Editor: I am grateful to have Lynn Padgett as my county commissioner and enthusiastically support her for re-election. Lynn is accessible to her constituents, intelligent, knowledgable about dive...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
If elected, will Perkovich continue to ignore land use code?
October 9, 2024
Dear Editor: Why is county commission candidate Mike Perkovich allowed to display political signs that are out of compliance with the Ouray County Land Use Code? The regulation size for signs is a max...
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Letters, Opinion...
Can something be done about cattle?
October 9, 2024
Dear Editor: Every year about this time many of Ridgway's residents are kept awake all night listening to the distressing lowing of cattle. For whatever reason this happens so close to town, it is cle...
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Letters, Opinion...
Farewell and best wishes for county’s next poet laureate
October 9, 2024
Dear Editor: In 2019 the position of poet laureate was established by the Board of County Commissioners for Ouray and I was honored to be named the very first one! I have been pleased to serve the com...
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Letters
Theft of Trump sign won’t deter
October 9, 2024
Dear Editor: I expected it might happen. I hoped it wouldn’t happen. But sure enough it did happen. I posted a Trump/Vance sign (correct size and location), primarily to let the many other conservativ...
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Letters, Opinion...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
How can Ridgway help itself? Capitalize on ‘True Grit’
October 2, 2024
Dear Editor: The Plaindealer’s Sept. 26 story about the plight of Ridgway’s businesses got me thinking. The interstate highway system made travel faster — but at a price: Hundreds of small towns throu...
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Letters, Opinion...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
A nod to open-mindedness
October 2, 2024
Dear Editor: Driving around the county and the city of Ouray you will find two homes each with two political yard signs – one for Mike Perkovich and one for Kamala Harris. It struck me that this is ab...
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Letters, Opinion...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
A year after brain tumor surgery, thanks to community
September 25, 2024
Dear Editor: One year ago, on a Tuesday — Sept. 19 of last year — I faced the life-changing experience of brain tumor surgery. The tumor was massive and, thankfully, it was benign. As I look back on t...
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Letters, Opinion...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
County vacation rentals ordinance is dense, rushed, vague
September 25, 2024
Dear Editor: When reviewing this latest short-term rentals ordinance from Ouray County, it’s hard not to feel concerned about its direction. The dense legal language could leave the average resident u...
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
In Padgett, vote for experience
September 25, 2024
Dear Editor: Currently, Ouray County has a good balance of three commissioners who are taking on more challenging issues than ever before. It’s my opinion that Ouray County needs all three that have e...
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
A request for another temporary property tax credit
September 18, 2024
Dear Editor: A year ago, I addressed the Ouray City Council regarding the approximate 65% increase in residential property assessments in Ouray County (published in the Plaindealer in July 2023). Base...
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Where do Padgett, Niece stand on issues?
September 18, 2024
Dear Editor: Last July I sent the four questions listed below to the Ouray Board of County Commission candidates Padgett, Niece and Perkovich and also to Commissioner Nauer. Padgett, Niece and Nauer r...
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Padgett shows fiscal control, responsiveness, dedication
September 18, 2024
Dear Editor: Recent letters and ads supporting Mr. Perkovich have asked “where did the money go.” The innuendo, of course, is that the current commissioners, and Lynn Padgett in particular, have done ...
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
County’s short-term rental regulations fall short
September 18, 2024
Dear Editor: Many years ago before short-term rental regulations, I ran an STR. I self-managed, ensuring HOA guidelines were enforced. Many inquiries were denied because it wasn’t in the neighbor’s be...
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Letters, Opinion...
Celebrate lives, impacts of two Ridgway women
September 11, 2024
Dear Editor: With very little warning, Ridgway has just had its beating heart ripped cruelly from its tiny chest. We lost our patron saint and the poignant reason that many of us felt welcome when we ...
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Helping the helpers: The anatomy of a complex rescue
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NEIGHBORS AND HELPERS
Helping the helpers: The anatomy of a complex rescue
Volunteers saved an 11-year-old girl from the bottom of a cliff thanks largely to the skills of Mike Gibbs, who's made a career out of training rescuers
By By Nancy Lofholm Special to the Plaindealer 
February 18, 2026
It took Mike Gibbs all of five seconds on that morning in early August to figure out it was time to execute one of the world’s most complicated rope rescues. A car had tumbled 320 feet off the edge of...
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Bills to give reservoir to Ouray debut in Congress
Administrator: City can afford repair expenses, which are still unknown
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
February 18, 2026
U.S. House and Senate bills to transfer ownership of Crystal Reservoir from the U.S. Forest Service to the city of Ouray made it to subcommittee hearings in Washington, D.C. last week. Both bills are ...
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News
County spurns prairie dog control request
Commissioners say they're unwilling, unable to adopt restrictions; resident withdraws lawsuit threat
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
February 18, 2026
Ouray County leaders last week snuffed a resident’s request to require property owners to control prairie dogs, citing a legal inability and unwillingness to do so. At the start of a Feb. 11 work sess...
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Local Briefs
Ridgway awards visitor services contract to chamber
February 18, 2026
Ridgway will hire the Ridgway Area Chamber of Commerce for $33,824 per year to support town marketing efforts. “RACC expressed confidence in its ability to execute the scope of work, based on many yea...
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Town approves measures to boost housing affordability
By Deb Hurley Brobst Special to the Plaindealer 
February 18, 2026
The Ridgway Town Council approved three measures at its meeting on Feb. 11 to boost affordable housing in the town. Ridgway applying for ADU grant Ridgway is applying for a grant that will allow it to...
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