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Letters, Opinion...
Killing prairie dogs an over-the-top response
May 29, 2024
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: What a relief to hear that the Top of the Pines board of directors "has chosen to prioritize human life, health and safety as more important than a robust prairie dog...
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The importance of Pride month
May 29, 2024
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: With Pride month commencing June 1, and the Ouray County Pride event just around the corner, I wanted to take the opportunity to provide your readers with some facts ...
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Now is the time to separate fact, fiction
May 15, 2024
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: Election season is in full swing, with primaries coming up June 25 and the general election Nov. 5, 2024. It is in everyone’s best interest that voters acquire factua...
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Council does bidding of Clarke
May 15, 2024
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: Ouray has a new sheriff, Silas Clarke. Mr. Clarke has fostered a group of minions doing his bidding as the City Council. During the council meeting last week, we obse...
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Dismissal tainted by bad info
May 8, 2024
Dear Editor: I am writing to respond to the article in the Plaindealer regarding my removal from the Ouray County Planning Commission. I was in Europe and was not able to attend the hearing. My attorn...
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By remaining on payroll, chief damages city
May 8, 2024
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: The entire community owes its gratitude to Jessica Tice for her courage in going public with complaints previously included in her resignation as evidence technician ...
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Reservoir a wonder worth keeping
May 8, 2024
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: Each fall when I go to the dam at the end of Crystal Reservoir I see cars parked along Highway 550 with license plates from all over the country. I meet people inclu...
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Loss of psychiatric hospital would devastate Western Slope
May 8, 2024
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: West Springs Hospital is a catchment mental health hospital for the Western Slope of Colorado. They are the only inpatient psychiatric facility and psychiatric emerge...
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Is massage therapy no longer valuable at hot springs?
May 1, 2024
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: Another fumble at the Ouray Hot Springs Pool. Massage therapy no longer has value as an affordable health/wellness option for patrons, according to Pool Manager Mike ...
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County, work with feds to preserve Crystal
April 24, 2024
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: Ouray County is in danger of losing one of its iconic panoramas. The U.S. Forest Service has announced that it will begin drawing down Crystal Reservoir with the poss...
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Administrative leave isn’t enough — chief needs to resign
April 24, 2024
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: It is of cold comfort to say that I am grateful my child was never a guest at the home of the police chief. Reread that. It's a statement that shouldn't make sense. A...
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Cartoon misattributed burden
April 17, 2024
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: I have spent years supporting sexual assault victims who were forced to bear the brutal weight of legal and social systems immediately upon simply reporting what happ...
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A tribute to two Ridgway icons
April 17, 2024
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Thirty-five years ago, as our tours neared Salzburg, Austria, I used to tell our clients traveling through the Alps by motorcycle of a favorite place and an experience that I had ...
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Solving the mystery of sign’s missing word
April 10, 2024
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: To try and solve Don Carlton’s question about the old signage on the historic barn near Telluride, I did some investigating on my own. In my opinion, I believe the wo...
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Dems support, GOP opposes bridge funding
April 10, 2024
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: I was very pleased to see that the 2024 spending bill keeping the government open included over $1 million for our Corbett Creek Bridge installation. Replacing the b...
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Let’s make women feel safe
April 10, 2024
Dear Editor: I lived and worked in nine different states during my long life. I enjoyed living in all those places, but Ridgway, Colorado, tops them all! The scenery is spectacular and Ridgway, Ouray ...
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With love of arts, community, Patrick O’Leary left his mark
April 3, 2024
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: Writing this with a heartache I’ve rarely felt, I want to share that Ridgway lost one of its brightest stars this past week. Communities are rarely blessed with peopl...
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Frank speak on needed changes appreciated
April 3, 2024
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: As a full-time resident of Ridgway’s community, I would like to second and thank Jake Niece for expressing frankly his opinions regarding the sexual assault case incl...
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We need a trauma-informed criminal justice system
April 3, 2024
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: In the Feb. 22-28 edition of the newspaper, the Plaindealer reported that Ouray Police Chief Jeff Wood questioned the credibility of the woman claiming she was raped ...
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Padgett committed to community
March 20, 2024
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: On Feb. 21 and 22, the Grand Mesa Uncompaghre and Gunnison National Forest held the final stage of the public engagement for the revised forest plan (known as the obj...
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Ridgway to grow capacity to fight wildland fires
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Ridgway to grow capacity to fight wildland fires
Additional staff, engine can enhance skills, create more revenue
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
December 3, 2025
Ridgway’s wildland firefighters have mopped up hotspots in Nevada, fought wildfire on the front lines in California and protected structures at home in Colorado. Since the Ridgway Fire Protection Dist...
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County chops event center operations to aid budget
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
December 3, 2025
Ouray County is performing triage on its 2026 budget as 2025 revenues are coming in lower than expected, placing even more pressure on the county’s general fund savings. County leaders have been worki...
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New council’s first task: Fill vacancies
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New council’s first task: Fill vacancies
After soliciting applications, councilors to interview, pick appointments Jan. 5
December 3, 2025
Ouray city leaders swore in a new mayor and city councilor Monday night, then turned their attention to the council’s most pressing issue: Finding and appointing two more councilors to fill out the ra...
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Slow start to snow season
Wave of storms helps, but snowpack in San Juans well below normal
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
December 3, 2025
A series of post-Thanksgiving storms delivered desperately needed snow to the moisture-starved San Juans, but snowpack at the start of December remains well below average in Ouray County and the surro...
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SEASON OF SHARING
Ridgway Ouray Community Council
December 3, 2025
Editor's note: The Ouray County Plaindealer is continuing its tradition of featuring nonprofit organizations based in Ouray County, serving Ouray County in a series of profiles called Season of Sharin...
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