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Letters, Opinion...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Setting record straight on fairgrounds
October 29, 2025
Dear Editor: It seems things are NOT going well with Ouray County. From what I've read in the Plaindealer, it seems that Commissioner Lynn Padgett is "hinting" that I did NOT perform my job appropriat...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Gulde’s experience makes her best choice
October 29, 2025
Dear Editor: We are writing in support of Tamara Gulde for mayor of the city of Ouray. Tamara’s experience as a city councilor, planning commissioner, community master plan steering committee member, ...
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Letters, Opinion...
Proposed lodging tax not specific enough
October 29, 2025
Dear Editor: The Ouray County Board of County Commissioners is showcasing its creative writing skills again in the ballot language for Tourist Tax 1A. What exactly will the tax revenue be used for? Ba...
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Letters, Opinion...
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Commitment, leadership make Gulde right choice
By Dear Editor: 
October 29, 2025
Dear Editor: It is with great enthusiasm that I write in support of Tamara Gulde for mayor of the city of Ouray. Tamara’s longstanding commitment to our town, her professional acumen and her demonstra...
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Letters, Opinion...
Governments should cinch belts
By Dear Editor: 
October 29, 2025
Dear Editor: This request may be a day late and a dollar short considering ballots are due soon. Nonetheless, it needs to be said that this is perhaps the time for our local governments, their departm...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Gulde has background necessary to be mayor
By Dear Editor: 
October 29, 2025
Dear Editor: I am writing in support of Tamara Gulde as mayor for the city of Ouray. Not only has Tamara been an efficient, hardworking, informed, truthful and a steady voice on the Ouray City Council...
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Letters, Opinion...
Justification for killing prairie dogs lacking
By Dear Editor: 
October 29, 2025
Dear Editor: Though the public has spoken consistently and with a unified voice against the killing of prairie dogs at Top of the Pines, two of our three commissioners voted last month to proceed with...
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Letters, Opinion...
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Lodging tax a way for visitors to pay their way
October 22, 2025
Dear Editor: I am writing this letter to encourage people to vote for Ballot issue 1A in the upcoming Nov. 4 election. The issue would place a 6% lodging tax on shortterm rentals, campgrounds, RV park...
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Letters, Opinion...
Safer highways start with safer drivers
October 22, 2025
Dear Editor: I find it interesting that the condition of our highways is often blamed for a lot of traffic accidents and even deaths. I believe that we should look closer at what is really our biggest...
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Letters, Opinion...
New Blue Lakes parking poorly designed
October 22, 2025
Dear Editor: I hiked the Blue Lakes Trail Friday and had a chance to see the new parking arrangement that's been put in place at the trailhead. I know the previous parking was helter-skelter, so I was...
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Letters, Opinion...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
First-day school event felt like family
October 22, 2025
Dear Editor: After reading the recent articles about our candidates for the Ouray School Board, I feel compelled to clarify at least one claim. There was more than one teacher singing, dancing and wel...
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Letters, Opinion...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Hurd mistakenly assigns blame for shutdown
October 22, 2025
Dear Editor: I just received Representative Hurd's Third Congressional District "newsletter." He starts off with: “ As week two of the Democrat-forced shutdown comes to an end, I want to provide a qui...
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Letters, Opinion...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Ridgway post office locked a paid box
October 8, 2025
Dear Editor: I read with interest the reporting from Lia Salvatierra in the Sept. 25 edition regarding the Postal Service probe of locked boxes in Ridgway and wondered who alerted her to the matter. I...
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After abnormally hot, dry summer, what will fall bring?
Columns, Opinion...
After abnormally hot, dry summer, what will fall bring?
By Karen Risch 
September 24, 2025
Halfway through Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, at 12:22 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time, astronomical summer officially yielded to autumn. Seasonal change has been a nagging presence. It’s nearly dark by 7 p.m O...
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More than competition, Cimarron Athletic Field is about connections, community
Columns, Opinion...
GUEST COLUMN
More than competition, Cimarron Athletic Field is about connections, community
By Peter Hessler 
September 17, 2025
When it came to planning and building Ridgway’s brand-new Cimarron Athletic Field, my wife, Leslie T. Chang, and I had very little to contribute. We aren’t engineers or contractors, and neither of us ...
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Letters, Opinion...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Article about Space to Create too negative
September 10, 2025
Dear Editor: The origin and theory behind the Space To Create movement is tied to the common phenomenon where creative individuals, looking for affordable and functional space, move into semi-industri...
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Letters, Opinion...
When things go wrong, help is quick to arrive
September 10, 2025
Dear Editor: While I was taking a walk in Fellin Park a couple of weeks ago, I was bitten by an off-leash, unvaccinated dog. Sometimes unfortunate things do happen. The dog's owner was responsive to t...
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Letters, Opinion...
Weiser for governor
September 10, 2025
Dear Editor: My wife and I support Attorney General Phil Weiser for governor of Colorado. He recently came to Ouray County to speak to citizens about his visions if he's elected governor. The affair w...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Thanks, first responders
Thanks, first responders
September 10, 2025
Dear Editor: My most sincere thanks to the Ouray Volunteer Fire Department, Ouray County EMS, the Ouray Police Department and all responders to the numerous calls you have been responding to this summ...
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Dam it: the story of Ridgway State Park
Columns, Opinion...
Dam it: the story of Ridgway State Park
By Carolyn Snowbarger 
September 10, 2025
Our neighborhood reservoir, Ridgway State Park, has become a popular destination for outdoor enthusiasts. The park is a modern chapter in the long and rich history of the Uncompahgre Valley. It is a s...
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Ridgway girls cross country team nabs state title
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Ridgway girls cross country team nabs state title
By Plaindealer Staff Report 
November 1, 2025
The Ridgway High School girls’ cross country team is bringing a state title back to the San Juans. The six-person team won the Class 2A state title Saturday afternoon in Colorado Springs, capping a te...
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Food assistance benefits dry up
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Food assistance benefits dry up
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
October 29, 2025
An estimated $51,000 in federal food benefits will no longer be available to 170 Ouray County households starting Friday. The monthlong federal government shutdown without Congressional appropriations...
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Mine shaft wasn’t identified as hazard
State vows to secure opening quickly following Ridgway woman's death
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
October 29, 2025
A dangerous, water-filled mine shaft where a woman's body was found last week had not yet been identified for closure by state officials charged with securing hazardous mine openings. Though the state...
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Main, News...
Pushback against wolves grows
Ranchers oppose release in county; feds seek to block state
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
October 29, 2025
The Ouray County Cattlemen’s Association has objected to releasing wolves in the county, amid other efforts potentially complicating or stifling wolf reintroduction in the region this winter. A letter...
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News
Council nixes alcohol at hot springs
Ouray parks director had suggested limited sales at special events next year to generate revenue
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
October 29, 2025
The Ouray City Council rejected a proposal Monday to sell alcohol at three special events at the Ouray Hot Springs Pool next year, concluding the costs and risks outweigh the potential revenue. Parks ...
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