Leap year 2024: An extra day — Feb. 29 — for most of us, a once-in-four years’ birthday for a select few. We can thank the ancient Egyptians for this essential astronomical invention, according to a f...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: One of the subtle multi-use recreational perks in Ouray is the North Corridor trail system. Its spring, summer and fall uses of hiking, biking and running readily ada...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: I just learned that our amazing Ouray County Public Health Director Tanner Kingery will be moving away soon. I would personally like to thank Tanner for his incredibl...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: In recent quotes and letters related to sexual assault, myths and assumptions that result in victim-blaming, normalization of sexual violence, and perpetuation of rap...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: Even if it has been a bit of a rough patch lately for the Plaindealer, one hopes the editors are not suggesting this as an excuse for being lackadaisical, or even sel...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: Whereas, I could have gone on blissfully not reading your “fish wrap,” a friend alerted me to your most recent editorial. “On grudges” was not only filled with typica...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: I write to address your recent coverage of the very serious sex assault cases pending in Ouray County. First, I applaud the Plaindealer’s effort to shine a light on s...

1873 was a big year for miners in the San Juan Mountains. Two prospectors, Charles McIntyre and Abe Burrows, decided to try their luck at higher elevations and staked several claims. In addition to go...

Last week, Mike and I took a moment for lunch at a local restaurant, sitting in a daze while we began planning the next edition. Thursday is a day of recovery, a day I feel hungover from the exhaustio...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: Recently there has been more light shed on Ouray County’s rape culture problem. Here’s a good definition from Vox: “Rape culture is a culture in which sexual violence...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: Last month I was on a rare vacation in Boston. My house sitter went on an errand and one of my dogs snuck out the back door into the fenced yard and was barking for a...

Dear Editor: Ouray County is uncommonly civil, a place where its people preserve an ever- shrinking mountainfolk culture amid the raucous noise of our digital world. Here the steep beauty and refreshi...

Dear Editor: As a newish resident to Ouray, it’s not always clear what exactly the issues are with the Ouray Hot Springs. When longtime residents mention the hot springs were better before the remodel...

Dear Editor: Men, are you angry? Apparently, to some of us, to men we know, it seems perfectly acceptable to incapacitate a woman, rape her, and blithely go about one’s day. Where is our outrage? In c...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR to your continued success. Thank you and keep up the great work. Dear Editor: Residents and visitors alike count ourselves lucky to partake in our unique part of the world. The wo...

Dear Editor: Thanks for shaking things up in our not-so-secret rape and otherwise misogynistic culture. Loved the letters supporting you and your terrific paper. Just wanted to support your efforts an...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: The front page treatment of the latest reported sexual assault in Ouray was followed a week later by a letter to editor from Robyn Cascade, respected Ridgway educator...

Dear Editor: Last week’s edition of the Plaindealer included a letter asking for Ouray Police Chief Jeff Wood's resignation. The sole reason from the writer was the public silence of the chief. Since ...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: As residents of the town of Ridgway, and the parents of four young children, we cannot say enough about how awesome this town is. From its vibrant, creative communit...

Dear Editor: Thank you for sharing the news about the town of Ridgway continuing its contract with the Ridgway Area Chamber of Commerce in the Jan. 18 Plaindealer article. The RACC board and staff bel...